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April 25, 2017
Best Ever Homemade Burger Buns When you try my Best Ever Homemade Burger Buns recipe, you will never buy store-bought again. I promise! These burger buns are so easy to make and best of all they are preservative free! What could be better than something so delicious and better for you than your store-bought? Not just for burgers! It is so satisfying to have food that tastes delicious not to mention when they look so pretty. Even though these...
March 21, 2017
Savory Sesame Gruyère Pastries When I made my Savory Sesame Gruyère Pastries, I was transported to my summer days in Turkey. Sipping hot tea by the seaside is one of the things I miss most about Turkey. Turks love their hot tea like us Southerners love our Sweet Iced Tea. In Turkey, you can just stop by a bakery and pick up both sweet and savory pastries to go with your tea. They are delicious and inexpensive. Since I don’t...
September 16, 2016
Fajita Sliders Hosting a football party or tailgating this weekend? Do I have the recipe for you? My Fajita Sliders recipe will take your get together to the next level. These sliders are the ultimate finger food. Who knew you could pack this much flavor in such a small package! Expecting a big crowd? I suggest you double the recipe! Of course if you want to go all out, make a batch of my Honey Chipotle Wings with Gorgonzola Dipping Sauce. Personally, I think...
September 15, 2016
Sirloin Stew Nothing makes me happier than cooking meals that are both delicious and economical. As a matter of fact, my Sirloin Stew recipe fits both of those categories. It is the first recipe in the Buy 1 Rump Roast Cook 3 Yummy Meals series. Can you believe you can get 3 delicious meals from one rump roast? The proof is in the post: Sirloin Stew (today’s recipe), Fajita Sliders (tomorrows recipe) and Cast Iron Seared Sirloins (the final recipe...
August 31, 2016
Easy Peasy Crock Pot Leg of Lamb One of my favorite lamb dishes is Easy Peasy Crock Pot Leg of Lamb. Well, it is just one of my favorite dishes period. Since the hardest part is lifting the lamb into the crock pot, you will not believe how incredibly easy it is to prepare. All you have to do is mix the spices, coat the roast with the spices, drop some garlic cloves into a crock pot, add in the roast...
July 23, 2016
Eggplant Lasagna When I am in the mood for comfort food, I can’t think of anything more satisfying than Eggplant Lasagna. Cutting into layers of tender pasta, gooey melted cheese, eggplant, tomato sauce, more cheese. . . Ummmm. Making my own mouth water. 🙂 The thing about a good Lasagna is letting it sit for a few minutes after removing it from the oven so it can firm up. Who can ever wait though? When I make Lasagna, we are...
June 28, 2016
Ramadan Pidesi Ramadan Pidesi is a soft flat pide bread that is served for iftar (evening meal breaking the fast) and sahur (pre-dawn meal) during the month of fasting which is known as Ramadan. I loved going to the bakery and seeing them coming out of the wood fired ovens and being stacked ready for purchase. I still get chills thinking about when I worked at Onur Air in Turkey and on the train/dolums/bus ride home from work it would...
June 26, 2016
Eggplant Stew Etli Patlican Yahni I have been going to the Farmer’s Market lately because it reminds me of the Pazar in Turkey. The only difference is here there are about 10 or fewer vendors and in Turkey, they would close several streets and there would be hundreds of vendors. It is still fun anyway. So, at last Wednesday’s market, where I got the zucchini for my Kabak Dolmasi Stuffed Zucchini, I also got some gorgeous eggplants, tomatoes, and...
June 23, 2016
Kabak Dolmasi Stuffed Zucchini I bought some gorgeous zucchini and tomatoes yesterday at the Rainbow City Farmers Market. They were both perfect for my Kabak Dolmasi Stuffed Zucchini. The zucchini were bright green, gorgeous and straight. It is important that the zucchini are uniform and straight. This helps with even cooking. I cooked the excess zucchini in the pan with the stuffed ones to give more flavor to the broth but you could always reserve them for another dish like Mücver...
April 24, 2016
4 Ingredient Cheese Ball I guess you all know by now that I love cheese. Like really, really, really, REALLY love cheese! One of my favorite ways of enjoying cheese is by making my 4 Ingredient Cheese Ball and eating it with some Triscuit or Ritz Crackers. This recipe is so easy and it only has 4 ingredients and takes literally minutes to prepare. You could shape this into any shape you like such as a log. My sister, cousin and...
April 20, 2016
Easy Homemade Grape Ice Cream Is there anyone out there who doesn’t love Grape Ice Cream? I didn’t think so! My Easy Homemade Grape Ice Cream is a spin-off of my Strawberry Guri Guri recipe from last summer. It is super easy so there is no excuse for not making it for your family. My daughter really loves the Strawberry but when I asked her which was her favorite, she couldn’t decide! It is the perfect dessert for your next...
April 14, 2016
Chickpea Orzo Salad Something about salad just makes me think summer. This Chickpea Orzo Salad is no exception. It literally screams summer. The crunchy cucumbers and sweet grape tomatoes make this salad really refreshing. This salad would be a great light lunch or side to grilled meats. And if you are looking for a dish to take along to any summer cook-outs you may be going to this summer, you definitely need to make this and take it along. Your vegetarian...
