I was having a cookout the other day and as I was shopping for different BBQ delights, I wanted to give my guests a side different than your typical “potato or macaroni salad” you see sitting next to your hot dog at the party. I came up with the idea of incorporating, feta cheese and sun-dried tomatoes in with the quinoa. This dish is just delightful; it’s light, fresh, playful, and honestly my favorite alternative to a side I’ve tried to date.

For the last dish in our tribute to Arabic dishes I wanted to add “Pizza Lubnaniyya” meaning ( Lebanese pizza) that uses Za’atar a complex and delicious Middle Eastern condiment

On the same topic of Arabic cuisine, I found another deliciously simple recipe for pea stew, also known as BIZZELLA – a typical dish of Iraq.

Every now and then I get an itch for some good ol’ Arabic cuisine. I grew up eating it often as a kid, as my cousins whose house I frequented often, were Syrian. I was always so thankful to get to go to their house and escape the boring cuisine comprised of hot dogs and […]

Tonight I got home and realized, it was a getting a bit late for dinner, and everyone around me was eating fried take out! That is NO way to help my cause but it led me to crave some fried rice. Who knew you could have that same tasty and fulfilling rice Macro style?