Category: Middle Eastern foods

• Shakshuka! What? It’s OK — you know the ingredients even if you don’t recognize the name

  The name for this Israeli dish sounds like a ’50s doo-wop group but learn it anyway. The name has its origins in the Arabic word for mixture and came to Israel with Jewish immigrants from North Africa. It’s a tasty, healthy meal with a kick. Also easy, did I mention that? The most challenging part…

  JoAnn Rhodes Grose

  September 26, 2017

  Breakfast-brunch, Cancer prevention, Cooking from the garden, healthy cooking, Israeli food, Middle Eastern foods, Seasonal food

  cooking from garden, eggs, Garlic, healthy eating, Kale, onions, Tomatoes

• Guilt and lamb

  Amazing how one sentence can bring someone back from the dead and slap you up’side the haid. My mother’s been dead for 18 years, and yet when I found an old letter of hers this morning, boom! This letter’s at least 20 years old, maybe more. She’s talking about a much disliked sister-in-law’s back surgery…

  JoAnn Rhodes Grose

  September 10, 2015

  Compulsive eating, Emo eating, Emotional side of weight loss, Family, Middle Eastern foods, Stress eating, Why overweight?

  Fresh herbs, Garlic, Grilling, Lamb, Yogurt

• Easter dinner, harissa roasted carrots

  Occasionally, I’m reminded of our narrow taste palette. Making and cooking with harissa, a hot pepper paste from North Africa and the Mediterranean, was one of those times. Even before adding the lemon juice, olive oil and garlic, it smelled like nothing I could identify, except the overtones of anise. I needed only a wee…

  JoAnn Rhodes Grose

  April 22, 2014

  Easter, Flavors of the Earth, good food, Holiday cooking, Holiday eating, Middle Eastern foods, myflourishingfoodie.com, Olive oil, Women’s Health magazine

  Carrots, Harissa, Lemon, Mint, Yogurt, Zaatar