We arrived home from nearly two weeks in Japan (cut a little short, due to typhoon Hagibis) to Colorado’s typically temperamental weather – a bright summery day turned into a snowstorm. Snow is soup weather, and while my typical go-to is a bowl of shorbat adas (lentil soup), my daughter had suddenly become enamoured of…
Fatteh, meaning ‘crumbs’ in Arabic – is a bread salad. Most people are familiar with fattoush, which is ubiquitous in most Middle Eastern restaurants; fewer people are familiar with fatteh – which is more of a home dish, an end of the week meal to use up any leftover bits and pieces and stale bread….
I was recently invited to a potluck brunch, and as a person who doesn’t typically eat breakfast (coffee is my breakfast most days) I was a bit stuck. While I love traditional Middle Eastern breakfasts – like ful medames, or a plate of fresh vegetables, bread, and labneh, or a big skillet of shakshouka, I…
Admittedly, I am not a big cheese person. Part of this stems from being lactose intolerant, so I didn’t grow up eating a lot of it as I always felt it made my stomach hurt. Cultured dairy, like yogurt, seems to be a bit easier on my stomach and so labneh, being made from yogurt,…
I use a lot of cherry tomatoes in salads, and I’m a pretty big fan of the multicoloured ones that come in a range of yellows, oranges, and reds. I typically buy the large box from Costco, and I’m nearly always left with a handful or two of cherry tomatoes that are starting to look…
