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Vegan Mexican Fiesta Dinner

Yummy RecipesMarch 14, 20220Likes 0Comments

Sunday night dinner was more colourful than usual! The past few weeks have been stressful, anxiety-ridden, for the entire world. Every day brings news of more heartache in Europe. While food should never be the answer, sometimes it just is! So I surprised my family with a vegan Mexican Fiesta dinner before we…

How to avoid repeating the same 10 meals during Lent!

Resources For The Orthodox Family, Yummy RecipesMarch 13, 20210Likes 0Comments

Man cannot live by bread alone… True! Amen! But 55 days of vegan meals can get repetitive pretty quickly. Therefore, I have been reading vegan and vegetarian cookbooks to help end the repetitiveness of vegan cooking during the 55 days of Lent! I always start out Lent with the best spiritual objectives in mind: more…

Sumac & Seven-Spice Roast Chicken Recipe and Book Review

Yummy RecipesJanuary 23, 20210Likes 0Comments

Hello friends, I am a cookbook collector. In fact, I find it hard to resist the urge to purchase more cookbooks even though my collection is quite extensive. I rationalize and justify the purchase by imagining all the delicious recipes that I will cook for my family. Truth be told, my family would…

A comforting vegan recipe: Audrey Hepburn’s Spaghetti Al Pomodoro

Yummy RecipesApril 6, 20200Likes 0Comments

Audrey Hepburn ate pasta, Every. Single. Day. And still maintained her svelte figure! Despite this complete and utter unfairness, I continue to love her. In fact, she is among my top 5 favourite famous women of the 20th century! Her Spaghetti Al Pomodoro is the comforting vegan recipe we need right now. …

When your cooking is compared to canned goods!

Diary of a Coptic Family, Yummy RecipesFebruary 20, 20200Likes 0Comments

No fancy-schmancy here! In fact, they compared my cooking to canned goods! Some people like to exaggerate the elegance of a dish they cooked and make it sound fancy. For example, calling pigs in a blanket "cocktail sausages in a delicate puff pastry shell". I have to overcome the opposite challenge: my…

Breakfast Memories- Sugar Bread

Diary of a Coptic Family, Yummy RecipesAugust 9, 20180Likes 2Comments

One of her signature indulgences was what I affectionately called “sugar bread”. I was certain that only my grandmother served these heavenly treats until I watched David Rocco frying pizza dough and smothering it in honey

Comfort food creates memories that warm the heart

Diary of a Coptic Family, Yummy RecipesDecember 27, 20170Likes 3Comments

Food is our love language and comfort food creates memories that warm the heart My family loves food. All of us. I think we secretly mistrust anyone who does not. We love to eat it, shop for it, prepare it, discuss it, and plan for future meals while still in the middle of one .…