We love our salad; dinner just isn’t the same without it! Adding beans to a salad makes it more filling so you can have it by itself for a snack or lunch. This salad is made with chickpeas. Delicious, healthy and easy to make. …
Side dishes
Avocado Hummus
Calling all hummus and avocado lovers! Well, actually, even if you are not a fan of hummus, I think you will like this. My daughter Sara isn’t a big fan of hummus, but even she likes it when made with avocado. …
Spinach Lakror with Parsley and Dill
This lakror is fresh tasting and delicious, not your regular spinach burek, the dill gives it a nice unique flavour and compliments the spinach a lot. …
Garden Chickpea Salad
This is a great way to use up your garden veggies! It is a delicious summertime salad, we love adding beans to our salad, it makes it more healthier and gives it more texture! …
Mango Peach Salsa
I had some ripe mangoes and peaches in the fruit bowl and thought of what to make with them, I could have made a dessert I suppose but I felt like something different…something that would go with dinner! …
Labne with Tomatoes and Zaatar
Homemade labne is delicious, so much better than store bought and easy to make! You can make it with homemade yogurt or store bought. I do recommend using 5% or 6% milk fat yogurt such as Balkan yogurt, it works best. …
Potato Salad with Avocado
Potato salad with avocado is so delicious, creamy and tasty with no mayonnaise. I love this salad, it is a family favourite. …
Carrot Tarator
Carrot tarator is delicious and healthy, it’s a carrot version of the cucumber tarator commonly known as tzatziki. I love this stuff! You can eat it alone with bread, or as a side with a barbecue dinner or anything you may think it goes well with. …
Kol Burek me Presh- Swirled Burek with Leek
Kol burek me presh or swirled burek with leek is one of my favourite bureks! Well, I actually grew up with it as lakror which is a traditional Albanian type burek. …
Potato & Corn Patties
Has this ever happened to you? You have a big dinner and you end up with leftover mashed potatoes and sides? I usually end up with leftover corn or peas or both combined. Here is a great way to make use of the leftovers and have a whole new side dish for dinner! …