I'm going to say it straight: I am not a mücver fan. But lots of people are so I feel it's appropriate to have a mücver-type recipe on my blog. They look good, don't they? The typical ...
Vegetable Dishes
Vegetarian Delight: Colourful Casserole of Summer Vegetables
A dish of mixed vegetables in Turkey is generally known as türlü and is one of my personal favourites. The weather outside is 30+ degrees so why would I feel like a hot casserole of veggies? ...
What to do with Purslane Using an Onion, a Tomato and a Sweet Red Pepper/ Semizotu Yemeği
Yes, summer is well and truly here in Turkey and it's not only feelin' good but lookin' good in terms of colours in the markets. this is what I made this evening using purslane with an ...
Roasted aubergine with fried onion & chopped lemon
I seem to have been stuffing and filling a lot of veggies recently, some with more success than others. It all depends on the quality of what you are stuffing and of course, on the the stuffing ...
Swiss Chard with tahini, yogurt & buttered pine nuts
This is a recipe straight out of Ottolenghi's Jerusalem and it pushes all my buttons. I am never quite sure that Swiss chard is what here in Turkey we call pazı but I am proceeding as though it is. ...
Roasted Tomatoes with Herbs and Anchovy Fillets
It's the height of summer here in Turkey and it feels great. What I really love is waking up every morning to a clear blue sky and having the full certainty that today the temperature is going to soar ...
Casserole of summer tomatoes, aubergines, goat’s cheese and fresh herbs
Yes, this is indeed another Didem Şenol recipe. I seem to be mesmerised by her recipes. And why not? They are seasonal which is what I am all about, and her book is extremely attractive with ...
A Very Unusual Turkish Spring Veg: Filiz
We were in our wonderful village of Assos which overlooks the Aegean, this past weekend after a very long absence. It was still very much winter and the weather was awful. In fact the whole country ...