Posted on August 20th, 2010 by sanaacooks
So what is the difference between nuts and seeds? I am glad you have asked. A seed is defined as a “plant structure capable of producing a new plant.” So a seed is anything that can produce a new plant. A nut is defined partially as a “hard-shelled dry fruit (as a peanut in the [...]
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Posted on July 28th, 2010 by sanaacooks
In my home tomatoes are one type of vegetable we can’t do without. We eat them raw, cooked, chopped, sliced, and whatever other way there is to ingest them. We eat them for breakfast, lunch and dinner, and for snacks when there is no meal on the table. The food literature I’ve been reading tells [...]
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Posted on July 21st, 2010 by sanaacooks
This easy appetizer makes a wonderful side dish, take-along for a summer picnic or a party. Best of all, it can be eaten cold. Ingredients 2 large eggplants 4 tablespoons olive oil 1 cup crumbled feta cheese 1 cup ricotta cheese 2 cups finely chopped parsley 3 cloves garlic, mashed 2 red bell pepper, or 6 [...]
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Posted on July 15th, 2010 by sanaacooks
When The Zucchini reach the old world, you can say, it was magic. The Italian not only gave the squash variety its commonly known name, but they have developed dozen of ways to cook zucchini. Both the Italian and the French have created so many wonderful ways to eat zucchini it would be impossible to [...]
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Posted on June 28th, 2010 by sanaacooks
It is officially summer which means the opening season for picnics. Whatever the menu in any picnic, there is always a potato salad on the table. I pride myself of trying every dish that someone bring to a gathering, the only exception is the potato salad. Don’t misunderstand me, I like potato salad like most [...]
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Posted on June 17th, 2010 by sanaacooks
One of the great invention of cooks in the Levant is Bulgar wheat. Bulgar is made by parboiling wheat, which is defined first as boiling the wheat, then drying it. One can find Bulgar wheat in most stores because it full of nutrient, has more fiber than rice and does not effect the blood sugar [...]
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Posted on April 7th, 2010 by sanaacooks
when I grew up in Syria, my mother would bring home 20 artichokes at a time from the market so she could prepare them to store over the winter. All of us in the family had to help her by peeling the outer leaves and cleaning the Achoke@ (the fine, silky hairs near the heart [...]
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