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Festive Salad with Pomegranate Vinaigrette
14 years ago

Festive Salad with Pomegranate Vinaigrette

The day after Thanksgiving we were invited to our friend Sharon’s house for a casual dinner amongst friends.  Sharon needed someone to bring a salad so I volunteered for the job. I seldom, if ever, bring salads to potlucks because for some reason the main leftover that we always end up having when we have parties is salad. Read More

Dolmeh Bargeh Mo ~ Stuffed Grape Leaves
14 years ago

Dolmeh Bargeh Mo ~ Stuffed Grape Leaves

Stuffed grape leaves are very popular in the Middle Eastern and Mediterranean cuisine.  Persian grape leaves are usually stuffed with ground beef and rice. I have always loved stuffed …
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Pomegranate & Lime Glazed Cornish Hens
14 years ago

Pomegranate & Lime Glazed Cornish Hens

Continuing with the theme of Pomegranate Week and POM Wonderful Dinner Party, here is my third recipe! I love Cornish Hens and I love a good glaze on my chicken or turkey! This glaze is very easy to make and it tastes best when it sits for a little while for the flavors to come together.  Read More

Persian Breakfast: Soft Boiled Egg
15 years ago

Persian Breakfast: Soft Boiled Egg

During my first post about Persian breakfast I wrote about Noon-o Paneer-o Moraba, bread, feta cheese, and jam.  Today’s post about breakfast is all about Tokhmomorgh Asali, Read More

Lavashak ~ Persian Fruit Roll
15 years ago

Lavashak ~ Persian Fruit Roll

This week’s theme for Summer Fest 2010 is stone fruit. Read More

Cucumber, Feta, & Walnut
15 years ago

Cucumber, Feta, & Walnut

Last summer I had the opportunity to participate and contribute to Summer Fest, a fun cross blog event which celebrates peak harvest season. A couple of days ago Margaret Roach …
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Doogh
15 years ago

Doogh

Dough, good old Doogh! I can’t begin to tell you how much I love doogh, especially when eating Kabob! Read More

Watermelon & Feta Cheese Salad
15 years ago

Watermelon & Feta Cheese Salad

A couple of years ago I came across a recipe in a food magazine for a watermelon and Feta Cheese salad.  At first I was all intrigued until Read More

Sekanjebin with Lettuce
15 years ago

Sekanjebin with Lettuce

On Monday I posted about Sekanjebin the drink and today I am posting another way in which we Iranians like to make use of Sekanjebin.  Read More

Zucchini Kuku
15 years ago

Zucchini Kuku

Now that is almost summer time I am more in the mood for kuku because it is one of those meals that is easy to make and can be …
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