We love our hummus, and I love beets. I thought I should experiment with it and add some to the hummus. It’s so delicious! You can’t even tell there’s beets in it. I only had one large golden beet, if you have small ones I guess 2-3 would do. …
Meatless Monday
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. …
Broccoli and Spinach Pizza
This a delicious, different kind of pizza filled with veggies and cheese. They have something similar to this at the Middle Eastern bakery in town. They are called spinach pies or hand pies and in some bakeries, they make them with broccoli. I have a recipe for that on the blog as well. I like to make it like this, it reminds me of lakror Albanian style pizza.
My daughter Dina loves this! I hope you try it out and like as much as we do! …
Lentil Soup
If you a regular reader of my blog you will know that I had gallbladder/stones issues this year, update I did end up having it removed in September. During the time before surgery (5 months) I had to change my diet, and that meant no or little fat, no red meat, no eggs, butter or sugar! Since then I am still on a red meat free diet, I have been trying to reintroduce it to my diet this past two weeks (in very small amounts) but it doesn’t agree with me. Not sure if it’s permanent or temporary….
Baked Fries with Feta -Greek Fries
I love fries, but I cannot eat fried food as much anymore, in fact I haven’t anything fried since January! That doesn’t mean I cannot enjoy my fries, baked fries can be just as good! If you choose to fry that is perfectly fine and will be totally amazing, but if you are like me and have to avoid fried foods for health reasons, then these baked fries are the ones for you….
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. …
Bulgur and Parsley Salad
This is my sons favourite non lettuce type of salad, it’s nutritious and delicious! I make it every week, and it lasts a few days, great snack or lunch food! …
Cheese and Tomato Pide
We love our pides! I have a variety of recipes for them on the blog, and this one is simply made with tomatoes, cheese, and peppers.
You can use whatever pepper you have on hand, you can also just make it with cheese. For this pide, you will need Spanish or Chicago cheese found at Middle Eastern or Mediterranean stores. If you can’t get your hands on it, you can use mozzarella (or bocconcini) or a white cheese that is squeaky and salty, that is the best way to describe it. …
Turlu
My first post of the new year! Turlu is basically the Balkan version of Ratatouille. I have other versions of turlu posted on the blog, they are all different recipes, this one is vegetarian and is such a delicious and comforting dish…especially in this cold frigid weather! …
Orzo with Veggies
This is just one of those dishes that is easy to make and tastes great! I use frozen organic broccoli for this as the fresh broccoli is too expensive, $5 for one bunch! Sometimes its $3.99 but even that costs too much for one small bunch of broccoli, the frozen is convenient as well, I can use how much I want and when ever I need it. You can use fresh if you have it. Another good thing about using frozen broccoli is you can grate it, and it will be hidden, the kids will never know!…