1941. Sourdough Pasta in Mushroom Sauce

Using the long fermentation SD pasta we made in the last post, this is one of the simplest was to use it. The pasta share is made by forming a disk of the dough then using clean kitchen scissors to snip off bite-sized pieces directly into the hot salted water. 

1940. Long Fermentation Sourdough Pasta

Some people regard the discarding the discard of a sourdough started an unavoidable waste to maintaining it. I most certainly disagree, as there is a plethora of ways to use it up in perfectly good wats, if only some conscious planning was made. 

1939. Apple Scrap Jelly Jam

I was making a giant batch of apple compote the other day, and seeing the pile of apple peels and cores, I remembered a recipe I saw making apple jam from the skins and cores. However, since the jam is clear, apparently they call it a jelly, not a jam.

1938. Clementine Roast Chicken

Roast chicken is one of my favorite things. It can be as simple as just a sprinkle of salt, or as fancy as a stuffed one with multiple spices and inclusions. This clementine roast chicken leans more towards the simpler side.

1937. FMF Pizza Dough

FMF is freshly milled flour, and if you're curious as to the reason why people opt for FMF, do google the benefits. Aside from that, there is some adjustment with FMF that does not allow for direct application of a recipe using conventional store bought flour.

1936. Chocolate Budino Pots

A silky Italian dessert, chocolate budino is a custard based thick pudding, topped with salted caramel and a whist of whipped cream to bring everything together.

1935. Kung Pao Chicken Noodles

I loved this recipe so much I made it two weeks in a row.

1934. Halal Beef Bourguignon

I was serious about stew season. Boeuf Bourguignon is a famous French stew, traditionally cooked in red wine. This halalified version uses fresh pomegranate juice and a splash of vinegar to mimic the flavor profile.

1933. Carmelized Onion Pasta

Similar to a roast chicken, a new pasta recipe is always welcome.

1932. French Oat Almond Cookies

Perhaps not necessarily French, but these crunchy oat and almond cookies are a staple in any French supermarket there. At home, you have the peace of mind and control of the ingredients going in.

1931. Sheet Pan Shrimp Boil

This shrimp boil comes together in a single sheet pan and is a flavor-packed, filling meal.

1930. Hungarian Mushroom Soup

The start of every new season is wonderful. In rolls the cozy season full of soups and stews.

1929. Sardine Pate

We should all be eating more sardine. With modern days food systems, almost everything seems to have a catch. Eat sardines, but make sure they come in cans soaked either in brine or olive oil. Interesting fact that sardines have very low mercury absorption, making them one of the best fish options for consumption.

1928. Blueberry Cinnamon Rolls

You won't find any food coloring here; it's all from nature. With four other cinnamon rolls recipes on the blog, it is safe to assume we like them here at the MCW household. This blueberry-stuffed and blueberry-frosted version certainly does not disappoint.

1927. Filipino Mechado Beef Stew

This is a typical Dutch oven stew that starts on the stove and is finished in the oven, but with a Filipino touch.

1926. Comte Cheese Crackers

Snacking is a multi-cultural, and a multi-billion dollar industry. While store-bought goodies are often designed to make you addicted to the product, I can safely say that this homemade savory cheese cracker is among the best I've tasted and is just as addictive (without any of the chemical and synthetic nasties).

1925. Butternut Squash Tortellini Sausage Soup

You know how some salads are a meal in and of themselves? Like a steak salad complete with fried chevre and croutons? Definitely a meal and not a side.

1924. Vanilla Honey Sable Cookies

Sable cookies are a form of shortbread biscuit, a treat baked with butter, sugar, and flour as the main components, without any leavening agent.

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.

1913. Iraqi Firwar Bread

This Iraqi bread gives strong Iraq iroog bread vibes but with a twist. Instead of the meat being mixed in the dough before baking, the meat is enclosed in the dough and flattened into a sort of hand pie.

1912. Raw Date Cinnamon Roll

I'm the kind who heel-pivots 180 degrees at the mention of trendy diet food, but sometimes I am intrigued. This recipe for raw date cinnamon rolls is apparently sold in an expensive New York cafe and was supposed to taste exactly like a glazed cinnamon roll.

1911. Individual Iroog Mosul

I do have an Iroog Mosul on MCW, but it is the family version made in a casserole dish. These are individually sized making them something of a cross between iroog Mosul and kubba Mosul.

1910. Artichokes with Hollandaise Sauce

We used to have artichokes quite often in my childhood. It's quite sad how much recent generations are missing out on.

1909. Rice Aubergine Casserole

Where there is courgette, aubergine is not far behind. It was a matter of course to try out the rice courgette casserole in aubergine format.

1908. Digestive Lemon Bars

Taking a shortcut by making these lemon bars from digestive biscuits, they quickly come together for a minimum effort flavorful treat. 

1907. Rice Courgette Casserole

The all-in-one marketing of this dish is admittedly a bit deceptive, as you will need two pots to prepare it in addition to the oven dish, so set your expectations.

1906. Peach Upsidedown Cheesecake

The funny thing about trends is that they fall into three categories: must-try, must-avoid, and a very dangerous why-not. This silly upside down cheesecake trend was a let's-try-it-once, and once is all I'm going to do. 

1905. Sujuk Paratha Rolls

A very simple two ingredients pastry that  packs a lot of flavor due to the heavily spiced sujuk. 

1904. Lemon Feta Shrimp Orzo

This is a quick and flavorful meal that is inspired by Greek flavors and delivers a wholesome nutritional profile. Done from start to finish in under 20 minutes, the same dressing that the pasta is coated in is used to flavor the shrimp. 

1903. Baked Apricot Kofta

My first impulse when asked what's my favorite fruit is, why choose when Allah has given us all? Then, I think of a perfectly ripe yet still firm apricot in season, and it just might be my favorite.

1902. Pistachio Tiramisu

Nothing beats a classic, but sometimes change is fun and also welcome. This pistachio tiramisu gets its flavor from pistachio cream, and does not overwhelm the flavor of coffee.

1901. FMF Hotdog Buns

I'm in my freshly milled flour (FMF) era, and am enjoying the journey of discovery and experimentation immensely. These 40-minute hot dog buns are fluffy and soft, and so so flavorful. 

1900. Iraqi Kubba Jareesh in Loomi Broth

Years ago I mentioned a tale of a thousand kubbas. While still not yet near one thousand, the MCW kubba repertoire is constantly expanding. 

1899. Cyprus Kubba

Cypriot and Turkish cuisines overlap a lot. Even their language is the same.

1898. Haloomi Arayees

These haloomi arayees are as simple and delicious as could be. Switching from Lebanese flatbread to Egyptian bran flatbread really has made all the difference for me. 

1897. Beef Jerky

I finally invested in a dehydrator and beef jerky was the first thing I made.

1896. Cornflakes Chocolate Cake

This is a simple cake, soaked in chocolate milk, and covered in a chocolate ganache with cornflakes in it.

1895. SD Flatbread

I do have favorite sourdough breads I make routinely, but the odd experiment that satisfyingly works out from the get-go is always welcome. Queue: these fresh milled flour, pan cooked, bran-coated flatbreads.

1894. Pistachio White Chocolate Rice Crispies

A simple and straightforward recipe: white chocolate rice crispies with pistachio spread. 

1893. Rice Stuffed Chicken Legs

I don't think that anything roasted necessarily falls under the category of a quick meal, but if you prep this chicken in advance, you can pop it in the oven when you get home, and an hour later you've got an easy, nutritious, and delicious meal ready. 

1892. Pistachio Mascarpone Dates

One of these decadent and delightful mascarpone-stuffed, pistachio spread-coated dates is enough to satisfy any sweet tooth.