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January 16, 2016
Falafel If you have never had Falafel, you don’t know what you are missing. They are little balls of heaven. You all know that I am far from being a vegetarian, but if I ever decide to go down that path, I am taking these little jewels with me. Besides being deep fried, these are very healthy. And yes, you can bake them if you want to go that route. Just spray a baking pan with cooking spray or...
January 11, 2016
Maple Pecan Pie Cannoli I know this is very late in getting posted but as promised, here is the Maple Pecan Pie Cannoli recipe. I had made a delicious Maple Pecan Pie for Thanksgiving and we really loved it. I wanted to do something different from the traditional cakes, pies, etc. that we always have at Christmas. Since my sister, Kim loves Cannoli, I figured the answer was to marry the yummy pie filling with some Mascarpone and make a...
December 24, 2015
Yummly Hi everyone, I just wanted to let you all know that I have added a Yum button to my site. Yummly is a recipe sharing site that is a great place to keep all your favorite recipes in an easy to access location. I enjoy using it to organize my recipes and I am sure you will too. It is a great place to get inspiration on what to cook for dinner or that special occasion. Check them out...
June 24, 2015
Nothing says comfort food like meat and potatoes. That is why you are going to love my recipe for Kofte Patates aka Meatballs with Potatoes. It is a Turkish dish and is super easy to prepare. You could even prepare it the night before, cover with aluminum foil, then just take out of the fridge while you are pre-heating your oven. Then bake as directed and pair with a nice salad. You will have dinner on the table in...
May 25, 2015
A while back, I bought a rotisserie attachment for my charcoal grill from Wally World for only six bucks! I have been chomping at the bits to try it out. Of course the first thing that came to mind is to make doner. Doner is a Turkish dish that is meat on a spit that is cooked vertically. I will have to make a few adjustments because the rotisserie is horizontal, but I am sure it will turn out just fine. Anyway to try...
May 3, 2015
I have a confession to make. . . I created my Oat and Sunflower Seed Yeast Loaf recipe to use up some sunflower seeds that I had in a jar in my spice cabinet. Is that crazy or what? I know the majority of my post lately have been recipes for bread but every time I reached into my spice cabinet, that little jar of sunflower seeds were taunting me, “Use us, use us!” So this morning was as good...
April 22, 2015
Biscuits with butter and jelly are one of my favorite breakfast combinations. If you like biscuits, you are going to love this recipe. It is quick and easy and can be made in the bowl. No need to roll them out. Just put all the ingredients in a bowl, mix well, shape into biscuits and bake about 15 minutes. These were so good with butter and fig jelly but they would have been great with some gravy too. I...
April 14, 2015
My friend Rania recently showed me how she makes Makdous, which is eggplant cured in olive oil and that is the inspiration for my newest pasta recipe, Penne Pasta with Makdous, Tomato and Feta . Making Makdous is a pretty tedious process and I will make a post on that later. I will quickly tell you how it is made. We started by preparing the eggplant. This is just removing the stems. We then boiled the eggplant briefly. Next, we salted...
April 12, 2015
I owe the creation of my Shrimp and Mushroom Angel Hair Pasta Alfredo Recipe to my daughter, Stella. We were talking the other day and she said she was really wanting some creamy pasta with shrimp. I was going with my sister to Birmingham for her doctor’s appointment so I thought I would go by Restaurant Depot and pick up some shrimp. Unfortunately, the only wild caught shrimp they had out was a 5 pound bag of frozen shrimp that...
March 29, 2015
I have finally found the perfect fish for fish tacos. I wanted to try making them with Cod but they didn’t have any at my grocery store so I bought some pollock. They were frozen filets but you would never have guessed it by the time I spiced up my batter. They were the perfect texture. Nice and flaky and with the crispy batter. I really, really wish you could taste them from the picture! To give you an...
January 25, 2013
According to Wikipedia, past accounts tell us that eggplant is said to have over 1000 different preparations. Before I moved to Turkey at the age of 22, I can honestly say that would have seemed like a high number to me. I had never eaten, let alone thought about cooking an eggplant up until that point. Okay, maybe I do have one disastrous memory of trying to impress my husband by making Imam Bayildi. I have eaten and cooked my...
