In my world, no holiday is needed to enjoy chocolate, but the holidays sure are a great excuse to do just that. I posted this recipe last year, almost exactly a year ago, in fact. It stands the test of time, and it’s worth sharing with everyone again. Like many of you, I’ve hardly had [...]
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Chocolately Holiday Cookie With a Persian Twist
Posted in Chocolate, Cookies, dairy free, Desserts, East meets West, Easy, Festivities and Celebrations, Good with tea, Holiday Foods, Iranian food, Iranian food blog, Make ahead, Middle Eastern, Persian, Persian food, Persian food blog, recipes, Sweets, Uncategorized, vegetarian, tagged cardamom, Chocolate, cookies, Middle Eastern, Persian, pistachios, sour cherries, Sweets on December 16, 2010 | 11 Comments »
Eid Mubarak!
Posted in Cookies, Desserts, Eid, Festivities and Celebrations, Good with tea, Holiday Foods, Iranian food blog, Middle Eastern, Persian food blog, Ramadan, Syrian, vegetarian, tagged Arabic, cookies, Eid, Holidays, Middle Eastern, Persian, vegetarian on September 10, 2010 | 15 Comments »
Eid Mubarak, everyone! I hope all who are celebrating this holiday have a wonderful, blessed celebration. (More info on Eid-al-fitr here). What better to celebrate our good fortune and health than with a platter of traditional sweets and some steaming hot tea?
Biscotti with a Persian Twist
Posted in Cookies, dairy free, Desserts, East meets West, Easy, Good with tea, Holiday Foods, Make ahead, Middle Eastern, Persian, recipes, Sweets, Uncategorized, Vegan, vegetarian, tagged almonds, cardamom, cookies, dessert, East meets West, Easy, Fruit, Make-ahead, Middle Eastern, Nuts, Persian, pistachios, sour cherries, Sweets, tea time, Vegan, vegetarian on February 25, 2010 | 23 Comments »
Up until a few days ago, I’d never made biscotti at home. I don’t know what switch got flipped in my brain, but suddenly it seemed like a great idea. Plus, adding a Persian twist (Persianizing, as my friend My Persian Kitchen says) would be a way to get creative. What if I upped the [...]
Wordless Wednesday: Preview of Persianized Biscotti
Posted in dairy free, Dairy Free Possible, Desserts, Easy, Holiday Foods, Make ahead, Middle Eastern, Persian, recipes, Sweets, Vegan, Veganizable, vegetarian, Wordless Wednesday, tagged almonds, cardamom, cookies, cranberries, dessert, Easy, Middle Eastern, Persian, pistachios, sour cherries, Vegan, vegetarian, Wordless Wednesday on February 24, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Chocolate-Apricot-Almond Truffle Cookies
Posted in Chocolate, dairy free, Desserts, Easy, Holiday Foods, Middle Eastern, Persian, Quick, recipes, Uncategorized, Valentine's, vegetarian, tagged almonds, cardamom, Chocolate, cookies, Easy, Fast, Make-ahead, Middle Eastern, Nuts, Persian, recipes, Sweets, vegetarian on February 11, 2010 | 7 Comments »
Chocolate week continues here on West of Persia, with easy chocolate recipes in honor of Valentine’s Day, and also in honor of chocolate in general. As you may have noticed, I’m sort of in love with chocolate. But as I was melting chocolate at 8 in the morning today, even I had to think , [...]
Holiday Cookie: Chocolate Drop Cookies with Sour Cherries and Pistachios
Posted in Desserts, Easy, Quick, recipes, Uncategorized, tagged cardamom, cookies, dessert, Easy, Fast, Middle Eastern, Persian, pistachios, recipes, sour cherries, vegetarian on December 17, 2009 | 12 Comments »
Today’s recipe is a fabulous holiday cookie, with a Middle Eastern twist. It’s loaded with some of my favorite ingredients: chocolate, sour cherries, and gorgeous green pistachios. But get this: it’s also dairy-free and uses very little flour. Now don’t get it twisted and start thinking I’m trying to spring health food on your around [...]
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