Monthly Archives: November 2010

Chocolate pudding in a jiffy

OK. This is no masterpiece. It is a plain, simple, speedy chocolate pudding that takes 10 minutes from concept to execution. It takes less time and effort to make than getting in the car to buy the ready-made ones at the supermarket. INGREDIENTS: 4 servings 2 cups of milk 1/2 cup of half-and-half (or whipping [...]
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Muhammara and cheese cigars

Suppose your  friends are  coming over and you want to prepare something that you can store in the freezer and pop in the oven on the day of your dinner party? These muhammara/cheese cigars are light, crispy, cheesy (yet not too much) and have the addictive taste of muhammara or red pepper and walnut  dip. [...]
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Eggplant dog

My best wishes on this Eid Al-Adha celebration. I got some lovely little eggplants and stared at them for a while; I did not feel like stuffing them with meat and rice like my ancestors had been doing for hundreds of years. That’s when I decided to make eggplant dogs, using Lebanese lamb sausages called makanek. [...]
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