Loaded Dark Chocolate Bark
This chocolate bark studded with toasted pistachios, almonds, and cranberries are easy-to-make, healthy snack, mood booster, and a decadent vegan treat.
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Find easy and quick vegan and pescatarian recipes for the Nativity Fast. The Nativity fast in the Coptic Orthodox faith is a 43-day period of spiritual preparation leading up to the celebration of Coptic Christmas on January 7. Beginning on November 25, the fast involves abstaining from animal products, with exceptions for fish on certain days.
How to Make Saj Bread (Flat bread): خبز الصاج
Saj Bread is ideal for Shawarma or Falafel wraps. This recipe is full proof and leads to a pillowy and soft bread that stands the test of panini machine.
Read MoreLeft Mekhalel: Pickled turnips: لفت مخلل
Pickled turnips are delicious Egyptian mezzah, which are made of turnips and beets soaked in brine. While the hero here is the turnips, the beets’ natural sweetness offsets the saline brine and lends the pale white vegetable a vibrant magenta color. Pickled turnips are indispensable to jazz up a shawarma or falafel wrap.
Read MoreKa’ab El Ghazal: Egyptian Date Filled Cookies: كعب الغزال
“Ka’ab Alghazal” is an Egyptian Date filled cookie that is also known as “Menin”. It is omnipresent in Egyptian bakeries and is considered a staple cookie to serve with cardamom coffee or mint tea. It has a flaky shell that encases a velvety date filling, spiked with warm spices such as fennel and anise. A true delight to indulge on and to share with others. Roll your sleeves, these cookies are worth baking and trying.
Read MoreSamar’s Beetroot-Baba Ghanoug Dip: Cooking In Style
Beetroot and Baba Ganoug is bursting with colors as well as flavors, and nutrition benefits. You can top it with nuts, seeds , small greens leaves ( parsley, micro-greens..etc) , fruits ( pomegranate is the best choice ) and for non vegans it’s awesome with goat cheese, crumbled ricotta or cottage cheese. And above all, its ready in just 30 minutes.
Read MoreSamia’s Fava Bean Dip: Bridiging Cultures
In an attempt to collect an Egyptian Diaspora of favorite recipes, I am delighted to host Dr. Samia Spencer at my blog “Chez Nermine”. In her recipe of delicious Fava beans dip, Dr. Spencer manages to blend a traditional Egyptian dish with the influence of Southern cuisine in the US that is loaded with pungent spices and fresh vegetables.
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