Persian Barberry Rice (Zereshk Polo)

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Plate of Persian barberry rice

I’m so excited to be sharing this post with you today! Persian Barberry Rice, called ‘Zereshk Polo’ (Zereshk = barberries and polo = rice) is one of my favourite rice dishes that I grew up eating. A little while ago I was lucky enough to receive a review copy of ‘The Ancestral Table’ from Russ at The Domestic Man and you can see my review for his amazing book here. Russ and I got to talking via email about doing a collaboration together via our blogs and of course I jumped at the chance! What I love most about Russ’s work is that he takes traditional foods from around the world and makes them accessible to everyone. You can tell he has a true passion for what he does and I’m honoured that I have a chance to work with him! [Read more…]

Grass-Fed Persian Spiced Beef and Roasted Butternut Squash

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Plate of grass fed ground beef and roasted butternut squash

Lately it feels like I’ve been having mind blanks when it comes to creating recipes for this blog. Some weeks I feel like I just can’t come up with anything and just want to give up on the whole thing but I always manage to find something to share. The truth is what I share with you here is what Joe and I eat at home, that’s why you will find more savoury than sweet recipes here, because we just don’t eat them very often and honestly I’m not a big baker so those recipes are kind of every now and then for me. I try to photograph at least 3 recipes a week of what we eat to share with you but on other days our meals are pretty much simple to make and eat things! I cook a lot with grass-fed beef/lamb and turn that into different things like meatballs, sauce, patties etc and just change up the vegetables and seasonings. So I guess cooking for the blog is slightly different to cooking just for us to eat. Anyway, I’m not a chef but a home cook so I try my best to share a range of recipes and hope that you all reading this blog will enjoy them! [Read more…]

Kabab Koobideh (Persian Lamb Kababs)

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Plate of kabab koobideh

I realised recently that I hadn’t shared a recipe for kabab koobideh (Persian ground lamb kebabs) here yet, which is crazy because these are my favourite kababs to eat! We ate a lot of kabab when we were visiting family in Australia recently, there’s quiet a few Persian restaurants in Melbourne, plus my dad is the kabab king and since the weather was nice and warm when we were there, he would make them outside on the BBQ… YUM! [Read more…]

Fresh Herb Cauliflower Rice

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In my last post I mentioned that I have been on a bit of a sardine eating kick, and so I’ve been thinking up different ways to eat them. I like to keep things simple in my recipes, I’d like to think that just about anyone can cook what I share here on the blog, even if sometimes the steps to make something might be longer than others, I almost always use ingredients that most everyone has access to. [Read more…]

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