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Falafel

I lived in Kuwait for a few years and had the opportunity to taste some authentic Arabic food. Out of all, hummus is my favorite but I am also a huge fan of the falafel wrap or sandwich. The Arabic food varies throughout the Middle East. Lebanese food is different from the food that I used to eat in Kuwait. The falafel recipe is more or less the same but the wrap is very different. This falafel can be used to make many…

Cole Slaw

Who doesn’t love coleslaw at a picnic, or at any gathering? Ranch dressing gives this recipe a nice twist to the classic side dish. Ingredients: 16 oz bag of coleslaw mix 2 T diced onion 1/2 cup creamy salad dressing (like Miracle Whip) 1/3 Ranch dressing 1/2 cup white sugar 1 T white vinegar 1/4 salt 1 T celery salt 1/2 t poppy seeds Instructions: With the warmer months approaching, coleslaw is going to…

Balsalmic Roasted Carrots

Cooking takes time, is easy to screw up, and can’t be healthy or easy to feed to my kids. Wrong, wrong, wrong! Looking for a recipe that is fast, simple, healthy, kid-friendly, and, oh yeah, yummy? Look no further than this delectable roasted carrots recipe. Any carrot, cut any style, tastes great in this delicious, Paleo and Bariatric friendly recipe that’s the perfect healthy side dish. The recipe is so s…

Yogurt Pineapple Bread

This bread is Yogurt Pineapple loaf bread, originated from Hong Kong signature Pineapple buns with a layer of sweet butter dough on top as bread topping. However there is no pineapple in the ingredients. Pineapple was used in the name because the layer of sweet butter dough cooked to golden brown resembled the pineapple skin. Ingredients: Ingredient A: High Protein Flour 250g, sugar 35g, salt 1/4 tsp. Pl…

Lemon Ricotta Pancakes with Pomegranate Syrup

Lemon Ricotta Pancakes with Pomegranate Syrup will brighten any day! Moist and infused with a great citrus flavor, these pancakes make an amazing weekend treat. Ingredients: For the syrup: 3/4 cup pomegranate juice 3/4 cup water 1/2 cup sugar Zest from 1/2 lemon For the pancakes: 1/2 cup ricotta cheese 1/2 cup milk 2 eggs, separated 3/4 cup all-purpose flour 1/8 cup sugar 1/2 tablespoon baking powder 1/8…

Breakfast Pizza

“Those pizzas I ate were for medicinal purposes.” ― Amy Neftzger Happy New Year! May our new year be as simple, satisfying and stress free as this breakfast pizza recipe. Ingredients: What you’ll need: Pre-baked pizza base 4 tbsp tomato puree ½ cup cheese (grated) ½ cup spinach (washed and chopped) 1 egg 1 ½ tbsp oregano 1 ½ tsp red chilli powder Salt and pepper to taste Olive oil Sundried tomatoes (optional)…

Coconut Okra

“Vegetarians, and their Hezbollah-like splinter faction, the vegans … are the enemy of everything good and decent in the human spirit.” ― Anthony Bourdain, Kitchen Confidential I’m going to forgive Anthony Bourdain his hatred of vegetarians because he’s so good looking and because people with a sense of humour are so easy to forgive. Mostly because he’s so good looking. Mov…

Roast Chicken with Brown Sauce

We are what we repeatedly do. [Barbecue], then, is not an act, but a habit. – Aristotle* Even though this recipe isn’t a barbeque let’s start with a short history lesson, the word barbecue has attracted several inaccurate origins from folk etymology. The word is derived from the French language, the story goes that French visitors to the Caribbean saw a goat being cooked whole and described the meth…

Portuguese Stuffin Muffins

Here’s a quick and easy dish for some variety in your dinner plans… It would be a great make ahead meal too, for easy weeknight dinners. Cube one loaf of sweet bread and toast in oven Brown one pound of chorizo with one cup of onions and celery, two eggs, Italian spices, salt, pepper, garlic and two cups of chicken stock. Fold sweet bread into meat mix Spray muffin tins with non-stick spray and fil…

Yoghurt Chicken

I recommend this recipe for the reasons I recommend any recipe – it’s easy, it tastes good, you don’t need to raid a gourmet store to find the ingredients and mostly (though we don’t think about this enough) because it’s good for you. Ingredients: What you’ll need: 1 kg boneless chicken (there’s no reason for it being boneless apart from the fact that I don’t like to c…

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