Moroccan always rings a good bell in my mind, and after meeting Amanda through Sunday Supper and snooping around her recipes, I realized that the mix of dried fruit, the tagines, preserved lemons and spices like cumin are what makes me love this type of food. Titles like lamb and eggplant tajine, zaatar flatbread and sesame honey cookies make me swoon and just …
Moroccan Food
I am a huge fan of freezer meals and have been since my kids were little and I was working full-time outside of the home. It was one way that I could make sure we had something for dinner and didn’t rely on takeout. This is even more true during Ramadan. But when I search …
For Ramadan this year I decided to re-make several traditional Moroccan pastries. Usually MarocBaba’s mom sends us a big box of Moroccan cookies. The problem with that is they all have gluten. Between MarocBaba’s celiac disease and my difficulty eating gluten after gastric sleeve surgery we’re pretty much a non-wheat home. The only thing to …
Before I went to Morocco I had never eaten a pistachio. The closest I had come to a pistachio was in the Jello pudding my dad ate. But, once I ate one, well I was hooked – and a little upset that I had missed out on this delicious nut for the first 20 years …
Moroccan pastries, like ghriba, are small, bite size gems of deliciousness. Most have nuts, usually almonds, honey, and powdered sugar. Sadly, the majority also have wheat making them off-limits for us. Ramadan is right around the corner and I have been re-making all of our favorite treats into gluten-free replicas. Are you ready for a …
Summer is one of my favorite times of year. Especially because I LOVE picnics. They are seriously one of my favorite things. But, I know one of the hard things that people struggle with is what food to pack for a picnic. Sure you can go with the simple things like sandwiches but when you …