740. Portugese Peri-Peri Roast Chicken

I'm kind of proud of my roast chicken repertoire. Roast chicken is the most heart-warming, caring, thing to make for a family, not to mention simple and so cozy. Here are a couple of favorites: salt roast chicken, ugly-delicious Milk, Greek, Spanish, French, Thai, Chinese Teriyaki, and now Portuguese. And that's not even mentioning Arab roast chicken variations, including: Yogurt, Sumac, Dukkah, and Zaatar.

739. Balsamic Dressed Salad

This is more of a recipe for the balsamic dressing than it is for the salad. Four unique and magical ingredients are whisked to form an out-of-this-world salad dressing that really doesn't need more than a few crisp lettuce leaves to be showcased.

738. Iraqi Dill Kubba

If you find yourself a real fan of Iraqi fava-dill rice and kubba halab, this kubba is a dream come true.
It is quite simply everybody's beloved kubba halab, with a twist. The incorporation of fresh dill in the crust achieves phenomenal results.

737. Chocolate Hazelnut Cookies

Sometimes, you just need a cookie. Different moods call for different cookies. Caramel-y? Alfajores. Crunchy? Pistachio biscotti. Healthy? Oatmeal Raisin. Nutty? Gazelle horns. Iraqi? Kleicha. Chocolate-y? Kinder all the way. Spicy? Mushrooms and Zmitsterne. Elegant? Macarons. Sugary? Palmiers.

736. Zaatar Shortbread Rods

The Lebanese, with the Francophone influence over their culture, have a habit of merging French and Arabic food yielding impressive results. Take the zaatar croissant: quintessentially French pastry with undeniably Arab (specifically Palestinian) herb/spice mix.

735. Scrambled Eggs and Mushrooms

I cannot get over how underrated the simple things in life are.
Here we've got the most simple breakfast possible that will have your tummy feel like a king's.
Pan roasted fresh mushroom are accompanied by slow and low-heat scrambled eggs, all brought together with some toast and perhaps a glass of orange juice.

734. Chicken Tikka Masala

So I seem to be a hopeless cookbook collector. To moderate my addiction, I made this self-imposed rule to make at least fifteen recipes from each book I own.

733. Merguez Baguette Sandwiches

Merguez is a North African (specifically Moroccan) sausage which the French have adopted as their own. It is a hybrid of a sausage and a kofta. Not unlike the Iraqi basturma or the Turkish sujuk actually.
Sauteed in a pan and placed beside some sunny-side-up eggs for breakfast, or tossed on the grill accompanying a full-blown barbeque lunch, this spicy fresh sausage is to be appreciated.

732. Peanut Butter Oreo Ganache Tarte

This tart is a nutty spin-off my oreo-ganache tart. The addition of peanut butter almost invariably makes things better, don't you think?

731. Steak Escalope with Mushroom Sauce

This dish is not a light one, albeit an amazing, warming, delicious, and comforting one.
A mash-up of two previous recipes (Chicken Fingers with Dipping Sauce and Crispy Roasted Chicken with Mushroom Sauce), it is a dish of no regrets.