White Cheese Sweet (Saudi recipe)

Hello everybody.

Tried a new kind of dessert today, found the recipe in an old magazine,love easy basic desserts.

Ingredients and method :

# 1 1/2 cups sweet white cheese ( one used for qatayef)
# 3/4 cup butter.
# 1 egg.
# 1 pack cream.
# 1/2 cup powdered milk.
# 1 tablespoon sugar.
# pinch of salt.
# 1/2 tsp baking powder.
# 1 cup flour.

# syrup.

# beat the cheese well with butter and egg.

# add the cream, sugar, salt.
# add the milk then baking powder and flour.
# pour in a greased small pan and bake in a medium heated oven for 35-40 minutes.
# when cooled add syrup all over.

Dinner today was chicken with broccoli and mushrooms with pesto pasta, noodles soup,samboosek and spring rolls.

Made a nice cool salad with simple ingredients which are lettuce, fried noodles on top.dressing is lemon olive oil and soy sauce.

lettuce noodles salad.

spring rolls and samboosek.

chicken broccoli and mushrooms with pesto pasta.

nice light dessert.

Sharing Lunch ( Rice with veggies, leg of lamb,eggplant with kibbeh).

Hello everybody.

Today we had a lunch gathering at my mother in-law’s friend house,each one cooked something and we took the food to her house cause she’s in mourning.

Well I did my famous rice, veggies and chicken with curry.

My mother in-law did a roasted leg of lamb with potatoes and steamed veggies.

My sister in-law did the Iraqi dish eggplant with kibbeh.

Lovely close warm lunch, love you auntie Haifa.

rice with veggies.

eggplants with kibbeh.

leg of lamb and potatoes.

elegant table.

Chicken Tikka Masala.

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Love this dish, full of spices and different from everyday tastes, prepared all ingredients early morning and quickly cooked it when my tiny guest left home.

Chicken tikka masala and Indian rice was our lunch today.

yummy !

Grilled Chicken with Broccoli Mushrooms and Pesto Pasta.

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Had to cook something quick today cause I had to meet my friends to go watch Mammia Musical and it was really worth every minute and penny, absolutely amazing,music still in my ears till now.

Saturday lunch is always fresh cause it’s grocery day, marinated chicken breasts in this yummy rich dressing marinate sauce my husband bought yesterday, then grilled them with garlic, sage and rosemary, added fresh broccoli and mushrooms then left them to simmer a while. Made some pesto pasta on the side and that’s it, quick and easy.

very tasty marinade.

best dish ever !

Chicken on a Can.

Hello everybody.

Found this can stand that I bought long time ago and thought I’d try it.

This recipe is originally done with a beer can,well I won’t use beer for sure so I used non-alcoholic one.

Just rub the chicken with all spices,garlic,chili , butter and lemon slices then pour 1/4 of the can in the pan and place the chicken over the can and bake in the oven for hour and a half.

Crispy and yummy.

roasted red chicken.

Noodles and Veggies (Chinese Style)

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Thank God first day of exams went fine and easy,it’s always the hardest hope all other days be as good.

Today’s lunch is my kids favorite, noodles with chicken and various veggies seasoned with soy sauce, ketchup and ginger,always a success and satisfying after a long tiring day.

yummy comforting meal.

Ingredients and method:

* 2 shredded chicken breasts marinated in ketchup, soy sauce, fresh grated ginger one big spoon of cornstarch and sugar.

* shredded vegetables. Today I have carrots, mushrooms, mixed colored sweet peppers, courgette, and green onions.
* ketchup, soy sauce, ginger.
* 1 pack noodles , spaghetti or rice noodles.
*sesame oil or vegetable oil.

Method:
*Heat the oil till hot, add chicken stir well till crispy and a sticky sauce is formed around it.
* Add the vegetables sprinkle with a spoonful of ketchup, soy sauce and ginger.mix well.
* leave to simmer till veggies are a bit tender.
* boil the noodles in salted water. Drain then also add ketchup, soy sauce, ginger and a little salt.
* Mix noodles with chicken and veggies before serving.

Avocado Cheese Burgers.

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First day of external exams today, a special comfort meal is needed,nothing beats a good burger and fries don’t you think?

Tried my new Lodge cast iron grill,though I did as directed meaning I sprayed it with special oil ( Canola Oil Spray) then heated it well in the oven, all this so as it won’t stick but burgers got stuck a bit. Guess it needs more time or more oil.

Burger topping was mashed avocado with spring onions and garlic, really yummy and rich. I just love avocados.

grilled burgers.

Extremely Spicy Chicken Wings.

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Had no clue what to cook though we do have some leftovers but not much.

Went out for some shopping for tomorrow’s lunch at Mom’s,idea struck me when I saw the neat clean wings in chicken fridge, Rania’s wings recipe, she posted them few weeks ago so it’s a good day to try them specially that they’re my youngest favorite and I got some sausages and sauteed them with onions, garlic and olive oil.
Ah almost forgot, did some carrot soup on the side, good in this cold day.

Wings recipe is very easy, here’s its steps :

# marinate wings in lemon and spices.
# dust them all over with equal amounts of flour and semolina.
# keep in freezer for 30 minutes.
# deep fry afterwards.
# melt 3/4 cup of butter with one Tabasco bottle and /or BBQ sauce then dip wings when done in the sauce till all covered.

That’s it,fatty and rich as Zaid loves them but definitely delicious.

Chicken with Pepsi.

Hello everybody.
Since my lovely niece is staying for lunch In did her favorite dish Mloukhieh plus the famous chicken with Pepsi one for her to try, she loved it

Banancooking أصلي ( original) she said.

mloukhieh ملوخيه ناعمه

chicken with Pepsi.

Chicken in Salt Crust.

Hello everybody.
After a discussion the other day between members of my group about fish in salt crust, I did a quick research and found out that it can be done with chicken as well, so today was my first trial.

I also did a layered veggie pot containing pumpkin, eggplants and potatoes with sweet peppers and tomatoes on top and full of herbs. Only cooked on low heat then drizzled with olive oil and roasted.

Ingredients and method of chicken :
* 1 whole chicken.
* onion,garlic, oregano, cinnamon sticks, cardamom and rosemary for stuffing the chicken.
* butter.
* for the dough you’ll need :
* 1 3/4 cups salt.
* 4 1/2 cups flour.
* tsp of oregano and mixed herbs.
* 1 cup water.
* mix all dough ingredients till easy to handle and stiff, you may need a bit more water.
* clean and dry chicken well then stuff inside with all stuffing mentioned ( you can change or add anything you like)
* rub butter, pepper and all spice all over chicken,or you can put butter in between flesh and skin.

* cover chicken with dough and seal completely very good.
* bake in a medium heated oven for 2 hours.
* crack open the crust and serve.
Note: crust must be discarded not eaten cause it’s too salty.

peeled crust.

chicken all wrapped.

final look after baking.

layered veggies.

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