We had a dinner party, making two different salmon filets, one salmon filet had a lemon parsley butter sauce, and one had a soy maple sauce. I will blog the lemon parsley butter salmon shortly, but the soy maple salmon recipe is below: Soy Maple Salmon 1.5 – 2 lb salmon filet 1 tablespoon canola oil 1/4 onion, sliced 1/2 cup … [Read more…]
Quinoajadara – Quinoa Mujadara (Lentils and Quinoa with Caramelized Onions and Sumac)
Mujadara is a very popular Levantine dish. It is a very hearty vegetarian dish, and very healthy too. It is great hot or at room temperature, making mujadara leftovers a good work lunch option. My husband and kids all love mujadara, so we have it often, and change it up sometimes. This recipe is a marriage of mujadara and quinoa. The onions, … [Read more…]
Musakhan – Chicken with lemon, onions, olive oil, and sumac, over pita or flatbread
My sister is here visiting and requested that I make Musakhan. My brother frequently asks me to make it as well. In fact, if he is here, I don’t bother asking him what he would like me to make, since the answer is invariably Musakhan. It is a favorite of friends and family, for sure. Musakhan, literally meaning “heated”, is a traditional … [Read more…]
Curried Ground Beef with Peas and Potatoes
Peas and Potatoes (Basella wa Batata) is a commonly made dish in the Levant area. Some people make this as a tomato based stew, and some as a sort of a curry stew. My family typically made it as a curry, but I love it both ways. Tonight, however, I made it close to how I always had it growing up, as a curried stew served with yogurt and … [Read more…]
Tray Baked Herb Chicken and Potatoes
This is a very easy weeknight dish, though we happened to have it on the weekend this time 🙂 . You place all your desired ingredients in a baking tray, and let it do it’s thing on it’s own while you do everything else you have to do. There are many variations on tray bakes, but they are a staple of any working parent’s repertoire. This was … [Read more…]
Cruzan Potato Stuffing
So, Thanksgiving has come and gone. I didn’t hurry to post my T-giving posts, since it is already over anyway. However, as Christmas is on the horizon, this will be fitting for then. One of the must-haves in my family’s Thanksgiving dinner menu (or any time we make turkey, which is several times a year – we LOVE it and look for any occasion to … [Read more…]
Roasted Sweet and White Potatoes with Lemon and Cilantro
This is a roasted medley of sweet and white potatoes that we had with turkey leftovers. (Thanksgiving turkey and side dish recipes will follow shortly). I realized that we went through the sides much faster than the turkey, so I had to come up with something that did not require me to leave the house for groceries, and was a fix-it-and-forget-it … [Read more…]
Lamb Curry with Potatoes and Spinach
Last weekend, a good friend of mine posted some pictures of her trip to the British Virgin Islands, while I was braving frigid weather in the Mid-Atlantic region. So, naturally, I needed some Caribbean food to warm me up. This is a take on the traditional Trinidadian “Curry Goat”. I did not have any goat meat handy, but I had about a pound of … [Read more…]
Lemon Parsley Quinoa
This was our side dish tonight along with the previously posted Tahini Salad – Salata Tahina The lemon is very subtle in this dish. It just adds some brightness to the earthy quinoa. You could certainly double it if you would like a more pronounced lemon flavor. Lemon Parsley Quinoa 2 cups uncooked quinoa 1/2 teaspoon turmeric 3 tablespoons … [Read more…]
Tahini Salad – Salata Tahina
This is a traditional salad that you’ll find on any Palestinian mezzeh spread. It is a standard Arabic salad of uniformly small chopped cucumber and tomatoes, with a tahini lemon dressing. Salata Tahini – Salad with Tahini Dressing 1 tomato, chopped into small pieces 1 mini cucumber, chopped into small pieces 3 tablespoons tahini juice of … [Read more…]