Middle Eastern
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Continue ReadingZaatar Recipe Growing up in a Middle Eastern household meant that our snacks were quite different from our neighbourhood school friends houses. While they were making themselves a toasted cheese sandwich, baked beans on toast or 2-minute noodles, it was common for me and my brother and sister to be eating Manoushah, a Lebanese flatbread…
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Continue ReadingLAMB MOUSSAKA RECIPE When I think of a lamb moussaka recipe my mind immediatley goes to my early travels. In my twenties I had the pleasure of travelling around the world, with alot of time spent in Europe. My fondest memories included working in Greece, on the island of Mykonos. Back then the summer season…
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Continue ReadingBarbecued Whole Snapper with Salsa Verde There are definitely two camps when it comes to whole fish. There are those that don’t like it and prefer a fish fillet, or those that absolutely love it, crunchy skin and all. I’m definitely in the second camp. I think there’s something super special about this barbecued whole…
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Continue ReadingFalafel Bowl Recipe Falafels in all their forms transport me back to my family and being taught by my dad how to cook. He owned a Lebanese restaurant for a number of years, and falafels featured heavily in the banquet meals. Funny thing though is that he didn’t make Lebanese style falafels, but rather made…
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Continue ReadingSlow Cooked BBQ Lamb Oh lamb how I love thee, let me count the ways … Now, Slow Cooked BBQ Lamb … my husband told me that if he wasn’t already married to me he’d marry the BBQ lamb. Ridiculous I know, but so funny. Juicy, tasty, fatty, tender, succulent, versatile. Yep, lamb is definitely…
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Continue ReadingHow to make Fattoush Salad Fattoush salad is a typical salad on a Middle Eastern table. It’s kind of a peasant salad because the ingredients are readily available. What differentiates this salad from a standard Middle Eastern garden salad is the lovely addition of toasted bread chips and wild Purslane leaves. (As an added bonus,…
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Continue ReadingGrowing up in a Middle Eastern house meant we had Tahini Sauce always at the ready. Typically it would accompany Falafels or Whole Baked Snapper with Rice Pilaf. But just as delicious you’ll find it served with barbecued or slow roast lamb. Probably my favourite dish to use the Tahini Sauce with is a dish called Baked…
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Continue ReadingGrowing up we often had a hearty soup with lentils, usually made on chicken stock, and invariably with a Middle Eastern feel. The one I most loved was a minted yoghurt and lamb meatball soup. But since I no longer eat any dairy food that one is off the table. So now I take inspiration…
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