About: Shabnam

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Meatballs with Sun-dried Tomatoes and Tzatziki Sauce

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It has been quite a while since I have posted a new recipe to my blog. It’s not like I haven’t been cooking, it’s just that I haven’t had the time to take pictures and write the recipes out. The result is that my poor blog is dying a slow death. Also, contributing to this slow death is the...
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Sprouted Moong/Mung Beans Warm Salad

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I love brightly colored dishes and this one is among the most colorful things I have ever made. The green from the sprouted beans, fresh cilantro leaves and green chili contrast so well with the deep red of the cranberries, the saturated yellow of the dried apricots and the bright white of the Tofu chunks! It wasn't just the...
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Beer Beef Stew

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Lately I have been traveling so much that there hasn’t been even a semblance of normalcy in my life. The result has been that I have hardly been cooking meals at home and when I do cook, I haven’t had the time to take pictures, write the recipes down and then upload everything on the website. First, I went...
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Turkish Spinach and Cheese Borek

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During our vacation in Istanbul earlier this month, we stayed at a lovely boutique hotel in the old part of the city. The hotel was a refurbished 500 year old Turkish Bath (Hamam) and was a stone’s throw away from historic spots like the Haghia Sophia (a 6th century Byzantine Cathedral) , the Topkapi Palace (a 15th century palace...
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Kiwi-Honeydew Smoothie

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I had a very hectic month – first the kids came back from college, then during the Holiday season we either met up with friends or invited people over for dinner and then in the new year our family took a vacation to Turkey. This active social and travel life meant that I was either eating out at restaurants...
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