1923. Croque Monsieur

Europe is blessed with beautiful nature and wonderful weather, but the mentality is so frugal and economical. As a result, they have a knack for making a big deal out of the most simple and ordinary things.

1922. Chinese Ground Beef Broccoli

Two recipes ago, we had a 30-minutes, one pan Mexican dish. Today, it's almost the same but with a Chinese flair. This is a one pan Chinese beef broccoli.

1921. FMF Mini Muffins

FMF is the acronym for freshly milled flour. Because of the processing conventional white flour goes through, I cannot in clear conscience claim that FMF recipes will work in exactly the same way with mass produced flour. 

1920. Mexican Skillet Casserole

This was a hearty one-pan meal that the entire family enjoyed. All elements are there: meat, rice, vegetables, all very well seasoned. 

1919. Hot sauce

While online grocery shopping the other day, I accidentally ended up with a bagful of green chili. The recipe I had gotten it for required only two chilies, so I decided to process the rest into a tobasco alternative of homemade hot sauce. 

1918. Date Molasses Chickpea Oat Cookies

My sister bought a small packet of delicious but overpriced cookies, which had the list of ingredients clearly printed on the packet. This led me to trying my hand at replicating it, using experience as educated guesses as to the measurements and method. 

1917. Qalya Mosul

There was an Iraqi cultural fair not long also and it was there that I tasted my first qalya. It is a very basic, very delicious dish hailing from Mosul, in northern Iraq. The main ingredients are lamb fat, boneless lamb chunks, onion, and a dash of date molasses.

1916. Khabbaz and Bread

There is this herb or delicate green in the Arabian countries that is a finer relative to spring onion green and leeks. It's definitely from the onion family, and when I search for the English translation for it, "khabbaz" translates to leek, which it definitely is not. 

1915. Grapefruit Frappe

This iced drink was on repeat off of summer. The grapefruit lends a delicate floral sweet-bitter taste that is so pleasant with the accentuated jasmine iced tea.

1914. Blueberry Chia Yogurt Pudding

I make my own yogurt weekly using two litres of milk. I then strain it to get 1 kilogram of greek yogurt, and about a litre of whey. To make this blueberry chia yogurt pudding, I thin it out a bit using the whey.