496. Chocolate Tiramisu Cake

It was merely a question of time. Having the perfect easy tiramisu recipe on hand, the natural following step would be to create a show-stopper tiramisu cake... with shocking ease.

495. Hachis Parmentier

Hachis parmentier takes me back to when I was ten.

494. Chocolate Pots de Creme

Chocolate pots de creme are something of a French cross between chocolate custard and chocolate mousse.

493. Iraqi Beef Tongue

My fellow compatriot Nawal Nasralllah has done a major service towards Iraqi culture and I hope Allah compensates her time, patience, efforts, and all she has lost with the best rewards.

492. Instant 2 Ingredient Chocolate Mousse

Ingredients are chocolate and water. Melt the chocolate and water together, cool it over an ice bath, and whisk till you have mousse. Done.

491. Orange Poppy Seed Cake

This is an intensely orange cake, with a wonderful teeny crunch of poppyseeds under the teeth.

490. Peach Hand Pies

Growing up, it is natural one's tastes develop.

489. Banana Chocolate Chip Cake Loaf

This is not your sub-average soggy over-powering banana bread/cake recipe.

488. Plum Galette

I know Summer is already far gone, but plums have a long season.

487. Iraqi Coconut MacarOOns

I don't think we have many coconut trees in Iraq, but coconut has certainly been a product long imported.

486. Russian Chicken Turnovers

It is a matter of course that such a huge nation such as the former USSR is influenced multiculturally.

485. Greek Lamb Gyros

These are Greek gryos, wrapped in warm Moroccan flatbread, together with Iraqi onion-sumac relish.
Not bad, traveling across three continents in a single bite.

484. Iraqi Onion-Sumac Relish

Eid Mubarak to all! May Allah write what is best for the Muslim nation and the whole world.

483. Moroccan Chickpea Flatbread

I have had this recipe jotted down for over ten years, stemming from my Jamie Oliver watching days.

482. Qatari Hissu Drink

This amazingly beneficial Qatari drink is made using garden cress seeds (حبة رشاد), more commonly known in Qatar as Hissu seeds (حبة الحسو).

481. Lime Pickles

I was a child blabbing to my mom as she worked on these lime pickles, without giving a second thought to what she was doing.

480. Cream Chap Breaded Lamb Chops

I'm not quite sure how breaded lamb chops evolved into being named Cream Chap (كريم جاب), but it is an Iraqi favorite nonetheless.

479. M&M Cookies

A hit amongst adults and kids alike, these extra-thick chewey m&m cookies were so delicious I made them twice within four days!

478. Baked Mushroom Risotto

When I was first introduced to risotto, I could not believe people made a main dish out of vegetable-flavored rice.

477. Blueberry Loaf Cake

The transformation that happens to a blueberry whilst cooking is phenomenal.

476. Coca-Cola Pulled Meat Sandwiches

I did it. I learned to use a pressure cooker. It's life transforming. So worth it.

475. Coleslaw Salad

Coleslaw is the western answer to an Arabic cabbage salad.

474. Roast Potato Wedges

I could easily make a meal out of these potatoes.