Your guide to a healthy lifestyle
These Middle Eastern stuffed veggies are the ultimate comfort food. Just using simple ingredients, you can prepare a hearty one-pot meal that is quite delicious. As a healthy alternative, I used quinoa instead of rice in preparation. The combination of veggies, quinoa, olives, tomatoes and …
Eggplant fatteh is a classic delicious Middle Eastern dish. I prepared a version that is healthy, vegan and still absolutely delicious.I prepared it by layering crunchy pita bread, eggplant chunks, chickpeas, which I finally garnished with tahini sauce, roasted almonds, pomegranate molasses and sumac. It …
Muhammara is a popular Middle Eastern spicy roasted peppers/ walnut dip. It is healthy, flavorsome and easy to prepare. Normally muhammara is prepared using roasted peppers, breadcrumbs, walnuts and spices. However, I preferred to prepare it low calorie/ gluten-free leaving out the breadcrumbs. I reached …
Chicken shawerma, döner kebab, or gyros, whatever it is called in each part of the world, everywhere people agree it is from the most delicious street foods. The common among the three is the vertical rotisserie used in cooking the meat. The difference lies in …
This healthy garlicky sauce (Toum) is fantastic in serving as a condiment with meats or as a dip for parties and snacks. It is super quick and easy to prepare. All you need to prepare this delicious sauce is 3 main ingredients and a food …
Mediterranean cheese stuffed puff pastry/ borek/ cheese turnovers is a delight. This is the easiest, quickest and most delicious side dish/ appetizer you can prepare. All you need is only 5 ingredients and one of them is optional. Each bite is a piece of heaven. …
This Mediterranean salad is packed with all the goodies. Light and fluffy bulgur is studded with perfectly grilled Halloumi, tomatoes, arugula, chickpeas, pomegranate seeds and walnuts. Then, it is drizzled with a lip-smacking pomegranate dressing which gives the salad an extra kick. The combination is …
