Recipes

Not sure what to cook for the guests coming over this weekend? Or looking to feed your stubborn children some vegetables with a clever cooking hack? Well, I have a recipe for everything. From lip-smacking breakfast, dips, mains to desserts, if you love to cook, this is just where you should be.

Bread Recipes

Deserts

Healthy recipes

Soups

Vegetarian

Moroccan Spiced Yogurt Dip

Moroccan Spiced Yogurt Dip

A homemade dip is the best accompaniment to chips and vegetables. This Moroccan-inspired one, made with yogurt and spiked with cumin, cayenne, cardamom, and coriander, is especially good with fried foods. I particularly like it

Fig-Olive Tapenade

If you know me at all, you won’t be surprised that I’m absolutely smitten, head over heals in love with appetizers. I often order from the appetizer menu when I eat out, enjoying two and sometimes three

Curried Sweet Potatoes on a Stick

When I saw the book On a Stick!, I knew I had to have it. The title alone got me intrigued. I thought the idea of a book where every single recipe is on a

Mofletas

Mofletas/mufletas may be less known than their Muslim cousins rghaif /msemmen but they are practically the same. Sure one is round, the other is square but the difference is only in shape. The taste and texture are the same.

Moroccan Mustard Chicken for The Boston Globe

I wrote this mustard chicken recipe for the food column in The Boston Globe. It is creamy, zesty and perfect for the upcoming winter months. It is quite a change from a traditional tagine but

Moroccan Roasted Eggplant Salad: Zaalook

Moroccan Roasted Eggplant Salad: Zaalook

If I had never had Zaalouk and somebody told me about an eggplant mash recipe, I would not have been impressed. Not only that, I would have turned my heel and walked away, not interested

Quick Chicken and Vegetable Stew with Grits Recipe

Quick Chicken and Vegetable Stew with Grits

It’s starting to look and feel like a stew season in Orlando. The weather has only been slightly cooler but it’s been raining every day making it look darker and far more like fall than

Date Truffles with Pecans and Coconut

These date truffles would make a delicious gift that’s also loaded with nutrients. A gift that’s playful enough for a child and sophisticated enough for an adult. Is it gifting season right now? It always

Got Escargots?

I’m shocked at how many people don’t like snails or won’t even try them, but maybe I shouldn’t be. There are things I would never ever try so I understand that people can have such