This salad combo hits all of my favorite flavor notes. Sweet, savory and tangy if I can accomplish this flavor profile in every meal I...

Minestrone is a thick Italian soup made with vegetables, often with the addition of pasta or rice.

Palestinian vegetable pickles in olive oil

Okra stew or in Arabic is called Bamieh is a traditional Palestinian stew. There are also other cooking variations found all throughout...

Palestinian cuisine is rich and loaded with vegetables and seasonal ingredients. A whole pot of rolled vegetarian stuffed Swiss chard...

I am aware that I am sharing with you a soup recipe on a super hot summer day. But whenever life gets so busy, schedule changes and...

So many things to make with fresh and dried mint. Its such a refreshing and generous herb

Simple summer dishes made with locally grown produce and herbs

In Chicago sweet corn is one of the vegetables that truly captures the summer season. Summer corn is one of those things I don’t buy off...

Similar to couscous of Morroco and mughrabieh of Lebanon the Palestinian version is called maftoul. Maftoul is made of bulgur wheat,...

A Summer cooling salad with fire charred zucchini, mint and yogurt.

Bukhari Rice an aromatic delicious rice.

Grapevines are one of the most important trees in Palestine. It’s up there after the olives in agricultural value. In Arabic or in...

Simple and easy summer salads

Our growing season in Chicago is short. spring doesn’t really start till April - May. And we don’t harvest anything till mid summer. But...

Every spring my sitti sits on her little stool in her glass covered veranda that overlooks her garden. Surrounded by bushels and bushels...

When the earth laughs it gives flower blossoms and rainbow food. Today we are Celebrating this earth that we all have in common with a...

"I'm hungry! What's for lunch?! Mom, we ate so long ago!!" (Usually by long ago, they mean an hour ago. Children can have a strange...

A delicious simple perfect as a side. Utilizes the season's best most delicious tomoatoes.

قدسية حمص وفول Jerusalem Ful Foul Mudammas is often served at breakfast but not any breakfast. Growing up it was a dish reserved for...