Comfort Food
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Continue ReadingThe popular Café de Paris Steak Sauce, made using European butter, transforms the spices and the herbs into a rich thick sauce full of umami and flavor!This is the ultimate savior for busy festive meals as it can be prepared in advance and kept in the freezer until ready to use. Use this rich, creamy butter on top of your favorite grilled meats and veggies. It will melt and will become a delicious, flavorful sauce that will transform your dishes in no time.You can also gently melt it and drizzle it on top of your grills.
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Continue ReadingRoasted peaches with nut crumble or the easiest dessert to whip up for gatherings that will make your home smell divine! You can use apples and berries or any fruit that you have at home. If it’s a harder fruit, bake it cover in foil for 20min before uncovering and finish off baking.
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Continue ReadingRoast chicken with preserved lemon butter. I don’t like to handle whole chicken BUT I love roast chicken and I love the idea of it at the dinner table. I feel it’s one of those recipes like vanilla cake and brownies that every home cook should know how to make.This recipe is based on @ottolenghi’s from the book Simple. Please try it, it’s so worth it.
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Continue ReadingChunky chocolate chip cookies. These cookies are a cross between shortbreads, decadent chocolate chip cookies and heaven. The technique of baking the chilled cookie discs in the cupcake tins restricts the cookies from expanding hence resulting in crispy edges and tender centers. Absolutely heavenly! Try them with vanilla ice-cream.
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Continue ReadingChopped salad, simply. Sometimes the simplest things in life are the best! Like this salad, adapted from @bakedbymelissa’s Mediterranean salad, I just added cabbage. Make sure to chop all your veggies in the same size and shape- and quite a small dice. I used firm tomatoes, Lebanese cucumbers, white cabbage, a small red onion and some pitted black olives. For the dressing, lemon juice from freshly squeezed lemons and their double in extra virgin olive oil. Season with salt and enjoy!
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Continue ReadingLentil kofte, one of my favorite comfort foods! I first had it at my Turkish friend’s house and I fell in love! I had to replicate it. I love preparing big batches and having them in the friends ready to eat. They can be a snack or a main course, served with lemon, pomegranate molasses, olive oil and fresh herbs. Eat it using lettuce leaves.
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Continue ReadingChocolate cereal bites OR pantry foraging during homeschooling! So last week, while the kids were during their second week of distant learning, I decided to go through my pantry items and use ingredients that were close to expiration. Found some crunchy corn flakes and some leftover couverture chocolates from a previous job and I thought this is the best combo and the yummiest snack. Recipe (if we can call it as such!) and the measurements are approximate:
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Continue ReadingThis recipe was passed to me by my dear friend @nourabdo. Adapted from @recipe_tin. It is super simple to make but needs pre-planning as it needs to be slow cooked for a minimum of 8hrs. I have tried less, it doesn’t work.My slow cooker is from @mumzworldcom, use my promocode Petites10 for 10% off your purchase.Let me know if you make it!
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Continue ReadingBeirut on my mind today. This fragrant, chewy fig jam is made using dried figs. It makes me reminisce of lavish Lebanese brunches and lazy halloum and fig jam sandwiches for dinner on the balcony. The lovely Marilyne of @thesweethobby kindly gave me her mom’s recipe to share with you all. Step by step in my highlights, recipe below:Fig jam
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Continue ReadingI’m posting the recipe early so you can manage to bake it today if needed! The filling is based on the @hummingbirdbme with a couple of tweaks. The pastry crust is from the book #agoodbake by Melissa Weller. (Thank you Raja @lesmauvaisgarcons for your help)