Admin on Nov 27 2009 | Filed under: Food, Food, Photographs, Sweet
Persimmons have been available for the last few weeks here in Morocco and of course when I saw them I had to buy some. I then left them languishing about until they were well and truly ripened (read, left them in the fruit basket and forgot about them!!!). You can read more about the different [...]
Admin on Nov 17 2009 | Filed under: Food, Food, Photographs, Recipe Books, Savoury
There were two ingredients that had me really excited this past week…. 1. The gorgeous pomegranates that are around at the moment. They are so juicy and there is something about the look of them that just says buy me!!! 2. Za’atar – this is a Middle Eastern spice consisting of thyme, sumac and [...]
Admin on Nov 15 2009 | Filed under: Food, Food, Gluten Free, Photographs, Savoury
Winter is really taking its time getting here and boy am I not complaining!! We have had a few days of wonderful sunshine but it is getting quite chilly at night, perfect for a light soup for dinner. My kids love butternut soup, but as our stocks have dried up we had to substitute pumpkin! It [...]
Admin on Nov 06 2009 | Filed under: Food, Food, Photographs, Recipe Books, Sweet
The words that really caught my eye in the Ottolenghi Cookbook, were “We wanted to start this book with the quip, ‘If you dont like lemon or garlic…..skip to the last page.’”! I just knew then that I would love the rest of the book! The book is a wonderful collection of recipes based on [...]
Admin on Nov 03 2009 | Filed under: Food, Food, Gluten Free, Markets, Moroccan Food, People, Photographs, Savoury, Shopping, Travel, Travel
One of my favourite places here in Rabat is the Rabat Medina. It is a wonderful place to have a stroll about, looking at little odds and ends without the hassle that you get in some of the larger medinas in Morocco. There is one little courtyard that has a trader I have come to [...]
Admin on Oct 30 2009 | Filed under: Food, Food, Photographs, Sweet
When the ghosts come out….whoooo……when the goblins shriek….eeeeek…… is what my youngest has been singing non-stop for the last two weeks and now seems to be imprinted on my brain!!!! Halloween is here, and we are even celebrating it in Morocco!! When we first arrived here we seldom saw decorations for Western holidays such as [...]
Admin on Oct 20 2009 | Filed under: Food, Food, Gluten Free, Moroccan Food, Photographs, Savoury
So Meat Free Monday was a huge success in our house yesterday, following on the beetroot gazpacho for lunch we had a lovely vegetable tagine for dinner! Tagines are really easy to throw together and if you don’t have a tagine, just use a saucepan with a tight fitting lid! You could serve this with [...]
Admin on Oct 12 2009 | Filed under: Food, Food, Photographs, Savoury
We took advantage of the absolute glorious weather we are having at the moment to enjoy a wonderful barbeque with friends yesterday! A perfect opportunity to use the last of the butternuts we got in Ceuta! I saw a recipe for fried pumpkin, potatoes and peppers a few weeks back and thought it would convert [...]
Admin on Oct 05 2009 | Filed under: Food, Food, Kids Lunches, Photographs
Collecting parcels here in Rabat is always a challenging affair! Generally any packages larger than about 2-3 books ends up in the central post office to be checked by customs. Now this: a) involves driving to the centre of town in the traffic from hell and finding parking which is just like finding the proverbial [...]
Admin on Oct 01 2009 | Filed under: Food, Photographs, Savoury
Wow, not sure what happened to this week but suddenly Friday is looming and all I seemed to have done is sit in Rabat traffic for the last 4 days! I also can quite simply not believe it is already October! Hopefully next week will be more productive! This is a quick and easy starter [...]
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