I love the taste of a shawarmaWhether it's the chicken or the beef/lamb mixture my local place makes, seeing those thin strips of meat shaved off their rotating meat tower and briefly browned off before being placed in a warmed pita bread with a generous drizzle of sauce (tzatziki, hummus, tahini or garlic) is a treat ... and it's all delicious, ( Read more... )

Half an onion and four cups of stock (vegetable or chicken) form the base of both these soups. Your choice depends on whether you want the final product to be vegetarian or veggie-friendly. For some reason, both of my soups are in the orange-red colour palette ( Read more... )

WARNING: Picture heavy post

The first month of the new year is almost gone and, while I ate well, I've had to be very frugal in my grocery shopping. Which meant foraging in my freezer for things I bought in more affluent days. Some of the meals were very simple while others were a bit more fussy.

Fried pork chop with leftover butternut squash


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Kofta are a popular Middle Eastern dish of ground (minced) meat, ie. lamb, chicken, beef or even pork, which may be shaped into meatballs, patties or loaves. Or sausage shaped and threaded onto skewers and then grilled. It's the latter that I decided to make and bake off in the oven, as winter in Ontario, Canada is NOT a good time to go outside and ( Read more... )

During a pre-Christmas visit, my SIL mentioned a syrup soaked cake that my mother had made years ago. She had discussed the dish with a work colleague who was curious about the dish but didn't have a lot of recipe details to share with her. Since it had been a long time since I'd tasted the dessert myself, I was vague on details, but I thought it ( Read more... )

I haven't had a lot of inspiration for cooking in the last couple of weeks, and I'm just getting over a bad cold. A woman's got to eat, however. Luckily, I threw a few things together before it got too bad.

I used the same basic dough recipe that I made those pumpkin and kaiser-shaped rolls with, but I left out the ground oats and threw in an egg ( Read more... )

Parts of the world need rain but here, in south-western Ontario, we've had rain 4 out of the last 5 days, including this weekend. A bit of sun would be greatly appreciated. Since I have lots of food in the freezer, I decided to take a break from cooking ... though I did want to use up the last few leaves of kale in my crisper, and some of the sweet ( Read more... )

My friends, I'm about to reveal something to you that you may not have known about me ( Read more... )

It's fall time again and with the nip in the air, and my kitchen, I'm planning more substantial cooking projects that will warm me up.

Like this ham, potato and corn chowder I found on someone's blog. The ingredients are similar to a previous soup I've posted, other than using a roux to thicken it up to the consistency of a chowder. You can add ( Read more... )

Kibbeh is a delicious Middle Eastern appetizer, mezze offering or main dish. Served with tzatziki or other yogurt based sauce, few people would pass this by.


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