Another famous Arabic BBQ dish is Sheesh Kebab. Here is the recipe.
Ingredients:
One Pound of Ground Beef
1/2 Onion
2 Tbsp of Italian Parsley
Salt and Pepper
How to Prepare:
In a mixer, mix the onion and parsley.
Season the ground beef with salt and pepper (I use Ground All Spice).
Mix the beef with the onion/parsley mixture.
Place the beef on kebab skewers and grill.
Garlic Sauce is usually served with Arabic BBQ and Shawarma.
Ingredients:
2 Egg whites
2 Cloves of Garlic
Salt
2 Tbsp of Lemon Juice
1/2 Cup of Vegetable Oil
How to Prepare:
Mix in a blender the egg whites, peeled garlic, salt and lemon until mixed well.
Keep the blender running and add the vegetable oil slowly in a very thin line until the sauce gets thick and creamy.
Today, we had some good friends over for dinner so I decided to make an Arabic BBQ for a change. Here’s the recipe for the famous Sheesh Tawook dish.
Ingredients:
How to Prepare:
Cut the chicken breast into small, inch-squares and place in a bowl.
Add salt to the chicken squares and stir in the bowl.
Add the Thyme, Coriander, and graded garlic to the chicken. Stir in the bowl until mixed.
Add the tomato paste and the vegetable oil into the chicken bowl. Mix it all together now.
Let the bowl sit in the refrigerator for 6 hours (Hint: You can also prepare the day before depending on how early you would like to eat.)
Place the chicken pieces on wood skewers and grill.
I also grilled some mushrooms and pepper 🙂
Before we prepare for our next big move, we decided to take a short trip to New York to see family and enjoy the good food and beautiful sites.
Here are some pictures of our trip!
After returning from our small vacation and with summer finally here, I made this simple yet delicious Strawberry Pie.
Ingredients:
2 Boxes of Strawberries
3/4 Cup of Red Raspberry preserve
1/2 Pie Crust
How to prepare:
Prepare the pie crust and bake in the oven at 350F for 30 minutes. (Link to Pie Crust)
Cut the strawberries in bite sizes.
Heat 3/4 of a cup of the red raspberry preserve for 5 minutes until it becomes liquid.
Remove the seeds by using a strainer.
Glaze the strawberries with the raspberry jam and spread evenly in on the crust.
Place in the fridge for one to two hours before serving.
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No more tears? I would rather have no more formaldehyde. I just might get my wish.
Today, the personal care giant announced that it would voluntarily (after consistent pressure from the public and groups like EWG) remove hidden formaldehyde, specifically quaternium-15, from their baby products like baby shampoo and baby washes. Didn’t know that quaternium-15 releases formaldehyde? Formaldehyde is “hidden” in ingredient names like “DMDM hydantoin“, and “1,4 dioxane” (which is “hidden” in listed ingredients like “fragrance”. It’s all a big fun game, you see.).
“There’s a very lively public discussion going on about the safety of ingredients in personal care products,” said Susan Nettesheim, VP for product stewardship and toxicology for J & J. This “lively discussion” has been going on since 2011.
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I made this dish the other night as a change from the regular chicken and potato dish. It has a nice spice to it. You can marinate it over night or at least four hours before baking. 
Ingredients:
One pound of Chicken Breasts
2 Big Potatoes
2 Onions
One box of Mushrooms
2 tbsp of Tomato Paste
One tbsp of Hot Sauce
One teaspoon of Ground Coriander
One tsp of Ground Cumin
2 Garlic Cloves
One tbsp of Olive Oil
Salt and Pepper
How to Prepare:
Marinate the chicken breasts with the tomato paste, hot sauce, ground coriander, ground cumin, crushed garlic, olive oil, salt and pepper overnight.
Slice the potatoes, mushrooms and onion.
Season the potato slices with salt and ground coriander.
Grease an oven tray with olive oil and place the potato slices on the bottom.
Place the marinated chicken breasts on top of the potato slices then cover with onion and the mushroom slices.
Cover the tray with foil and bake at 400F/350C for 45 minutes.
For this birthday, I didn’t want to have a cake. Instead, I spoiled my self with my favorite dessert Frozen Chocolate Graham Crackers (also called Succès). It is very easy yet very tasty.
Ingredients:
One Cup of Milk
One Cup of Sugar
350 grams or 12 Ounces of Butter
4 Packs of Graham Crackers (or Social Tea)
One cup of Cocoa Powder
How to Prepare:
Melt the sugar, milk, and the butter in a large pot on medium heat until the milk becomes lukewarm.
Turn off the flame, then add the cocoa powder to the milk/butter and mix until the cocoa blends in.
Break the crackers into small pieces and mix them thoroughly with the mixture.
Wrap in cling wrap in a roll shape, folding the sides so the mixture doesn’t get out of the wrap and then place it in the freezer until frozen.
Open the wrap and cut it into small pieces before serving.
To make this recipe more fun and mouth watering, you may add more biscuits (Graham Crackers) to the mixture and roll it in a ball shape and then cover with coconut. Place in the fridge until cold 😉
Let’s make feeding fruits to toddlers more fun. With summer coming and my baby’s refusal to eat any fruits other than bananas, I decided to make him homemade popsicles that are fun as well as a healthy snack after running in the park for a couple of hours.
Ingredients:
2 Types of Fruits (I used Banana and Apple in one batch and Apple and Cantaloupe in another batch)
Water
How to Prepare:
Peel the Fruits.
Cut into small pieces.
Boil the hard fruits (apple and cantaloupe) until soft.
Drain the fruits.
Put in a blender with 1/4 cup of water and mix until watery.
Pour in a rubber tray or an ice cube tray.
Cover with cling wrap.
Poke baby spoons or plastic in each section of the tray then place in a freezer for a few hours until frozen.
You can make so many things with meatballs and marinara sauce. You can put them on top of pasta, spaghetti, or rice. You can make meatball lasagna or simply make a meatball sandwich with melted cheese!!!
Ingredients:
Fresh Baguette
1/2Lb of Ground Meat
2 Tbsp of Cup of Bread Crumbs
One Egg
Diced Garlic
1/2 tsp of Garlic Powder
4 Tomatoes
One tablespoon of Tomato Paste
Salt and Pepper
Ground Basil
Olive Oil
American Cheese
How to Prepare:
Cut the baguette.
Mix the ground beef with egg, bread crumbs, salt, pepper and garlic powder.
Assemble the meat mixture into balls.
Boil the tomatoes for 5 to 7 minutes. Peel the skin and then crush into a sauce.
Heat the olive oil and brown the balls, flipping them every 4 minutes until all are brown.
Fry the garlic in a saucepan until blond then add the tomato sauce, tomato paste with some basil, salt and pepper, then add the meat balls to the sauce.
Once it starts to boil, lower the flame and let it simmer until the sauce gets thick.
Add the meatballs with some sauce to the baguette and melt some cheese on top.
Yummy
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