My homemade harissa is a fast, simple, saucy paste of red peppers, walnuts, garlic, and any number of optional spices. It can be as fiery or as mild as you wish, but it tastes fantastic pretty much any way you put it together. It’s a super flexible recipe, so ingredient amounts don’t have to be [...]
Posts Tagged ‘dips’
Hooray for Harissa
Posted in Arabic, Easy, Gluten Free, Healthy, Make ahead, Middle Eastern, Mind Body, North African, Quick, recipes, Spices, spicy, Uncategorized, vegetarian, tagged dip, dips, Easy, Fast, flexible, gluten free, Harissa, Healthy, Make-ahead, Middle Eastern, North African, spicy, versatile on February 28, 2011 | 11 Comments »
Green Herb Hummus
Posted in Appetizers, Arabic, Breakfast, dairy free, Dairy Free Possible, East meets West, Easy, Gluten Free, Healthy, Iranian food, Iranian food blog, Make ahead, Meatless Monday, Middle Eastern, Persian, Persian food, Persian food blog, Quick, recipes, side dishes, Snacks, Syrian, Travel, Vegan, vegetarian, tagged appetizers, Arabic, Breakfast, chickpeas, dairy free, dips, Easy, Fast, gluten free, Healthy, Make-ahead, Middle Eastern, No Cook, Persian, Quick, recipes, Side Dishes, Snacks, Vegan, vegetarian on June 24, 2010 | 10 Comments »
Today’s recipe isn’t so much a recipe. It’s more of a template, that you can adjust and re-configure to your liking. Motivated by hunger but de-motivated by the heat to cook, I ended up making a really great hummus with what I had on hand, and figured I’d pass along my results to you. By [...]
Zesty, Zippy Zatar! Plus a Simple Zatar Dip Recipe
Posted in Appetizers, Easy, Healthy, Quick, recipes, Snacks, Uncategorized, vegetarian, tagged appetizers, dips, Easy, Fast, Middle Eastern, recipes, Snacks, spreads, Vegan, vegetarian, Zatar on December 15, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Zatar. Not many of my friends have heard of this wonderful stuff, so I often serve it as an app at dinner parties to spread the good word. So what is it? It’s generally a mixture of toasted sesame seeds. . . . . .and very finely ground dried herbs and spices. There are probably [...]
Muhamarra Part 2–Cooked (Roasty and Toasty)
Posted in recipes, Uncategorized, tagged appetizers, dips, gluten free, Healthy, Middle Eastern, Nuts, Persian, Pomegranate, salad dressings, spreads, Vegan, vegetarian, Walnut on October 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The weather is cooling down where I live, and when this happens, I generally prefer that my food have a nice roasty and toasty flavor. Which makes now the perfect time to post the other version of muhamarra dip–the much-loved red bell pepper, walnut, and pomegranate dip popular throughout many countries of the Middle East. [...]
My Take on Muhamarra (Red Pepper/Walnut/Pomegranate Dip)
Posted in recipes, tagged appetizers, dips, gluten free, raw, salad dressings, spreads, vegetarian on October 5, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I love dips. They’re such fun. Great for sharing, great for eating alone. And hey, eating them alone means it’s okay to double dip! They’re wonderful for an energizing and tasty snack and perfect as part of a meal. Sometimes the ingredients that make up a dip are truly beautiful together. Separate them, and perhaps [...]
