
Hummus is my favorite way to eat chickpeas; it’s also Kemal’s favorite chickpea dish as well. While you can serve it as an appetizer, we enjoy it as a meal. We like to spread it on bread, sometimes with some goat cheese. It makes for a light lunch…one that will give you a lot of … [read more]

One of Kemal’s favorite snacks (and mine too) is chocolate covered banana chips. They’re sinfully delicious and super easy to make.
BakedBanana Chips Dipped in Chocolate (Recipe Source: Spark Recipes)
Ingredients:
3 firm bananas
1/4 cup tangerine juice (you can substitute with orange juice)
12 oz. bark chocolate, for melting
Note: I had extra chocolate left over, so I … [read more]

Last week I mistakenly purchased a huge container of vanilla yogurt. Ooops! I meant to buy plain yogurt. So I decided to return the wrong yogurt and replace it with the right one. I went through my files and found the receipt and put it in my pocket, but I forgot to bring the vanilla … [read more]

I was in the mood for a citrus cake but didn’t have any citrus fruit in the house. Fortunately, we had plenty of tangerine juice (Kemal’s favorite) in the refrigerator so I used some of that to make this cake which is fairly healthy as far as cakes go. There’s no butter or oil, and … [read more]

I absolutely love rosemary bread, and so do Kemal and my Mom. The sesame seeds add a wonderful nutty texture while the rosemary has a beautiful aroma and flavor. They’re best fresh from the oven smothered in butter.
Rosemary Sesame Seed Rolls
Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
1 pkg. dry active … [read more]

Kemal and I love eggplant, and if you do too, you’re going to really enjoy his eggplant salad. It’s healthy, nutritious, and full of flavor. It’s a beautiful salad, but it also makes a wonderful meal. It goes great with a loaf of French bread.
Kemal’s Eggplant Salad
Ingredients:
1 large eggplant
30 garlic cloves
large onion, … [read more]

Kemal and I love meringue cookies, and I made them for the first time last night. What’s funny is I always thought these cookies would be harder to make than regular cookies, and since I suck at making regular cookies, I was surprised that my meringue cookies turned out perfectly! I’m so happy I finally … [read more]

Kemal was in the mood for something with raspberries yesterday, so he made this quick and easy jam roll last night.
It only took him a few minutes to make, and it turned out great! If you like something sweet for breakfast, you’ll love this. It’s a really more of a dessert for us though … [read more]

We had some blueberries and whipping cream in the fridge that needed to be used up, so Kemal and I threw this together last night after we made veggie pizza. It’s a quick and easy dessert because you can just purchase the pastry sheets and pudding to have on-hand in your kitchen and use … [read more]

Is there anything better than chocolate covered strawberries? I think they’re just heavenly, and I got a big surprise at work the other day when I received some homemade chocolate dipped strawberries as a Valentine gift from Gaby, who’s a really sweet and lovely young woman I work with.
She attached a note to the package … [read more]