Peanut butter Brownies. Erdnussbutter Brownies. براونيز زبدة الفول السوداني

If you are a peanut butter lover (like me) then you should give this wonderfully tasting Brownies a try! It's easy & delicious!

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Egyptian Fattah (Rice-Meat-Bread dish). Ägyptische Fattah .الفتة المصرية

Egyptian Fattah is a traditional Egyptian delicious dish made of Rice, Meat (usually lamb meat) , crispy bread & tomato Sauce. It's the main dish in the fist day of our Islamic feast (Eid-al-adha) amoung every Muslim Family. We do this dish the whole year usually using cow meat, but in the Feast we do it using Lamb meat & It's more delicious.

It's easy & Here's how it's made:

Ingredients: (enough for 4 )

Cucumber Salad. Gurkensalat mit Jogurtsauce

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Roasted sweet Potato recipe. Geröstete Süßkartoffeln rezept.

This is a healthy sweet Potatoes recipe, so easy & so delicious. This is how we eat sweet Potatoes in Egypt, Roasted in the oven, we don't use it as a salty dish, instead, we use it as a sweet dessert!

All you need is:

Zimtsterne. Cinnamon stars Cookies. كوكيز اللوز والقرفة

These Cookies are very famous in Germany & are called "Zimtsterne" ,meaning Cinnamon stars, They are usually done around Christmas holidays , It's a way of celebrating Christmas by baking different types of Cookies. I did them with the kids in our feast as we also celebrate our feasts by baking Cookies .
They r so easy made of only 4 ingredients.

Ingredients: (makes 24 medium sized Cookies)

Easy Meat Pie. Einfache Fleischpastete

This is a very easy meat Pie that you can do from Meat leftovers in the freezer.. It's a nice & easy dinner & doesn't take much time in preparing.

Ingredients: (serves 4)

Pumpkin Cream Casserole. Kürbis-Creme-Auflauf. صينية القرع العسلي

Pumpkins always remind me of my childhood memories in the States when we used to "hardly" Curve Pumpkins with friends for Halloween, It's been so hard for a 10 year old girl, I thought now it would definetly  be easier but surprisingly I found it still hard  :( maybe this is due to a bad knife or a hard pumpkin, but anyway, the taste of this pumpkin-cream Casserole is worth the effort :))

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Baklavas البقلاوة

This is a delicious Turkish dessert that was brought to Egypt & middle east during the Ottoman Empire. We usually do it & eat it  a lot in Egypt during the holy month of Ramadan (our fasting month), but it is sold through the whole year in all dessert shops. I love it & this is my mother's easy & delicious recipe.

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Egyptian Rice stuffed Cabbage. (Ägyptischer) Reis gefüllter Kohl .

This is a traditional Egyptian delicious dish , It's White Cabbage stuffed with Rice with some herbs & some people add some minced meat to the stuffing mixture. The recipe is a bit long but easy. I tried to simplify it as much as I can with pictures (specially for non-Egyptians) , I hope you'll like it!

Ingredients: (for 4-6 persons)

Broccoli cream Soup. Brokkoli creme suppe . شوربة بروكولي

Soup season has started at our home :) This is a a family favourite Soup, so easy & takes only 5 minutes preparation & 10 minutes to be ready!

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Easy Cupcakes decorating idea. Einfach Muffins Deko Idee . طريقة سهلة لتزيين الكب كيك

 Here's a very simple, easy & fast cupcakes decorating idea that looks very nice & kids & adults love. you will only use 2 types of Chocolate, white & whole milk (or dark) Chocolate.

Here is what you need:

Spinach cream soup. SpinatcremeSuppe. شوربة السبانخ بالكريمة

Here's the story to this amazing soup :) I had 500 gm fresh Spinach in my fridge for over a week & I finally I decided to do something with it before it's ruined . I & my kids are unfortunately not spinach lovers, I only like eating raw crispy Spinach in Salads. Anyway I decided doing soup, this was inspired from my Lentil soup recipe & it was so tasty & creamy & I & the kids went crazy about it. here is the easy recipe.

No-base light Cheesecake. Leichter Ohne-Boden Käsekuchen. (شيزكيك خفيفة بدون قاعدة)

This is a very nice light version of the normal Cheesecake recipe ,It has no base & lighter in ingredients. I found it a nice Blog, & decided to do it after seeing its amazing texture. I was so fluffy & airy, exactly like eating cotton candy!!

. Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo.(مكرونة فتتشيني مع صوص ألفريدو ) Hähnchen Fettuccine mit Alfredo Soße.

Alfredo Sauce is one of my favourite Pasta Sauces , I love the mixture of Cream,Butter & Parmesan. It´s so smooth & creamy, exactly my type of Sauces:) You can use this sauce in Lasagne Recipes as well & It´s always perfect! It's an easy no-fail recipe!

Buttermilk Cupcakes with Buttercream Frosting.

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Caprese Pan. Caprese Pfanne.

This delicious breakfast recipe is a version of the famous Italian Caprese Salad that is made of Tomatoes, Mozzarella & Basil, here I added only Eggs & milk & it was a delicious Breakfast.

Ingredients: (for 4 persons)

Almond Cranberries Cupcakes. Mandel-Cranberries Muffins mit Zucker Guss.

Those lovely cupcakes are ideal with an afternoon cup of Coffee or Tea!

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Quiche Tutorial (Vegetarian recipe). Vegetarische Quiche.

Quiche is one of my favourite quick meals, it can be a nice dinner or brunch or lunch! so easy to prepare & so many creations you can come up with, according to your taste! You only have to follow the basic dough recipe & the basic filling recipe ,then you can do it your favourite way using meat, chicken, fish ,or even do it  vegetarian like this recipe here.

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Vanilla Cupcakes with grass shaped frosting. Grastüllen Dekorieren.

Those cupcakes are really attractive to kids & they love how they look. They are colorful ,festive , & cute for kids' parties or gatherings. They are sooo easy, all you need is in this post!

You will need 12 vanilla cupcakes :

The Basic vanilla Cupcake recipe
http://drolacooks.blogspot.de/2012/10/the-basic-vanilla-cupcake-recipe.html

The basic Vanilla Cupcake recipe كب كيك الفانيلبا

This Basic Vanilla cupcake Recipe yields 12 cupcakes or you can use this same recipe in making a smal 22 cm Cake.

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PIZZA Tutorial. Schneller Pizzateig (nur 20 minuten)

Pizza! It's my favorite & my kids' favorite lunch! I made it many times & from many trials & errors I came up with some advises I would like to share it with you, these are not expert's Tips. These r only my Tips based on trials & error, nothing more!

1- Kneading the dough is very important, for me kneading with a machine is much better than kneading with hands, kneading for around 8 minutes is important.

Pizza Tomato Sauce

Blended Pizza Sauce

This is my favourite Pizza Sauce recipe that I always use, I sometimes leave the remaining sauce in a jar in the fridge & I keep it for up to two weeks. I also sometimes use it as a Spaghetti sauce & It´s yummy!

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Chocolate Cupcakes with Chocolate ganache frosting.(Schokoladen Muffins mit Schoko ganache Frosting)

 

 

The Basic Chocolate Cupcakes recipe

Egyptian Okra (Ägyptische Okra)

Egyptian Okra has always been a favourite recipe to me, It´s so easy & delicious. Usually doe with meat specially lamb meat, but you can also do it with Chicken like this recipe over here. IT´s served with Rice or eaten with the beautiful Egyptian bread (Eish balady).

Ingredients: (serves 4)

400 gm Frozen Okra (the fresh ones are the best ,but I don´t have them here)

1 medium sized onion

5 garlic cloves

1 medium sized green Paprika

3 Table spoons Tomato paste

1 Table spoon Butter

3 cups Chicken stock

Salt & Pepper

1 Lemon





Preparation:

Wash Okras & clean the top & Bottom part of it .
Chop Onion,Garlic & Paprika in a Food processor .
In a pot over high heat, add butter , the onion,garlic, paprika mixture & stir for few moments.
Add the chicken stock, tomato paste, squeeze the lemon & finally add the Okra, stir & wait till it boils then reduce heat & leave for 15 minutes.
Add Salt & Pepper according to taste.

A Tip:
You can decrease the amount of Stock & increase the amount of Tomato paste according to you taste & according to whether you want a thick or runny Sauce.

Zutaten:

400 g gefrorene Okra
1 mittlere große Zwiebel
5 Knoblauchzehe
1 grüner Paprika
3 EL Tomato paste
3 Tassen Hänchen Brühe
Saft von einer Zitrone
1 EL Butter
Salz & Pfeffer

Zubereitung:

Okra tauen & waschen.
Zwiebel,Knoblauch & paprika in einem Zerkleinerer hacken.
In einem Top auf dem Herd (bei hoch hitze) : Butter & die  gehackte Zwiebel,Knoblauch & Paprika geben & rühren (ca. 2 minuten).
Hänchen Brühe, Tomato paste ,Okra & Zitronen saft im Topf geben & bei mittlere Hitze ca. 15 minuten kochen lassen.
Mit Salz & Pfeffer abschmecken.

Red Currant Blueberry cream Cupcakes (Johannisbeere Heidelbeere creme Muffins)

Summer has already ended & there are only few Berries left in markets, the best thing to do with them are those lovely cupcakes!

Ingredients 

Egyptian vanilla Pudding (Mehalabya)(مهلبية)

 

 

A non-Egyptian friend asked me for the Egyptian Pudding, there are so many recipes, I made here the "Basic" recipe. You can add to this recipe your favourite flavour like cinnamon or mcetkh (مستكة), you can even do it using Rice flour or Semolina flour or Cocoa.

 

Ingredients: (for 4 cups or bowls)

Spaghetti Ring. حلقة المكرونة الاسباجتي

  A delicious,easy & fast Spaghetti recipe, Looks elegant & ideal for guests.

Ingredients:(serves 4)