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  • Weekend Cooking: Apple Cider Doughnuts

    Weekend Cooking: Apple Cider Doughnuts

    Post turkey dinner I had a lot of apple cider left over, and was wondering what to do with it.  I can’t remember how I stumbled upon the idea of making doughnuts with apple cider, but now that I have, why didn’t I think of this sooner?? There are quite a few recipes out…

  • GobbleFest 2017 Leftovers: Turkey Avgolemono Soup

    GobbleFest 2017 Leftovers: Turkey Avgolemono Soup

    I shredded the last bits of my leftover GobbleFest turkey meat and stored them in the freezer, along with the turkey carcass.  This weekend I just wanted to finish them all off and finally close the 2017 chapter of GobbleFest.  What better way to do that than to try a new recipe? I made…

  • GobbleFest 2017 Leftovers: Turkey Waldorf Salad

    GobbleFest 2017 Leftovers: Turkey Waldorf Salad

    Happy New Year, everyone!  It’s a lazy New Year’s Day, and I wanted to put together a light snack. The first few times I made this was way back in 2012, when I was still actively involved in the Repertory Theater Club (RTC).  I made this for a post-rehearsal gathering with the RTC gang,…

  • For Your Spice Rack: Eman’s Saudi Spice Mix

    For Your Spice Rack: Eman’s Saudi Spice Mix

    I’ve been meaning to try out Eman’s kabuli rice recipe for a while now, but that dish requires Saudi spice or baharat, which I didn’t have on hand nor can easily get at stores.  Finally got around to making it over the New Year’s Day long weekend. I only toasted the spices for about 5…

  • GobbleFest 2017 Leftovers: Turkey Noodle Casserole

    GobbleFest 2017 Leftovers: Turkey Noodle Casserole

    When there’s a turkey dinner there’s inevitably leftovers, which opens up opportunities for more culinary adventures.  I saved the carcass to make turkey stock later, and while some of the meat I planned to make yummy turkey waldorf salad with, for the family coming over for dinner tonight I decided to try this simple…

  • GobbleFest 2017: Twice Baked Potato Casserole

    GobbleFest 2017: Twice Baked Potato Casserole

    I actually made this for our first ever GobbleFest back in 2012.  At the time we bought our roast turkey from Turkey Point Cafe, and I only made the sides.  Back then I wasn’t wise enough to know to make a few dishes in advance, but this time, especially now that I roast my…

  • Eman’s Chicken Kabsa

    Eman’s Chicken Kabsa

    Mummy wasn’t feeling well a few weekends back, and I was really worried because she took so long to recover and had such poor appetite.  I decided to make something nice for her for dinner, in hopes that she’d eat more.  I didn’t want to do a lamb dish, because I figured an elevated…

  • Weekend Cooking: Lamb Meghazlia Rice

    Weekend Cooking: Lamb Meghazlia Rice

    This was on my To-Make list for a while now, and finally I managed to make it this week.  Use a mix of meat and bones for a more flavorful stock; I chose lamb shoulder chops specifically for this purpose.  If you’re not keen on making your own meghazlia spice mix, I’m sure subbing…

  • For Your Spice Rack: Meghazlia Spice Mix

    For Your Spice Rack: Meghazlia Spice Mix

    It took me a while to finally make Eman’s Lamb Meghazlia, mainly because I needed to mix the meghazlia spice mix myself.  Since I have some lamb in the freezer I really needed to get rid of, I set aside some time today to make this spice mix. What took me a while to…

  • For Your Spice Rack: Dried Bisbas Spice Mix

    For Your Spice Rack: Dried Bisbas Spice Mix

    I made this spice mix thinking that this was the besbasa Eman was referring to for her meghazlia spice mix recipe.  It turned out that this actually wasn’t what she meant, but in any case I’ll try to figure out what other things I can use this for. Based on the recipe by Sheba Yemeni Food.