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Busy morning preparing for Ramadan cause I get too tired first day so thought I’ll do some things to be at ease.
Did some samboosek, cheese rolls, roasted bread and a big pot of syrup for the sweets.
Lunch was various fries, potatoes, eggplants and cauliflowers with pickles and tahini sauce.
Salad was Rita’s recipe, wide green beans with garlic and cherry tomatoes.
Ramadan Kareem everybody.
fries of all kinds.
green beans salad.
cheese rolls.
samboosek.
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Long hot hectic day, among-st all day work Roya TV called to ask me to go cook tomorrow another time, doubled my chores for today but never-mind I’m so happy and excited, this means yesterday’s episode was a success.
Lunch today was many leftovers with a big green salad with sun-dried tomatoes, grilled white cheese and some pine nuts,dressing was simple vinaigrette with a bit of pomegranate sauce.
I also made another special requested Humming Bird cake for my lovely cousin’s birthday. Many happy returns dear.
isn’t she a beauty ?
fresh salad.
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Mid week light meal, we usually have one either Tuesdays or Thursdays, no meat, chicken or heavy cooked stuff.
Each one of the boys wanted something and since they’re both easy and needs minimum effort I did the two.
Old fashioned local pasta with local white cheese and parsley or as we used to call it Teita’s pasta,simple delicious one I even bought the old kind (Ghazal number 1) a must for this dish.
Other one was tuna salad, made a rich dressing containing mustard, mayonnaise, relish, chili jam, lemon juice,oil and salt then added all salad ingredients and tossed everything together, fresh and nutritious.
healthy salad.
old fashioned local pasta.
light and yummy.
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Busy day, no time to cook at all so the easiest thing that keeps everybody happy is a rich nicoise salad.
I cut the potatoes before boiling to save time and heated some pasta from yesterday, fair enough.
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Lunch today was a not a favorite to all family members so in order to compensate I did mushroom soup and made some Brioche with it, first time I do it, unfortunately result wasn’t that good either it needed more salt or it didn’t rise as it should. Recipe was easy though I felt it’s not going to be as supposed to when I finished kneading it,if anybody has a better one please recommend.
Ingredients and method :
* 2 1/2 cups flour.
* 2 tablespoons sugar.
* 1/4 tsp salt.
* 2 1/4 tsp yeast.
* 4 tablespoons warm milk.
* 3 eggs plus extra one for glaze.
* 1 cup cubed butter.
* mix flour, sugar, yeast and salt.
* add milk and beaten eggs.
* knead well then start adding butter cubes gradually till all quantity is folded in.
* leave to rise in a warm place, then form into balls in molds or cupcake pan.
* leave to rise again then bake in a medium heated oven till golden.
* brush surface with eggplants wash and roast till golden.
* serve with soup or butter and jam.
brioche with mushroom soup.
Lunch was lamb chops with onions and potatoes all seasoned with a new citrus organic spice, really aromatic and tasty.I also made mushroom soup as I mentioned,some Persian rice and a big bowl of mixed salad with avocado slices.
lamb chops with onions and potatoes.
citrus and herb spices.
my brioches !
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Lunch today was at Mom’s honored by the presence of our newly born grandson who was polite enough to let his mom eat peacefully, good boy.
Lunch was cauliflower with meat,chicken fatteh, rice with veggies,tabouleh and a big salad.
Enjoy your weekend everyone.
tabouleh
rice with veggies and nuts.
delicious chicken fatteh.
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Needed a light healthy lunch bit have no mood to cook so I decided to do this lovely colored salad, It’s a French dish made of veggies,tuna and boiled eggs.
Ingredients and method:
Salad :
* Lettuce,tomatoes,cucumber.
* 2 large boiled and sliced tomatoes.
* some boiled string beans ( didn’t have ones today)
* boiled eggs.
*tuna.
* black olives.
* you can add parsley or fresh basil all optional.
* Dressing:
* 1 clove garlic shopped.
* 1 small chopped onion.
*lemon juice.
*dijon mustard.
* salt,pepper.
* olive oil.
* Arrange all ingredients either mixed or next to each other.
* mix all dressing ingredients then add over salad before serving.
healthy fulfilling salad.
ingredients.
First thing in the morning I did 2 portions of my favorite chocolate cake recipe, half covered with ganache done from Milka Hazelnut chocolate and another with German Chocolate Cake frosting to my sister in-law cause I think chocolate is a big cheering and mood enhancing kind of food ,new moms really need that kind of thing for sure.
Ingredients of frosting:
* 1 1/2 cups of coconut.
* 2 big spoons butter.
* 2/3 cup Carnation condensed milk ( I used !/2 cup milk and 2 big spoons cream ,good enough also).
* 1/2 cup sugar.
* 1 egg.
* 1 tsp Vanilla.
* 1/2 cup crushed walnuts.
* Mix all ingredients except walnuts very well .
* boil over medium heat till mixture is thick .
* add walnuts and fold in.
* Use as filling and cover over chocolate cake.
* German chocolate cake contains 1 big spoon instant coffee with the basic cake ingredients.
Well,hope you like it dear sis and enjoy the almost warm sunny weekend everybody.
German Chocolate Cake with baby icon.
filling in the middle.
hazelnut ganache.
two lovely ones .
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No cooking today so I decided to do some cute dishes for Valentine’s Day which is coming up in the next few days or you can even make them in anniversaries or birthdays.
I made these cute little pies with beets and remaining pieces turned to a small salad then made Red Velvet cupcakes and used smashed beets instead of food coloring but seems I over baked beets cause color turned so dark not red, results looked like a chocolate cupcake rather than a red velvet, taste was pretty good .
Ingredients and method of beet pies:
* puff pastry squares.
* some olive oil,salt and pepper.
* boiled or baked beetroot.
* feta cheese or blue cheese as you prefer.
* walnuts.
* balsamic vinegar.
* make heart shapes ( small or big) with cookie cutters.
* spread puff pastry squares on wax paper then prick them with a fork so as they won’t puff a lot.
* brush with olive oil,salt and pepper.
* line up the beets then bake in a medium heated oven for 30 minutes or till puffs are golden.
* sprinkle feta cheese or blue cheese, walnuts then drizzle with condensed balsamic vinegar.
As for the red velvet I took the recipe from a nice food blog called little sunny kitchen , very easy recipe that uses beets instead of food coloring.
Happy Valentine <3
aren’t these cute?
beet hearts before baking.
finished dish topped with yummy cheese and dressing.
though not red enough but overall taste and looks was great.
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Boiled some chickpeas this morning, hummus is a good low carbohydrate high in protein dish so it makes a good appetizer or even a breakfast choice.This time I tried it with a piece of boiled sweet potato as my friend Mary advised one, really yummy and added smoothness to the hummus.
I also made the special salad as they call it in restaurants thee palmetto artichoke mushroom and baby corn salad with a creamy dressing of mustard,mayonnaise,lemon,balsamic,herbs and olive oil. A fancy dish for sure .
Main dish was chicken curry from yesterday.
Super Salad.
hummus with sweet potatoes.
chick peas,sweet potato,tahini, yogurt,garlic,lemon and salt.
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Big day! lunch in the honor of my cousin and birthday of my big bro, all people around the table today are precious to me that’s why we had great time and enjoyed every minute . WELCOME my dear family,love you <3.
Lunch was many dishes, main was Rice with veggies and chicken (رز بنان) ,steaks with mushroom,hot spicy potatoes,mloukhieh,kibbeh,cheese rolls, marinated salmon,green salad and rocca pomegranate salad.
main dish.
steak and potatoes.
mloukhieh,kibbeh and cheese rolls.
marinated salmon.
Dessert was knafeh,strawberries with dips and this new awesome recipe I got from my sis, Mud Pie, it really looks like a plant you can’t tell it’s something edible specially that I inserted a real flower in it 🙂
Oh most important thing I got some beautiful presents ,one of them is a bunch of lovely stuff from my dear cousin living in Rome ,thank you lovely Rita.
Ingredients and method:
* 75 Oreo biscuits.
Mix 1 :
* 1 pack vanilla pudding.
* 2 cups milk.
Mix 2:
* 2 packs cream.
* 3/4 cups milk.
Mix 3 :
* 2 packets cream cheese.
* 1 tablespoon butter.
* 1/2 cup sugar.
*Mix each one alone then add mix 1 and 2 to 3.
* Mash Oreos in food processor.
* In a deep transparent bowl make layers of Oreo then cream but take care not let cream appear on the side so that overall look be all brownish.
* leave in fridge to settle ( I made it yesterday) and decorate with real or artificial plant or flower.
