Ingredients for one jar -2 medium bananas ripe -30 grams sugar -1 egg -50 grams butter -1 spoonful lemon juice -1 /2 tea spoon vanilla powder Method In a pan on very low fire, mix 40 grams of the butter with sugar until well incorporated. Meanwhile smash the bananas finely, add the lemon juice. In a [...]
A Winter Staple Recipe Ingredients (for 4 servings) -Half kilo of pumpkin peeled, cubed -One small potato, peeled and cubed -One onion – finely chopped -One spoonful oil or ghee -Turmeric powder – one spoonful -Salt and pepper to taste -2 spoonful fresh cream – for cooking- (optional) Method Saute the onion in the oil or [...]
This sauce is one of the staples of Italian cuisine as well as Lebanese cooking. Here is my basic recipe: Ingredients: -One kilo tomato (ripe and chopped then mixed in the processor) -A drizzle of olive oil -4 cloves of garlic – finely chopped or pressed. -Salt, pepper and cinnamon -The famous cube of sugar -Basil [...]
This is a typical recipe from Lebanon, from the mountains exactly. It was considered poor people’s food as it is vegetarian (vegan even) at a time when only the richer classes of society could afford eating meat every day. Nowadays what was considered to be the poor man food has become the way to healthier and [...]
The Mediterranean countryside in your plate! A great olden days’ recipe made with eggplant, tomato and minced beef, baked in the oven and served with rice or bread if you wish. For a limited carbs intake you can drop the latter and serve it with some yogurt on the side. Ingredients for 6 - 2 eggplants [...]
This is the perfect combination for a nutritious vegetarian/vegan meal: a bean, a grain and a green. My husband likes beetroot, my kids don't so I found the best way to secretly incorporate the goodness of the beet without having to add the veggie, at least for them. Here it is! Ingredients for two as a [...]
Zucchini Casserole Ingredients for 4 persons Zucchini 3 pieces green and yellow Onion, 1 piece diced Garlic, 3 gloves diced finely Tomato paste, 3 spoonfuls Minced beef 250 grams Vegetable oil, 1 spoonful Vegetable margarine or ghee, 1 spoonful Salt, pepper, cinnamon, turmeric: a pinch of each Spring onion, diced for presentation. Method Heat the oil [...]
This salad is so refreshing and alive... why? Because i add my homemade pickled cabbage to give it a zing! Ingredients: Potato- 1 kilo Onion- 1 piece red or white Chives- one cup chopped Mayonnaise- (gluten free is an option) 2 spoonful Yogurt- 4 spoonful Lemon- juice of 2 pieces My pickled red cabbage- 1 cup [...]
This fresh and healthy salad uses mostly herbs with quinoa Ingredients for two: Quinoa- 100 grams Parsley- a small bunch or 30 grams if chopped Fresh Mint- a few sprigs or 15 grams chopped Spring onions – 3 to 4 pieces chopped Tomato- 1 beef tomato Onion- 1 small diced Olive oil- 1 spoonful Lemon- juice [...]
Appetizer or party dip. Quantities are approximate as this is more of a constructed platter. Ingredients: Eggplants 2 or 3- choose fat ones that are hard and shiny 3 to 4 gloves of garlic Salt, Cayenne Pepper, Olive oil and lemon Juice to taste ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Preparation: Grill the eggplant with the skin on the stove- this [...]
