Comfort food - beans cassarole
Lately there is a lot of talk about the comfort food and I have been thinking about what our comfort food is as a family. The other day...
Aubergines with tomato, onion and garlic
Inspired by the Ottolenghi aubergine recipe yesterday I made this version of Turkish aubergine dish "Imam bayildi". Usually aubergines...
Lemony leek stew
This is a Turkish dish called "Zeytinyagli pirasa" which means "leeks with olive oil". I used to hate this dish and any leek dish when I...
Olive Pogacha
Pogacha is a type of Turkish bread roll best eaten at breakfast or as a snack anytime of the day accopmpanied by Turkish tea in a tulip...
Etli yaprak sarmasi / Mince meat and rice stuffed vine leaves
Etli yaprak sarmasi Mince meat and rice stuffed vine leaves Ingredients 250 gr lean steak mince 1 large onion chopped 1 cup of rice...
Menemen
This is a very common Turkish breakfast dish which is simply scrambled eggs with fried peppers and tomatoes. This dish always reminds me...
Green beans, carrot meze salad and carrot cake
We had a veggie dinner tonight. Green beans cooked Turkish way, green salan and a carrot meze salad was on the table. Green beans are...
Artichoke hearts
My lovely husband brought home 15 artichoke hearts from his trip to Turkey. We can hardly find them in London and they are far difficult...
