Fresh snow pea quinoa salad

I’m ashamed to say I was tempted to keep this recipe only for my Spring and Summer e-book, but I just couldn’t. EVERYONE should know about this one – it is so healthy, yum, and perfect for the season. Whether you just want it as a side or as a main, this pretty salad is […]

Winter buckwheat salad

Did you know that buckwheat (also known as kasha) is a seed of a fruit related to rhubarb? As such, it is a great option if you are trying to cut down on grains, looking for carb that have a lower glycemic rate, or on the gluten-free train. It is also packed with nutrients and […]

It’s-all-in-the-pantry fish cakes

Is it me or does back-to-school frenzy feel like it was yesterday and is Christmas shopping season imminent? Life’s been busy and as you’ve noticed, my time spent testing new recipes and eating my way through new healthy trendy foods has been reduced to sipping matcha lattes from the Starbucks drive-thru. So today I share […]

Kids love ’em (and so do we) chicken nuggets

I first started preparing dinners in the kitchen at the age of 13, the summer my mom went back to work. Revelling in this new-found freedom to make meals I fancied, I discovered the joys of recipe testing as opposed to drooling over cookbook pictures, (which had until then been a favorite pastime of mine). […]

Favorite savory galette recipe (salty crepes)

“Galettes” are buckwheat crêpes (large, thin pancakes) used for savory fillings. Like traditional sweet crêpes, they originate from the Brittany region of France and are absolutely divine. The classic galette is usually crispy, buttery-tasting and stuffed with ham, melted gruyere and a sunny side up egg. If you want to make it a bit more […]

Wildly good wild thyme, quinoa and goat cheese salad

I am all about finding ingredients that can turn a normal salad, soup, stew or other dish into something phenomenal. Luckily, I have a growing list of these since living in Dubai, because we have access to a world of flavors, from orange blossom water and saffron to some of the most fragrant herbs out […]

Creamy tomato spaghetti (Vegan)

When I went off cow’s milk, a good creamy pasta dish (without avocado or coconut milk) felt like a distant memory from a past life. Or at least that’s how I saw it until I came across the velvety concoction that is cashew milk. In this recipe, I use a thick version of it (see […]

Roasted turmeric harissa eggplant

This appetizer plate is almost too pretty to eat. And it tastes even better than it looks so has a short life span at our dinner table. The mix of harissa and turmeric really liven up the eggplant and the interesting cashew sumac crumble makes this dish even more mouth-watering. I like to put dollops […]

Delightful vitello tonnato

Vitello tonnato originates from Italy’s Piemont region and is a cold thinly sliced roast veal covered in an exquisite tuna caper anchovy sauce. I don’t know why it took me so long to make this at home. Well no, actually that’s not true: it was partly because of the seemingly strange combination of ingredients that […]

Awesome Sicilian caponata

I consider caponata to be Sicily’s answer to France’s ratatouille. It’s hearty, delicious, healthy and bursting with late-summer Mediterranean flavors. It’s also a great dish to make when you want a satisfying, rustic vegetarian meal that doesn’t have beans in it. There are a gazillion variations to caponata – many people use raisins, others add […]