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Jalepeno and Roasted Red Pepper Hummus

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]

Baked Banana Chips Dipped in Chocolate

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]

No Bake Strawberry Pistachio Yogurt Pie

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]

Tangerine Yogurt Cake Sweetened with Applesauce and Agave Nectar

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]

Rosemary Sesame Seed Rolls

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’s Eggplant Salad

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]

Irish Cream Meringue Cookies

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]

Raspberry Jam Roll

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]

Blueberry Vanilla Fluff

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]

Our Bathroom

I love our bathroom which has bright splashes of yellow, orange, magenta, green, and blue. It’s fun, whimsical, and definitely the cheeriest room in our little apartment.

The beautiful painting on the wall, which my photo doesn’t do justice, was painted by my mother 20 or 30 years ago. I’m always reminded of the Gulf of ... [read more]