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Had a warm loving lunch for my cousin and her cute daughters visiting Jordan from Rome, it was really a pleasure.
Menu was Banan’s rice, Fava beans with cooked yogurt and steaks, a pesto pasta and salad.Dessert was plain cake with chocolate Ganache on top and fruits.
pesto pasta.
baba ghanouj.
dessert.
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Quickest solution for lunch since I didn’t intend to cook anyway was freshly picked okra fried then sautéed with garlic, onions and chopped tomatoes then seasoned with salt, pepper and paprika.
I also made a dish of white cheese and watermelons and a small one of labaneh with black olives, all yummy and cool.
okra in olive oil.
best food in this weather.
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How are you all doing in this heat? Guess hot fatty dishes aren’t desirable in this weather though many made mansaf or maqloubeh nevertheless.
Well a last minute decision cause all woke up late was this long time no cook dish. Shushbarak with tomatoes, I added mushrooms black olives, pesto, oregano and a bit of feta cheese over ready made shushbarak pieces then all topped with mozzarella.
Yummy cool and fulfilling, fake ravioli my kids call it.
lovely colorful mix.
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Seems today’s the hottest this season though we can finally feel it’s Summer at last, thank God it cools at night.
A great lunch time option in this weather is gazpacho, a traditional Spanish cold vegetable soup, first time I do it, really nice and cooling plus very easy to make I even added spring onions and it did add a nice flavor.
I also did some eggplant dip or mtabbal and some fresh guava grapes bananas lemon smoothie,all very refreshing.
Ingredients and method of gazpacho :
# 3-4 big peeled coarsely chopped tomatoes.
# 1 cucumber.
# 1 clove garlic.
# one small onion (I added a small spring onion also)
# 1 small red sweet pepper.
# 1 tablespoon lemon juice.
# 2 cups tomato juice.
# salt, pepper, chili powder.
# chopped parsley, tomatoes and cucumbers to garnish.
# mix all ingredients in a blender very well.
# chill in fridge for 3-4 hours then garnish with parsley, tomatoes, cucumbers and crushed black pepper upon serving.
I personally loved this dish, hope you try it and give me your opinion.
cold chilled gazpacho.
eggplant dip or mtabbal.
guava juice.
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Yesterday was the birthday of the loveliest young girl ever, my best friend’s youngest daughter. Can’t believe how years flew this fast, the small cute baby is turning into a beautiful elegant artistic young lady. Love you dear wish you all the happiness in the world.
Since we’re all going to my friend’s farm I made her a colorful chocolate cake, hope she’ll like it.
colorful happy cake.
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Back to normal life routine today, went grocery shopping and kitchen started buzzing after a three day vacation.
Since it’s extremely hot and nobody wants to eat something hot or heavy after eating in restaurants past couple of days one feels so full right?
Well end result for lunch was this amazingly cool salad which consists of watermelon cubes, cherry tomatoes, feta cheese and sprinkled with green onions, mints and lemon slices, I then added a drizzle of pomegranate sauce and olive oil. Really yummy.
I also made some pasta with white cheese and parsley and tacos. All very delicious.
cool kind of salad.
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An idea just crossed my mind and I did it at once,salty cheesy cookies to serve at Eid cause lots of people will come fed up from eating too much sweets and they turned out really yummy.
# 2 eggs.
# 3/4 cup butter.
# 1/4 cup olive oil.
# 3/4 cup chopped green thyme زعتر اخضر طازج
# 1 cup mixed cheeses any kind you prefer.
# 1 tsp salt.
#1 tsp baking powder.
# 2 1/2 -3 cups flour.
# beat eggs then add all other ingredients.
# add flour last thing 2 1/2 cups first then keep adding till you get a stiff dough ( not soft nor hard) .
# with the help of two spoons make smalls portions of the dough and on an oven pan directly, no greasing or flour needed.
# bake in a medium heated oven for 15 minutes or till bottom is golden.
# roast surface then store in a well closed container when cooled.
As usual I also did rock cookies, a must of course.
cute little things aren’t they 🙂
rock cookies.
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My husband cooked today for a change, his favorites sheep pluck and fried tomatoes.
For those who doesn’t eat it ( only me) I did a salad rich and fulfilling. Normal salad with cubed fried veggies like eggplants, courgettes, potatoes and cauliflowers with tahini sauce on top.
fried veggies salad.
sheep pluck (معلاق)
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A member in banancooking posted this dessert last night and directly I thought why not do it today since I have a family gathering.
Very easy specially if you have all ingredients.
Ingredients and method:
* crushed biscuits with butter for the crust.
* filling:
* 3 packs cream cheese.
* 4 eggs.
* 3/4 cup sugar.
* 1/2 cup milk.
* 1/2 cup flour.
* 1/3 cup labaneh.
* 1 tsp vanilla.
Topping:
* 1 cup crushed walnuts and almonds.
* syrup: 1 1/2 cups sugar,1 cup honey,1 cup water,1 tsp cinnamon all boiled together till thick.
* 4 sheets phyllo pastry and butter.
* Make crust as usual then put in in cheesecake pan.
* Mix filling ingredients all together for 7 minutes.
* add over crust then mix nuts with half the syrup and add it as gallops on the filling.
* cover with phyllo pastry coated with butter and some of the nuts mixture if you like.
* bake in a medium heated oven for &0 minutes in a water bath pan.
* cool in fridge and serve with rest of the syrup.
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Today was the last big event in Ramadan,I invited my family to dinner.
I made Fish with rice ( sayyadieh) ,shrimps with garlic tomato coriander sauce, akoob with meat, chicken with veggies and noodles,caprice salad,baba ghanouj and a salad.
fish with rice.
appetizers.
baclava cheesecake.