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]

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]

Cauliflower and Garlic, Indian Style (Gobi Masala)

Even though this dish is essentially a side item to accompany a main course, Kemal and I oftentimes enjoy this wonderful Indian dish as an entree, especially in the summertime when we tend to eat less meat.

We love Indian cuisine, and this is definitely one of our favorite meals, especially when accompanied with some naan … [read more]

Meat Pita (Buredzici and Burek)

Buredzici (pronounced: burr-edge-eats-see) is basically a meat-filled pastry that’s baked and then covered with yogurt and garlic after it’s cooked:

Burek (pronounced: burr-eck) is a similar meat-filled pastry except burek isn’t soaked in the yogurt sauce:

Both burek and buredzici are very popular in the Balkans, and Kemal, who’s from Bosnia-Herzegovina, translates both buredzici and burek as … [read more]