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2:37 PM

Even though I grew up in Kuwait my mother would very often cook some delicious traditional Armenian dishes. One dish, that I favored the mo...

Even though I grew up in Kuwait my mother would very often cook some delicious traditional Armenian dishes. One dish, that I favored the most was Mante. It's a sort of flour ball with diced meat in it and it tastes great with yogurt. Now that I live with two cultures I make sure to bring out the best of both sides. However, yesterday's dinner was mante.  ...

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10:51 AM

Ramadan is going fast and we're already at day 10 and 11. For these two days we ate rice with green beans and dill with a side dish of ...

Ramadan is going fast and we're already at day 10 and 11. For these two days we ate rice with green beans and dill with a side dish of veggie pancakes.  ...

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10:46 AM

For day 8 and 9 I decided to spoil my family. My husband and daughter love shish taouk, therefore it wasn't too hard to decide what to ...

For day 8 and 9 I decided to spoil my family. My husband and daughter love shish taouk, therefore it wasn't too hard to decide what to cook these days. During Ramadan I don't like to cook too much, so you'll notice that we sometimes eat the same thing for two days in a row. ...

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7:09 AM

Last Ramadan I promised I would post every single day, however, that promise was not kept since a lot of things got in the way. To keep thi...

Last Ramadan I promised I would post every single day, however, that promise was not kept since a lot of things got in the way. To keep this promise,  I've decided to continue from last year. Starting with what we had to eat for day 6 and 7.  During these two days we decided to have tashrib, which is a tomato sauce with chicken and bread. The bread I'm using is homemade and you can find the recipe here. For dessert I made sweet bites, which is a traditional Middle Eastern dessert also known as legamat or awamat....

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6:22 AM

Over the weekend I was browsing through Pinterest and stumbled upon some pastries with nutella and bananas. They looked really delicious, so...

Over the weekend I was browsing through Pinterest and stumbled upon some pastries with nutella and bananas. They looked really delicious, so I decided to give it a go and I must say, they're just as good as they look! ...

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2:55 PM

Coming from a Middle Eastern culture dates are really important (and delicious.) It's used in many dishes, but it's also good as a ...

Coming from a Middle Eastern culture dates are really important (and delicious.) It's used in many dishes, but it's also good as a simple snack.  About a year ago I discovered a date cake recipe - and it's delicious! The cake is really moist and the caramel sauce together with the dates make it a perfect combo. ...

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3:44 PM

It's been a while since I've made grilled shrimps and it certainly is a favorite here at home, therefore I found it most appropriat...

It's been a while since I've made grilled shrimps and it certainly is a favorite here at home, therefore I found it most appropriate to make them today - with a side chickpea salad. ...

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