Lunch Dishes

Crispy Roasted Chick Peas – Kid Friendly

It is time for the new school year and thoughts of healthy lunch box treats dance through every parent’s head. I was talking to my daughter today as she was pulling hot spiced chickpeas from the oven. Roasted chickpeas are a family favourite, especially for her little boys. I decided that this would be a great idea for a school make-ahead snack. Roasted chickpeas are something that I have made many times using various blends of spices and seasonings, but it was my creative husband who asked, ‘can you make them like those roasted bar nuts?’ Why not? The result is my recipe for Crispy Roasted Chick Peas. For this particular recipe, I opted for kid-friendly seasonings and spices, unrefined sugar, and an optional dusting of maple sugar for extra crunchiness.

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Crispy Roasted Chick Peas ready to snack on

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Australian Meat Pies

By Denise Pare-Watson

Urb’n’Spice Freezer Reserve Series

Have you ever had an Australian Meat Pie? If you haven’t, you are missing out on one of life’s great pleasures. We had an opportunity to enjoy several traditional Australian Meat Pies at a ‘footy’ (Aussie Rules Football) while travelling in Australia. Joining the jovial and boisterous (and slightly intoxicated) crowd on the buses to the game was an experience we will never forget.

Each and every footy fan (even the babies) donned vibrant scarves in the colours of their favourite teams. The atmosphere was friendly and the excitement was infectious as fans chanted and waved their scarves wildly.

We typically see in North America hot-dog and taco chip vendors walking up and down the stadium steps. In Australia, the meat pie vendors troll the stadium steps at the footy games selling their pies. Australians eat over 270 million pies every year. That is a lot of pies considering their population is 24.3 million.

What exactly is an Australian Meat Pie? Australian Meat Pies are made of well-seasoned meat packed into pastry shells. They are also commonly known as Aussie Meat Pies. These meat pies could be considered their national fast food.

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POTATO CRUSTED QUICHE

By Denise Pare-Watson

The Inspiration of Urbnspice

I have had so much fun in the past few weeks developing recipes for The Little Potato Company who have been working with Food Bloggers of Canada (FBC) to sponsor an opportunity for its FBC members to develop original recipes utilizing their unique potatoes. These little nugget potatoes were the inspiration for my Potato Crusted Quiche.

In developing these recipes, I had several favourites and this one in particular: Potato Crusted Quiche is just too good not to share with you. It is well worth trying. In addition, this recipe is a gluten-free option. It is also for those of you who avoid making quiche (or pies and tarts, for that matter) because of the ‘dreaded pie crust dilemma’. This Potato Crusted Quiche recipe is for you!

Potato Crusted Quiche

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