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Zucchini boats in tahini sauce. I think each and every person needs to keep a list of things that make them happy. Arabic and middle eastern recipes. Creamy eggplant, colorful pepper immersed in a show stopping tomato sauce. The spice blend, vinegar and sugar make it complex with layers of flavor, the perfect canvass for this vegetarian Egyptian moussaka. Arabic and middle eastern recipes.

Sometimes Up a Mountain in Andalucia and sometimes Down by the Sea on the English South Coast. For some strange reason we celebrate on a completely different day from the rest of the world. A teaspoon of fresh grated ginger.

I love to cook, test and adapt recipes, and save as much money as I can while making delicious food for my family.

Food blogging goes in yearly cycles. Falafel is, perhaps, the original street food of the Middle East. While its origins remain shrouded, the inimitably vague finger of academia has pointed to it being first made in Egypt, perhaps as a meat-substitute during Lent.

Of What The Fruitcake? Instant battenberg cake pan! Lavender and Vanilla Jocondes.

Four Cheese Baked Spinach Dip.

Roasted Rosemary Lemon Chicken with Potatoes.