Recipes from Ingredient: Garlic
Classic Sweet and Sour Chicken
I love Chinese food, and the sweet & sour dishes are amongst my preferred. It’s quick and easy to cook and suitable for a family or friends’ gathering. Serve it with white rice or Chinese egg or rice noodles and a side dish of Chinese style vegetables (check my choy-sum ...
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Fattet Batinjen – Eggplant with Yogurt and Pine Nuts
This is a classic Lebanese recipe. It is appetizing, distinctive, delicious, healthy and, last but not least, vegetarian. Since it involves frying the eggplants, I would suggest the use of an air fryer. With an air fryer you only coat the eggplants with very little of oil ! And you ...
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Bean Sprouts Salad
This Korean inspired salad is light, fresh, tasty, healthy and easy to make. It’s perfect as a side dish or a light summer lunch.
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Dobara Biskra – Spicy chickpeas and broad Beans dish
Dobara is a spicy and tanguy soup-like dish that can be eaten at room temperature, or hot (in winter). It originated in Biskra, a town located in North East of Algeria (at the beginning of the Sahara desert). Dobara is a delicious and a quite nutritious vegetarian meal! My daughter ...
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Spaghetti with smoked salmon and green asparagus
Who doesn’t love pasta! Most people do and I am a big fan of all kinds of pasta. The following recipe was inspired by the fact that I had 1 pack of smoked salmon and another of green asparagus in my fridge and both were nearing the expiry date. I ...
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2 Chickpeas Salads : My Style and Balila
There are other recipes for chickpea salads or stews. I will publish them soon so you will have a wider choice for cooking this légume which is high in protein, fibre, vitamins and minerals. The photo and ingredients are for “My Style” chickpea salad. For hommos “Balila” (Lebanese recipe), use ...
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Cherokee Style Succotash
This easy and nutritious bean and corn stew is initially a Native American dish. Succotash comes from an Indian word meaning corn. Now it is a staple in many parts of North America and is also popular in South America. The original dish is made with lima beans but it ...
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Polish Style Broccoli
This recipe was inspired from the Polish dish of steamed cauliflower and butter-fried breadcrumbs that my mother used to make. It is healthy and quick to make. As an alternative, use cauliflower instead of broccoli.
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Zucchini and Bell Pepper Frittata (Italian egg-based dish)
Frittata is an Italian sort of unfolded omelette done with beaten eggs fried with vegetables or cheeses or meats or any other combination of ingredients. Frittata is cooked in an oven-safe skillet because, unlike the omelette, it starts on the stove top but finishes to cook in the oven. it ...
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Chicken Curry with Brussel Sprouts, Spinach and Chickpeas
I was inspired to do this recipe because I wanted us to eat more spinach and Brussel sprouts (for obvious reasons). Up till now, spinach and Brussel sprouts were eaten only sautéed and roasted and it was becoming boring. My husband was not convinced that Brussels sprouts will work in ...
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