I've read a few places (thekitchn.com and America's Test Kitchen) where they suggested 1) heating the chickpeas for about 30-60 seconds in the microwave before processing, and 2) process the chickpeas before adding any liquid.

Just make sure you don't accidentally turn them into risotto.

The infographic is featuring simple salads - something easy and quick to put together to serve on the side of your meal. Chef and Cobb salads are main dish salads - primarily eaten in lieu of an entree and side salad.

Also can be found in a Chuck Jones cartoon (Rocket-Bye Baby)

Did that once - recipe called for beef stock, which was cooked down to concentrate. Used beef broth instead. Turned it into a salt lick.

It's wonderful, trust me.

One of my favorite pizzas at a local mom and pop joint is their meat pizza with cream cheese (chunks placed directly on the sauce, then covered in toppings and cheese). MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

Tuna Pasta Salad

They were bought out by Smithfield, so now they are a sibling company with Eckrich and John Morrell, among others.

Having cleaned 2 bunches of celery for Thanksgiving prep, life experience here that just running water down the stalks is not going to clean off the fine grit stuck to the stalks. Yes, that smear of gray stuck to the inside of the rib that your sister-in-law will make sure to point out to you (and everyone assembled)…

To a point. I've seen (and made an attempt to eat) russets whipped with a hand mixer to the texture of wallpaper paste. But that was how her family ate them...

Same story here, but it was Wheel of Fortune. This was back in the old days, when you had to buy prizes from the Carousel of Ceramic Dalmations (what I called it), but I did win enough on the wheel to buy a car. Promptly sold it here to a school teacher, and the cash went into a CD (I was still in school at the time).…

LOL then I've been a rebel my entire cooking life.

I just installed a replacement door in my garage leading to the back yard. When they built the house, they had the door in place when they poured concrete for the garage foundation, so I had to grind it out in order to fit the new door frame in. And my house is wonderfully, horribly not square. I've got two more to…

Because it should be "heal thine items" - thy is replaced by thine in front of a vowel (as in - thy head, thine eye). - Ye Olde Grammar Inquisitor (CMTP)

You know how people say that Tulsa is the Paris of Oklahoma? - Chandler Bing

Mmmmmm leek-potato gratin...

Are there any Android weather apps besides the Weather Underground app that will let you see the weather data for yesterday , or other days previous? I think I'm the only person who is just as interested in seeing how hot/cold/wet it was yesterday as what they expect for tomorrow.

You've been peeking in my office!

This is good advice for any type of hand tool (saw, screwdriver, pliers).