Do your kids cringe at the sight of cooked carrots? This Moroccan carrot salad is one of the easiest and most delicious Moroccan salads. It’s very simple; cooked carrots that are served at room temperature and dressed with a simple vinaigrette. When I was growing up I, like many other kids, wasn’t too fond of …
Soups and Salads
We are spoiled rotten in Morocco with oranges all year round. But, if you ask my opinion, I think the best oranges appear in winter. What are these delicious little bites of sun-soaked goodness? Mandarins. Some smart marketers in the US started calling them cuties a few years ago and now whenever I see them …
Lebanese shorbat adas or Lebanese lentil soup is a simple recipe to make. It’s perfect for Ramadan but also for other times of year when you need something simple and filling. It’s a delicious lentil soup recipe to try. This soup recipe comes from Lebanon and was shared with me by Marie, a friend who …
When the temperatures begin to dip the first thing people reach for are soups and stews. But, by this time of winter the novelty of those hearty, warming foods has worn off. Where is spring, already?!? Here in Morocco, winter is nothing like the upper Midwest. Our day time temperatures rarely go below 60F, and …
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 …
Soup is a hard sell in our house. But thick, creamy stews, well they get eaten up right away. Chicken and dumplings is not a meal I grew up with but my sister first made for us about a year ago. I love it, my kids love it, even MarocBaba loves it. Summer in the …