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Curried Butternut Squash with Brown Chickpeas

Curried Butternut Squash with Brown Chickpeas

The combination of pumpkin and the brown chickpeas is a traditional dish from home. We call it Kumror Chokka. Kumro is Pumpkin; but do not ask me why it is a Chokka. Think of this dish as a flavorful curried pumpkin – just right for 

Mashed Pumpkin/Butternut Squash

Mashed Pumpkin/Butternut Squash

Here is a mashed pumpkin recipe with a big twist from the traditional, with very different flavors.

Butternut Squash with Black Beans and Walnuts

Butternut Squash with Black Beans and Walnuts

Smoky, spicy and lightly sweet; this is a very easy and simple dish to make. With all the abundance of the pumpkins and the squashes in stores and the blogsphere, I could not resist making this even if I had to do it just for 

A visit to the Pumpkin Patch: The Spooks & The Spicy

A visit to the Pumpkin Patch: The Spooks & The Spicy

Fall is here and so is Halloween, so we made our trip to the farm with the kids. It is a yearly ritual for us, picking the pumpkins, taking a hay ride through the mazes and petting and feeding the farm animals. This time the