Herb Frittata (Kookoo Sabzi)

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Plate of herb frittata

It’s officially my birthday month (and Joe’s)!!! So what better way to kick off the month than with one of my favourite dishes.

Isn’t it funny how the smell of food or even just a few ingredients can set off a trigger of memories in your mind? I’ve been craving some Persian food lately and wanted to make something fairly simple for lunch today. A lot of Persian food consists of a lot of ingredients plus somewhat long cooking times and while I’m happy to do that when I have the time and patience sometimes I just want a quick meal.

I decided to make ‘Kookoo Sabzi’ which translated means Herb Frittata. Kookoo = frittata and Sabzi = herbs. There are a few kookoo recipes actually, each made with different ingredients, for e.g. we have Kookoo Sibzamini (sibzamini = potatoes), Kookoo Morgh (Morgh = chicken) and Kookoo Bademjan (Bademjan = eggplant) just to name a few. [Read more…]

Paleo Apple Crumble

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Paleo apple crumble

Uhhhh I’m so annoyed at myself! I accidentally deleted some photos I had taken when I had made some slow cooker recipes! I was going through the camera trying to make more space and well I ended up accidentally deleting photos I shouldn’t have! I was cursing myself afterwards and I usually save everything to my laptop first but this time of course I didn’t do that!

Anyway I’ll get over it….. eventually.

Onto something more positive. It’s apple season here in Michigan and last weekend husband bought some apples from the Farmers Market and a couple of them were still sitting in the fridge waiting to be used so I decided to make some apple crumble and be done with them. I’m not a big baker, I’ll do it every now and then, although I wouldn’t exactly call this recipe baking since it’s only a few ingredients thrown together but the end result was AMAZING and even passed husband’s test of approval 😉

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Almond Banana Smoothie

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Glass of almond banana smoothie

I just made this smoothie – Actually I’m drinking it while typing this post.

It’s been a while since I made a Green Smoothie, notice how I left the green part out of the title (aka the spinach). I didn’t want to scare you away with the word spinach, although you can’t taste it at all, it just gives the smoothie its pretty green colour. 🙂

Almond Banana Smoothie

Almond banana smoothie

Ingredients:
  • Handful of banana (I used frozen banana pieces that I had in the freezer).
  • Handful of spinach (you can use frozen or fresh).
  • 1.5 cups almond milk (or milk of your choice).
  • 5 dates (I used medjool – make sure you pit).
  • 1 tsp cinnamon.
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract.
  • 1 Tbsp chia seeds.
Method:

Place all ingredients into a high powered blender, starting off with the milk and blend!

There’s something about green smoothies – They really give you a big hit of energy just when you need it!

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