Eggplant is great when grilled, paired with garlic yogurt sauce and you won’t be able to put your fork down! You can use grilled eggplant, roasted or pan fried….all work and taste great! You can have this as a side dish, or as lunch on its own with bread….
Meatless Meals
Cacik – Cucumber Yogurt Sauce
In Turkish its called Cacik pronounced ‘gagik’, in Albanian its called tarator, and in Greek its called tzatziki, in what ever language you wanna call it….it’s delicious! I make a variety of tarators every week, we like to have some kind of veggie and yogurt with our dinner.
This goes well with many dishes and even on it’s own with bread. …
Beet & Yogurt Dip -Pancar Salatasi
Pancar salatasi means beet salad or dip in Turkish, it’s like tzatziki ot tarator made with beets instead of cucumbers. I found these lovely candy & golden beets at the grocery store, so I made three different dips. They’re all naturally gorgeous in colour, you can make it with different colour beets for a pretty presentation or just make it with one, all are perfectly wonderful! …
Potato Clouds
Thank you for helping me choose a name for this lovely side! Potato clouds! Aren’t they pretty? They are so easy to make too, and taste great! Make your simple mash into something wonderfully delicious! …
Albanian Cornbread with Feta and Leek – Pispili
This feta and leek cornbread is a family favourite and an old recipe, my grandma grew up on it, so I love making it for her and and for my kids, who love this with yogurt, it actually goes really well with yogurt on the side.
I’ve made this using one cup corn meal, but find it to be dry, so in the recipe I say to use half a cup. If you like you can try making it yourself to see which you prefer.
This is the perfect thing to make for picnics, or something to serve at a party or when guests come over, it’s a nice snack to serve anytime.
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Salad with Bulgur
My son loves salad and bulgur, so when I have extra bulgur left I like to add it to the salad! It makes for a great lunch or snack food!
I bought this mix of quinoa with bulgar and tried it with it, it was great! First time trying quinoa and it won’t be my last!
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Bean Salad
Potato with Grilled Pepper Salad
Mmm potato salad with grilled red peppers is one of my favourite salads in the summer. The grilled veggies is what makes this so good, it adds a lot of flavour.
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Potato Pizza
My mom would buy potato pizza at our local Italian bakery many years ago….and we thought why not try making it ourselves! We know what flavour we were looking for and it seemed easy enough to make at home. This is our version of the potato pizza and honestly it tastes the same and even better!…
Broccoli Pizza
My daughter Dina loves this pizza! We like to stuff the crust with mozzarella and butter the edges and sprinkle garlic salt, makes for a yummy garlic bread crust!
I like to blanch my broccoli first, I have never made it any other way, if you make it without blanching do let me know how it turned out.
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