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Went to breakfast with my sweet Aunties and Mom to Hamada Restaurant-Fuheis branch,nice cozy,clean tasty and cheap place,a rare thing these days to find all these qualifications and most important excellent quick service 🙂
Before I went out I cooked simple spaghetti with minced meat,mushroom tomato sauce. Nobody says no to that,though I couldn’t eat a bite after the hummus falafel foul breakfast 🙂
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Hot Summer day since morning,seems all weekend will be like this.
My sister in-law called to invite us to breakfast ,we actually go to visit each Friday noon for coffee,a ritual I guess by now,but today we went earlier and had a cozy delicious breakfast followed by coffee on the balcony which was cool and breezy.
Had a lovely time <3
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Had a marvelous day, me and mom headed up North this morning and visited many relatives and as usual ate lots of food 😉
First stop was at my new fb friend and cousin for breakfast and a cup of coffee,all delicious and we had such a great time catching up and knowing each other face to face,a real pleasure. Visit ended with a superb piece of Teramisu since my cousin lives in Rome so she’s an expert,really yummy.
Thank you dear Rita for your hospitality,hope to see you soon before you leave.
Then next visit was to my lovely colleagues and best cousins for lunch,we had rice with fava beans with salad and Irbid yogurt of course. Ha great time as usual 🙂
Trip ended by paying condolences for a relative then a must buying labaneh and yogurt on our way back from Husson.
Very nice day indeed <3
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Lots of events going on today,I went out to breakfast with my lovely friends to celebrate dear Wafa’s birthday, early this morning I baked another Nescafe Cake, I think this one will be my trademark from now on,with the same ornament and flowers. Everybody enjoyed it and was a delightful surprise.
Back home I got the nicest present from my lovely niece Layan,a box of mixed herbs from Istanbul, thank you dear 🙂
At lunch time plans changed a bit,I’ve already cooked some lentils before I left ,thought I’ll make one of Mary’s recipes from her lovely book “On Healthy Cooking” but then discovered I don’t have all ingredients available,so ended up making mjadara with fried onions and some salad.
here are links for today’s recipes;
* Mjadara.
* Mary’s Dinner Clubs Limassol.
beautifully packed spices and herbs from Istanbul.
Morning everybody.
Long weekend this week,public holiday this Sunday,Jordan celebrating Independence Day .I’m sure many working moms are happy now,wish you all a relaxing enjoyable time.
As a change this morning cause all of us have plans at lunch time,I made a rich fulfilling breakfast. saw this recipe on Pinterest ,it’s a combination of pancakes and cinnabons,really tasty but a bit too sweet,first two pieces were really sweet so next batch I lessened amount of cinnabon mix on pancake so itwas better.
I ended my breakfast with a piece of white cheese to reduce sweetness in my mouth !! other than that it’s really good.
Ingredients and method:
* For pancakes ( you can use ready mix and add on it the cinnabon mix also)
* 1 egg.
* 1 cup flour.
* 1 cup milk.
* 1 tablespoon vegetable oil.
* 1/2 tsp baking powder.
* pinch of salt.
* Cinnabon mixture:
* 2 tablespoons butter.
* 3 tablespoons brown sugar.
* 1 tsp cinnamon.
* For the glaze:
* cream cheese ( I didn’t have it today so you can do without it)
* 1/4 cup icing sugar.
* 2-3 tablespoons milk .
* Mix pancake ingredients very well.
*Mix cinnabon ingredients after melting the butter.
* mix glaze ingredients well also.
* pour pancake mix in a heated non stick pan or skillet ( enough to cover it)
*add a small spoonful of cinnabon mix on top as a swirl.
* lower heat till pancake is dry.
* top with glaze and walnuts.
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Great party last night,lovely bride and groom and guests,but high heels are torture ,don’t you agree with me ladies???
Too tired to cook today,plus we have a dear guest visiting from Beirut,so I’m kind of busy,but have to make something for lunch anyway. An easy light option is boiled or pouched eggs with boiled potatoes on the side and a big bowl of salad.
You simply boil potatoes till tender,slice them,add salt,pepper and olive oil then boil eggs,slice them beside potatoes, you can add chopped green onions on top if you like.
I do eggs in a special mold I bought long time ago from Cyprus, where you cook them on a water bath,so they’re more pouched than boiled.
I know this seems like a silly dish but it’ll do as long as hubby and kids don’t complain,will make it up to them this weekend 🙂
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No cooking today,still have enough food from yesterday,however this doesn’t mean no kitchen-ing at all. To tell you the truth I feel weird if I did nothing 🙂
I had visitors coming afternoon,one of them loves anything to do with dates,so this cake will be perfect,though it says toffee but main ingredient is date,and the sauce goes along great with it.
Ingredients and method:
* 3/4 cup brown sugar.
* 3/4 cup vegetable oil.
* 3 eggs.
* 1 1/2 cups chopped pitted dates.
* 1 cup boiling water.
* 1 tsp sodium bicarbonate.
* 1 tsp ginger.
* 1 tsp vanilla.
* 3 tsp baking powder.
* 1 tablespoon molasses.
* 1 3/4 whole wheat flour.
* Add water, molasses and bicarbonate on dates,cover and leave to cool.
* Beat sugar and oil till creamy.
* Add eggs and vanilla,then ginger
* Add baking powder and flour .
* Add the date mixture and beat for 2 minutes.
* Bake in a medium heated oven for 30-35 minutes.
Sauce: heat 2 tablespoons butter with 1/2 cup brown sugar till it melts then add 1 pack cream, whisk very well till thick.
Serve cake with Vanilla Ice cream with sauce on top ,really yummy yummy.
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I know many people specially youngsters prefer to eat Shawerma from local specialized restaurants. In my case I don’t like buying it at all ( had many bad health incidents whenever I do !!) . It’s not a difficult dish to do at home,you even eat with comfort cause you’re sure of meat quality and hygiene as well.
I started Spring clean up today,so to be quick, called the butcher and ordered fresh lean steaks . picked them noon with some fresh thin bread and started cooking.
Ingredients and method:
* shredded beef marinated in soy sauce,balsamic vinegar,lemon juice,salt,pepper,all spice,cinnamon,cloves and pinch of nutmeg .
* 2 big thinly sliced onions.
* Summaq.
* sliced tomatoes,pickles and tahini sauce for adding in sandwich.
* thin bread ( خبز شراك).
* Heat pan till very hot then add meat ,stir till all excess water is gone and meat starts sizzling.
* mix onions with summaq then add over meat.
* lower the heat to minimum and cover till onions are tender. ( you might add a bit of water so as meat won’t dry).
* upon serving fill bread ,roll it and press it in grill till crispy.
* serve with french fries,tomatoes,pickles,tahini,mayonnaise as each one prefers.
Bet you it’s best than any Shawerma sandwich you buy !!!
Enjoy my friends.
Morning everybody.
A rule in my kitchen NEVER throw food away. I always try to give it away or use almost ruined or ripe veggies and fruits to do jam or cake or whatever.
Today bananas from Saturday grocery shopping are blackening so banana bread it is.
Turned to my facebook Mary for the best recipe, kindly she sent me this one.really easy and yummy.
Ingredients and method:
* 4-5 ripe bananas.
* 3/4 cup sugar.
* 1 egg.
* 1/3 cup vegetable oil.
* 1 tsp vanilla.
* 1 tsp baking powder.
* 1 1/2 cups flour.
* mash bananas with a fork add all ingredients and mix well.
* pour batter in a greased loaf pan.
* bake in a medium heated oven for 1 hour.
Perfect for a healthy snack or even breakfast.
Enjoy ♡♥.
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Beautiful sunny warm day..perfect for celebrating Mother’s Day and beginning of Spring time.
Happy Mother’s Day to all moms,grandmas, aunties, big sisters and anybody who’s celebrating.
I’m off today, no cooking, but we had a big breakfast in the garden with my mom and mother in-law. Got beautiful presents from my sister in-law..and most precious one was funny lovable cards from my two gems ..love you boys ♡♥♡♥♡♥.
May God bless all moms with us or in heaven.
God bless your soul teita Um Ja’far, this day you’re most missed.
