Halawet El Jibn ( Halwa aljebn ) . حلاوة الجبن

Halawet el jibn is the arabic name for cheese dessert , as it's made mainly of Mozzarella plus semolina & water . It's really easy & all guests will love it. It's an oriental dessert , Originally made in Syria , there isn't much written about its history anywhere unfortunately , I only know that it's an oriental dessert that we used to eat more during the holy month of Ramadan , I guess because we all search for a sweet thing to eat after fasting for many hours. I've been searching for a nice recipe since a long time & my friend gave me her recipe that I modified a bit to get this very nice & delicious recipe , I did it for some German guests who wanted to try something oriental & they loved it ! Hope you all try it & I'm sure you'll all love it :)

Black & white Cookies . كوكيز الفانيليا الطريه . Amerikaner

Amerikaner is a very popular cake like cookies , or you can call them cookie like small cakes ! The exact translation is "American" ! It's very popular in kids' birthdays here in Germany , every child loves them , I used to hear from the kids "I ate Amerikaner today" & I've always thought what was the "american" they ate ! they used to describe it & I never knew weather that was a cake or a cookie! I asked a German friend & she explained what was it for me & she even showed them to me ,they are every where in Bakery shops & they are sold frozen in Supermarkets ! since than I started searching for recipes & making them for kids with different toppings. Original Cookies are  American & are called Black & White cookies , because they are always half black & half white . Here in Germany they are very popular in Birthdays covered with Sugar glaze ( icing ) & smarties chocolate ! you can even make faces over the suagr glaze using melted chocolate , or colored sugar glaze . you can also cover only with chocolate instead of sugar icing !
Here I did mine for my daughter who loves pink , so I covered it with Sugar glaze (icing ) & splinkeled some pink & white sugar sprinkles . It's delicious & very soft like small Cakes bit in the size of a cookie.The recipe is so easy , hope you all try it & like it .

Homemade Bread spread . Vegetarischer Brotaufstrich . جبنه بيضاء بالخضار للسندوتشات

This is one of our Family favourite weekend breakfast , It's my Mom's reecipe that was done nearly daily . It's a very very easy recipe that is done in 5 minutes , all you have to do is put all ingredients in a mixer ( or just mix everything with a fork in a big Bowl ) . you can add whatever vegetables or herbs you want , you can add 2 or 3 types of cheese , there are no limits to your creation !

I will write down the basic recipe that is really easy & hope you can try it & give me your feedback .

Pumpkin Soup . Kürbissuppe. شوربة القرع العسلي

Pumpkin Soup is one of my kids' favorite Soups , The kids loved it from Kinder garden , as it was a regular visitor for lunch in Autumn months , they used to ask me to do it at home , but cutting a pumpkin at home was a disaster for me :) so I used to buy those pre-made Soup powders & do it for them & they always say it's good ( but not that good that I hear when I do any other type of home made soup from scratch at home).
I found those beautiful previously cut in cubes Hokkaido (Red Squash ) in Market , so I said to myself , now it's time to make my kids happy ! I made it & it was really good , the kids loved it & I heard that "This soup is really good" with their childish enthusiasm that I was waiting for :) It tastes fruity ,creamy , fresh & has a nice sweet taste , I can't really describe it that good ,but you have to try it as it's very very easy ,like most of the Soups !

Food Fotografie von Corinna Gissemann

Food fotografie ist mein passion !  Ich folge corinna in iherer facebookseite seit einem Monat . Ich habe sie in eine anderen Facebookseite (Für international Food Fotografen & Fotografinnen) entdeckt! Ihre Fotos waren immer die beste , und ich mochte ihere "behind the scenes" Fotos  sehr ! In ihere Facebookseite , habe ich gehört über iherem Buch "Food fotografie" , heute habe ich dieses Buch gekauft & ich muss sagen ,dass dieses Buch Klasse ist ! Das Buch ist in 232 seiten geschrieben , Perfekte Qualität , viele viele super-tolle Bilder ,und in zehn Kapital geschrieben.
Für alle Food Fotografie "lovers" Einsteiger oder Profi ,das ist ein wichtiges buch zukaufen.

Corinnas Internetseite : http://www.corinnagissemann.de/


** Sorry ! Ich bin nicht zu Gut in Buch-Fotografie :)

Berries Cupcakes with Yogurt Frosting . كب كيك التوت والفراوله بكريمه الزبادي

Those beautiful Cupcakes I've made for my daughter's friends who love Cupcakes & Berries , so I made them those girly & summery Cupcakes ! The visit was back in June , it was then the Strawberry season ,now There are some Strawberries but not everywhere ! forgive me for the late post , but better late than never :)

Those are very easy Cupcakes , you can enjoy them simply without Frosting with a cup of Tea or Coffee ,or you can take them to Picnics or parties , here's the easy yet delicious recipe !


Ingredients : (for 12 )

Egyptian Puff Pastry Pudding ( Um Ali ) . أم علي

Um Ali (or Om Ali ) is a typical authentic Egyptian delicious dessert that kids & adults love !It's made of thin Pastry chips (made of Puff Pastry or Filo ) blended with cream & Milk & Nuts , I'm sure now that you can imagine how it amazingly  tastes ! 

Name Story : 

It literally means " Ali's Mother " ( Ali is an Egyptian Boys' name & Um means Mother ) ! There's a story behind the name (somehow bloody! ) that goes back Hundreds of years into Egyptian History (year 1250 ) during the Era of Ezz Eldin Aybak ,the first of Mamluk Sultans of Egypt. He had two Wives , the first is "Um Ali" & the second was " Shagaret Aldorr" . Shagaret eldorr was roled Egypt for nearly 80 days after her first Husband's ( Elsaleh Negm Eldin Ayoub ) death, as she was a very powerful Woman  . Aybak married her latter , and she forbade him from seeing his first Wife Um Ali and his Son Ali ! Aybak , by time, became more powerful & more aggressive towards his Wife "Shagaret aldorr" ,who prepared to kill him latter & she succeeded . His first Wife "Um Ali" wanted to revenge for her Husband ,so she planned to kill "Shagaret aldorr" by paying for the Palace Guards to kill her by beating her with Wooden Clogs till death ! 

To celebrate her death "Um Ali" ordered to make a dessert & to distribute among all Egyptians & This dessert was "Um Ali" !!

Spaghetti with Mussels & Shrimps . المكرونة الاسباجتي ببلح البحر والجمبري

After a whole year of shooting this recipe , At last had some time to write it :)
Actually now we are celebrating the holy month of Ramadan & I do search for very easy & fast recipes to do without wasting feel energy in the Kitchen :) Just made this yesterday again & wanted to share this super easy & delicious recipe with you.
One year ago I tried -for the first time- doing Mussles at home & found them too delicous ! I never tried them before because I never knew how to do them & I'm not a sea food fan & lastly , I was afarid that my kids won't really like it !( I used to eat them only in Resturants on the beautiful beach in Egypt )  Surprisingly , they all loved it & since then I do it a lot as a side dish & they sneak into the kitchen to eat it from the pot :) ( I don't say no for that ) . I do it with so many sauces , Tomatoe Sauce, Garlic & Butter Sauce, Lemon Sauce ...etc. & you can also invent your own sauce !
You can eat it as a side dish or eat it with Pasta ! I personally love it both ways ! Their magical smell brings me back years ago when I ate them on our vacations to the beautiful beach of Alexandria ,Egypt , & brings up all the beautiful beach memories to my mind (Childhood memories are pricless! )
Now let's start with the "How to cook Mussles" basics :

HOW TO COOK MUSSELS

 I don't actually name it "cook" ,it's more like "steaming" & they usually take few minutes to open up & compeletely cook !

Green Beans Stew . الفاصوليا الخضراء المصريه

Today I will share with you one of My mother's favourite Vegetable recipes . It's was a favourite recipe for her because it's so easy , healthy &  we all like it too :) You can do it with meat , Chicken , or if you are a vegetarian you can also do it with vegetable stock. These day there are lots & lots of Fresh green Beans , so I simply buy them , clean them & cut them into one inch sized pieces , boil them in some salted water for a minute or two an freeze them , I like preparing my own vegetables  ,but I also use the forzen ones ! 

This dish is served with Rice ,or you can also eat it with Bread. Hope you like it & try it & give me your feedbacks :)

Kunafa with Cream . Kadayif mit Creme . الكنافه بالكريمه

Kunafa is an oriental dessert , made of a noodle like pastry long threads , soaked in a Sugar Syrup .
There are many ways to do it , I'm doing my mother's recipe which is the best for me .  I was brought up eating it & enjoying its amazing taste. My Mom always used to do it with nuts , My kids now like it more with cream , so I make it with Cream for them ! But you can fill it with roasted nuts in the middle & follow the same steps & recipe. You can also do it as small rolls , just roll the long threads ,with or without Nuts inside , but in theis case you shouldn't cut the Kunafa threads insto small pieces (as will be mentioned latter in the recipe ) .
Kunafa (as we call in in Egypt & in other Arab countries ) is very popular in the holy fasting month of Ramadan . It (with Basbousa " Semolina Cake " ) is a regular visitor on our Dinner tables , it's delicious, relatively easy , & provides us with the Calories needed during fasting. All kids love helping thier Moms doing it, buy cuting the long threads with thier small hands ,then soaking it with Butter . The smell of Butter & Kunafa takes me years backwards towards my Childhood beautiful memories during making Kunafa with my Brother , someone used to cut Kunafa ,the other , peel Almonds & roast nuts then blend them in the mixer & my Mother beggins us to leave the Kitcen for her to do everything herself  (The exact same thing I do now wit my kids:) )
Now, here is the delicious Recipe , Hope you all try it & give me your feedbacks :)

Ingredients : (For a 24-26 cm Cake round Form )