I don’t know about you, but I always associate the word Turkish with good food – even when people bring up Turkish prisons, Turkish Coffee or the Bride from Istanbul. Unfortunately, I’ve never been to Turkey, but it’s on the top…
I love to treat vegetables like meat. The other day I was curious to see what would happen if I pretended that a bunch of roasted golden beets were raw salmon. I somehow knew that they would resemble cured salmon…
There are so many ways to include vegetables in your meals. The most exciting way, in my opinion, is to make a bunch of mezes /tapas /small plates for dinner instead of a typical main dish-side-and-salad dinner. This is a…
I don’t know whose idea it was to infuse oil with spices but it’s a good one. My Moroccan grandmother and mother always kept a jar of oil infused with paprikas in the fridge. My mother infuses canola oil with…
In my family and Homeland we have a lot of respect for vegetables. They get as much or more attention than meat. Almost every restaurant has at least two or three or more types of interesting and delicious vegetable dishes.…
My husband is ¾ Hungarian and ¼ Polish. His mother didn’t cook Hungarian food but his grandmother did. She was a good cook. I did get to eat her food and baked goods but never this dish. My mother in…
Here is another recipe you can make with oranges or blood oranges beside orange madeleines and caramelized oranges. I thought about making my grandmother’s orange salad with black olives but the boys wouldn’t like it. I decided to make my…
When I was a kid my mother used to make this hummus (chickpea) soup on a weekly basis during the winter. It never snowed in the Negev, the desert of Israel, but it did get bone-chillingly cold. I’ve always said…
If you’re looking for plant-based, filling mains to keep you warm and cosy, and healthy of course, here are our favorites. Those which my boys love as well (except for the slow roasted eggplant).
My friend introduced me to this mezze. It’s her Kurdish Iraqi grandmother’s recipe. We love it, including our 13 year-old Alex. Serve it with 2-3 other mezzes or sides such as turnip hummus, roasted sweet potatoes, and carrot & harissa…
Every year my American friends are in charge of the traditional dishes while I am in charge of the plant-based sides or mains. These recipe are simple but festive and very impressive. Click on the caption for the recipes.
Sweet potato lovers, this is for you. If you’re not, try this dish then see if I changed your mind. I only like them when they’re cooked or prepared with acidic, citrusy or nutty flavors. They’re too sweet for me…
According to Wikipedia, Baba Ganoush is a Levantine dish. According to me, it’s Shabbat at my mother’s. She has been making it every Friday for Shabbat dinner since I was a kid. Some people make their baba G with tahini…
Don’t mention to people that eat gluten that they are grain-free. It would psychologically ruin the flavor for them. That’s what I did with my boys and they ate them with joy and satisfaction. Unlike many gluten-free goods, these don’t…
I normally don’t post recipes of meat or fish because I prefer to encourage people to eat more vegetables but I had a few requests and the recipe is a good one. It seems long and complicated but it’s quite…
When I run out of ideas, I start chopping veggies and let them tell me what to do with them. Most of the time, they tell me to keep it simple. Simple yet very satisfying like this one. You can have…
We live on side dishes. Instead of making a main dish with a side dish, I prefer to make two or three vegetables dishes with a condiment on the side. The meal is lighter but filling, and fulfilling. You can…
I adapted the recipe to this magnificent African stew from Mark Hayman’s cookbook What The Hell Shall I cook? It’s not my kind of cookbook but he has many excellent recipes and vital information about nutrition. What makes this stew…
Usually when I have leftover rice I make fried rice or rice salad with any vegetables and herbs I find in the fridge or pantry, and serve it as a meal. It’s like preparing one big rice bowl instead of…
This is a traditional Moroccan dish that I grew on. But I make it without the fish. I think it’s as good and comforting without the fish and the protein comes from the chickpeas. With a spoon or two of…