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August 31, 2016
Easy Peasy Crock Pot Leg of Lamb One of my favorite lamb dishes is Easy Peasy Crock Pot Leg of Lamb. Well, it is just one of my favorite dishes period. Since the hardest part is lifting the lamb into the crock pot, you will not believe how incredibly easy it is to prepare. All you have to do is mix the spices, coat the roast with the spices, drop some garlic cloves into a crock pot, add in the roast...
August 15, 2016
Meaty Steak Okra Stew I stopped by my friend Maurice’s convenience store today. My eyes spotted a farmer’s basket full of the cute little okra, that are my favorite kind of okra, sitting on the counter. I wasn’t sure if he had bought them from one of the local farmers or if they were for sale. Of course I asked him “Where did you get those cute little okra?” He didn’t know because they were there when he got there....
August 8, 2016
North Alabama Wine Trail Wills Creek Winery My sister, Kim and my cousin/sister, Donna, who both love wine, and I were enjoying a bottle of wine and the beautiful view at Wills Creek Winery a few months ago. My favorite wine offered at Wills Creek is the Sweet Muscadine. We were given a “Wine Passport” for the North Alabama Wine Trail that they stamped for us. This is what started about two months of weekend wine excursions. Although I was...
July 31, 2016
Cucumber Onion Salad My mother used to make a salad similar to this when I was growing up. She added more vinegar and she also added sugar. I may get my Southern Girl rights revoked by saying that I am not a fan of adding sugar to some traditional dishes that Southern Cooks add sugar to. Cornbread for example. My daughter actually prefers the sweet yellow cornbread (I call it the JiffyMix or School Lunch Cornbread lol). My sister adds...
July 23, 2016
Eggplant Lasagna When I am in the mood for comfort food, I can’t think of anything more satisfying than Eggplant Lasagna. Cutting into layers of tender pasta, gooey melted cheese, eggplant, tomato sauce, more cheese. . . Ummmm. Making my own mouth water. 🙂 The thing about a good Lasagna is letting it sit for a few minutes after removing it from the oven so it can firm up. Who can ever wait though? When I make Lasagna, we are...
June 28, 2016
Ramadan Pidesi Ramadan Pidesi is a soft flat pide bread that is served for iftar (evening meal breaking the fast) and sahur (pre-dawn meal) during the month of fasting which is known as Ramadan. I loved going to the bakery and seeing them coming out of the wood fired ovens and being stacked ready for purchase. I still get chills thinking about when I worked at Onur Air in Turkey and on the train/dolums/bus ride home from work it would...
June 26, 2016
Eggplant Stew Etli Patlican Yahni I have been going to the Farmer’s Market lately because it reminds me of the Pazar in Turkey. The only difference is here there are about 10 or fewer vendors and in Turkey, they would close several streets and there would be hundreds of vendors. It is still fun anyway. So, at last Wednesday’s market, where I got the zucchini for my Kabak Dolmasi Stuffed Zucchini, I also got some gorgeous eggplants, tomatoes, and...
June 23, 2016
Kabak Dolmasi Stuffed Zucchini I bought some gorgeous zucchini and tomatoes yesterday at the Rainbow City Farmers Market. They were both perfect for my Kabak Dolmasi Stuffed Zucchini. The zucchini were bright green, gorgeous and straight. It is important that the zucchini are uniform and straight. This helps with even cooking. I cooked the excess zucchini in the pan with the stuffed ones to give more flavor to the broth but you could always reserve them for another dish like Mücver...
June 10, 2016
Kol Böreği Kol Böreği is one of my favorite types of börek. It is a Turkish dish with many variations. There are many regional specialties as well. The fillings can be meat, cheese, leeks, potatoes, zucchini, and eggplant to name a few. Laz böreği is made in the Rize region and it is made with an Ottoman-style milk pudding then sprinkled with powdered sugar. One of my other favorites is Talaş Böreği. It is cubed lamb or beef with carrots, peas,...
May 17, 2016
Loveless Cafe Nashville As you can tell from the picture above, my sister, cousin, daughter and I really have a good time together. Sadly, our Sunday lunch at Loveless Cafe Nashville brought our recent girls weekend to an end. We had a great time in Nashville and what better way to end the weekend than a pit stop for some good ‘ol country cooking! Loveless Cafe is famous for their homemade biscuits and they are really yummy smeared with butter and...
May 16, 2016
Hattie B’s Hot Chicken Nashville If you are wondering “Where is a good place to eat in Nashville?”, then I have the answer for you. Hattie B’s Hot Nashville Chicken. My sister, cousin, daughter and I were in Nashville for the Country Living Fair 2016 and were wondering the same thing. We love to try new places so I Googled: places to eat in Nashville Featured on Food Network. Hattie B’s looked like it would be a great place to...
May 3, 2016
Meeting Nancy Fuller, Farmhouse Rules Meeting Nancy Fuller, Farmhouse Rules was the highlight of the Country Living Fair Nashville 2016 for me. I really enjoyed her presentation because she was so down to earth and so vivacious. She had a dazzling smile and was so funny. I will admit I had only seen her show a few times before meeting her but now I am a faithful fan of the show. She demonstrated a pasta dish that was yummy and then she headed...
