Quinoa Tabouli

Last week our grocery store had organic parsley, which I haven’t seen all winter. I bought 4 bunches to make tabouli. Tabouli is a Middle Eastern salad traditionally made with parsley, green onions and bulgur wheat, and dressed with extra virgin olive oil, fresh lemon juice and salt. I enjoy making our tabouli with quinoa [...]

Arabic Meatballs

Also known as Kefta Kebobs. Makes 2 dozen meatballs 2 pounds ground beef or lamb (grass-fed is preferable) 1 onion, diced very fine 2 tablespoons dried parsley 1/2 tablespoon dried mint 1 teaspoon sea salt 1/4 teaspoon black pepper Mix all ingredients together well. Form into 2 dozen 1-1/2 inch balls or football shapes. Brown [...]

Arabic Coffee – Turkish Coffee

scroll down for the recipe… Why is it that for me to talk about today, I invariably have to explain something about yesterday? Anyway, yesterday, Naomi came down with a mild flu. We were planning to go visit friends in the afternoon, but we had to cancel that. The kids were going to play together, [...]

Mujadareh

3 cups lentils, uncooked 1 cup brown rice, uncooked 1/4 cup raw apple cider vinegar, lemon juice, or whey 8 to 12 cups filtered water 2 large onions, sliced 4 T extra virgin olive oil (or other cooking fat, such as tallow or coconut oil) salt and pepper to taste optional: cinnamon to taste Put [...]