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Bowl full o' healthy Spicy Chickpea Salad

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In my quest to a) eat healthier and b) replicate the amazing soba salads at  Bon Me , I have stumbled upon  a delightful recipe  for spicy Moroccan-inspired chickpeas.  However, the recipe is buried under too much scrolling through words and pictures I don't need when I'm hungry , and then when I'm trying to follow the recipe, it throws up pop-ups and calls-to-action and that makes me hangry , which nobody needs. So!  Here's my version of their recipe, ad-free and prefaced with only one photo and very little text.  You're welcome. Bowl full o' healthy Spicy Chickpea Salad Ingredients 1/2 medium yellow onion, coarse-diced 2 cloves garlic, minced Spices: - 1 Tbsp chili powder - 1 Tbsp cumin - 1 tsp garam masala - 1 tsp tumeric - 1 tsp sea salt - 1/4 tsp cinnamon - 1/8 tsp cayenne pepper 28 oz tinned chickpeas, drained 28 oz tinned diced tomatoes WITH liquid 2 cups frozen spinach For the rest of the salad, I include: - Greens - Shre...

Sweet Chili Soba Noodles with Eggs & Veggies

I honestly don't remember why we bought the enormous bottle of sweet Thai chili sauce that's been in our refrigerator for the past ... probably three years. I suspect it was for a Thai dish (duh) but I make so many of those, that doesn't really narrow it down, like at all. Anyhow, because the bottle's been in the 'fridge for ages, and it had seriously like 2 oz used out of a full liter, we figured we should use it up. Or use it at all, you know. So I went online and looked for recipes that used sweet Thai chili sauce, and happened upon this recipe , which was pretty damn excellent, especially after an hour of DDR, 25 miles of bike-riding, a trip to the hardware store (I got to buy a power saw, I am SO EXCITED), and some pathetic attempts to do press-ups and chin-ups. Semi-related note: my arms have way more in common with cooked soba noodles than they should. I am ashamed. Here's my version of the recipe, complete with more veggies, less leek (seriously, l...