Easy is Good

I'd had Mark Bittman's Quick & Easy Recipes from The New York Times on my Amazon wish list for some time, and finally bought it a couple of weeks ago (it nicely padded out an order to get free shipping...yay Amazon!).

During the summer, I got a 'taste' of his work, through a listing of 100 super-quick & easy dishes. We made...oh, maybe a dozen of them...and decided we liked the way he thinks.

So last night, with a plan to use as few dishes as possible (bit of a backlog at the moment), I flipped through the book and landed on the recipe for Chickpea Soup with Sausage.

This truly was an easy recipe. I opted for the shortcut, and used canned chickpeas. They, along with vegetable stock, diced carrots, celery and onion, are cooked till tender. Half of that is pureed, and added back to the pot. Throw in some sliced garlic, and some sliced, cooked sausage (this is where I divided the soup into two pots), and cook till warm.

Serve with a drizzle of olive oil.

It's hearty, filling. Smelled incredible. It really didn't need the sausage (Matt's were hot links, mine Boca Italian 'sausages'), but their addition made it even better.

The cookbook is already littered with sticky tabs, so I have a feeling we'll be working our way through it.





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Tagged with: Food and Drink + Soup + Chickpeas + Legumes + Sausage + Cookbooks + Mark Bittman + Recipes