Rice With Veggies and Avocado Dip.

Hello everybody.

Long hectic day, even lunch became at dinner time!

I made rice with cubed meat and lots of veggies like carrots,beans,peppers, mushrooms,onions and a small tomato. Very tasty.

On the side I made an avocado dip, mashed two ripe avocados added yogurt, lemon,tahini sauce and salt, topped with tomatoes and chili powder.

late comforting dinner.

Today’s orders were a bunch of crinkles and some cookies, chocolate and ginger, nuts and raisins.

assorted cookies.

Hope you all had a nice weekend 😀

Cherry Pound Cake.

Hello everybody.

Did this awesome cake yesterday for my hubby to take with him to the hunting trip.

Found this recipe on Pinterest but reduced the sugar in it, turned out very good.

Ingredients and method :

# 1 1/4 cups butter.
# 1 3/4 cup sugar.
# 5 eggs.
# 1 cup evaporated milk.
# 1 tsp vanilla, 3 tsp baking powder.
# pinch of salt.
# 3 cups flour.
# 2 cups halved glace cherries.

# beat butter and sugar well till creamy then add eggs, vanilla.
# add milk alternatively with flour and baking powder.
# fold in cherries.

Bake in medium heated oven for 45-50 minutes or till toothpick inserted is dry.

lovely cherries gave the cake a great taste.

Another Kibbeh Fiesta.

Hello everybody.

Kibbeh day, intention was to make some mini ones and spread in a pan with nothing else or at least only some fries.

But then one thing led to another, got excited to do more appetizers to complete the Lebanese style, so end result was muhammra, rocca salad, chili potatoes, various types of kibbeh ( even fried the extra dough) and new olives.

All extremely yummy, my favorite kind of food.

one portion of muhammara to go !

Lamb Chops Over Salt.

Hello again.

Another cooking over salt today, this time with lamb chops. Result was awesome, tender aromatic well done meat.

I simply added spices and rosemary to chops and layered them over a bed of salt with some baby onions and potato.

Cover tightly with foil paper then into the oven for one hour, uncover and drizzle with olive oil. Leave to rest for 10 minutes then dig in.

Chops weren’t salty at all, juicy and tender just perfect. Highly recommended method, I’m now thinking what to try next time 😀

chops,onions and potato over salt.

Potato Leek Soup.

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Hello everybody.

Weather today requires a soup, cold and rainy though not heavy and continuous as expected.

Potato leek soup is very easy and simple, leek can be substituted with green onions if not available.

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Ingredients and method :
* 2-3 big potatoes.
* 1 small chopped onion.
*2 finely chopped cloves garlic
* 1 chopped leek.
* salt, pepper.
* 1 tablespoon butter.
* 4 cups vegetable stock.
* half cup heavy cream.

* saute onions, garlic and leek in butter till tender.
* peel and chop potatoes to cubes then add them.
* add stock,salt and pepper.
* simmer for 30 minutes or till potatoes are tender.
* mash all together or mix in blender.
* add cream and leave to simmer for another 10 minutes.
* sprinkle some Parmesan cheese on top when served.

I upgraded this heartwarming dish with some fancy garnish, fried grated potatoes,pumpkin seeds and roasted almonds.

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Spinach Day.

Hello everybody.

I was invited to lunch today so I cooked very early, a selection of dishes was the menu cause main dish was spinach stew and my husband is not a fan at all .

healthy nutritious dish .

Alternatives were spinach pastries, beetroot orange salad and a small dish of hedge mustard (حويرنه) with yogurt.

Chicken Ceazar Salad.

Hello again.

A quick satisfying lunch in a busy day Chicken Ceazar salad, fresh and healthy cause of the little amount of mayonnaise cause I use thick yogurt with it.

For the dressing :
A juice of half a lemon.
1 small teaspoon mustard.
2 big spoons mayonnaise. 2 big spoons yoghurt ( a trick so as not to use too much mayonnaise).
Salt.pepper.dried oregano…and a small cup olive oil.
A useful way to get a thick creamy dressing is to put all ingredients in a tightly closed jar and shake it very well….very easy.

fulfilling easy salad.