The previous post was a recipe for a sweet meatloaf with homemade ketchup wrapped in vine leafs. I made this entire meatloaf for the two of us so naturally there was plenty left. What to do with all this meat and vine leafs? The obvious thing of course is to make dolmades and that’s exactly [...]
Archive for the ‘Rice’ Category
Dolmades (stuffed vine leafs)
Posted in All, Appetizers, Fish & Meat, Rice, tagged leftover dish, steamed rice, stuffed vine leafs on March 16, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Wild rice salad
Posted in All, Greens, Rice, tagged apricot, orange, rocket, tomato, wild rice on November 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »
‘If something is called wild rice I have to try it’ that name promises something. When I opened the package at home, I saw there was black and white rice inside, it did not get its name by its appearance apparently, so I made it a bit wilder by adding some color to it. This [...]
Ptitim with Tuna Labneh Balls
Posted in All, Couscous, Fish & Meat, tagged Israeli couscous, Labneh, Ptitim, spinach, tuna on November 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Ptitim, Israeli couscous, is a bigger variant of couscous but not as big as Mograbiah. It tastes actually more like very small pasta and it’s very hard to find in Holland; but last weekend in Antwerp I finally got my hands on it. The inspiration for this recipe came from cooking with a friend in [...]
Couscous with dried fruits
Posted in All, Couscous on October 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What to do, if you hear in 6 o’clock that in one hour, 8 people come by for drinks and dinner. That’s what happened to me yesterday! Luckily I have some fast and easy recipes that can fill many stomachs and make happy guests. This is the couscous recipe that saved me; I served köfte [...]
Perfumed Rice
Posted in All, Rice, tagged onions, perfumed, Rice, saffron on October 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
If I could remember where I found this recipe or at least the inspiration for it I would share it with you. What I do know is that I adopted it and never let go of it again. If you need a recipe that makes something special out of an ordianry rice dish, try this… [...]
