Pasta Shells stuffed with Cream cheese

As of this hour, I have been awake for around 24 hours... I could NOT cook today even if i wanted to...My sister came over with the most delicious spaghetti dinner ready for us for Iftar, i was VERY grateful for that! The only brain wave I had today was of course over food...It was the idea that I could stuff her pasta shells with cream cheese, so we stuffed some and left the rest....

It was DELICIOUS.... I definitely recommend trying this....

and now.....

i am off to sleep!

Meat and Lentils

The Finished Product
The meat tenderizing in the spices
The Boss making sure I got the recipe correct



This recipe is from the book called "a taste of home". It is a Qatari cookbook.This recipe was OK...To me, the taste of lentils should be smooth on the tongue when tasting, not powdery, and this was powdery! Maybe it was my cooking, and not the recipes mistake...

Ash! (Irani Soup with fresh herbs and beans)

Here are a few variations on Ash below, all very similar but with a small twist on the taste,click the link to get the recipe:

http://www.boston.com/ae/food/articles/2006/12/06/ash_e_reshteh_bean_and_pasta_soup/

http://www.anvari.org/iran/Persian_Food_Recipes/Ash_e_Reshteh.html

Closest recipe to mine:

http://personal.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/F.Mokhtarian/recipes/aash-reshteh.html

tip: use canned beans! not dried....you can use Greek style yogurt too instead of kashk...

Ash is a VERY filling Irani Soup made with fresh herbs and beans. It can be made many different ways...It doesn't use spice much, it is all VERY fresh herbs that gives the amazing taste you get with this soup...In winter my family eats this mixed with paper thin bread soaked into it...In Ramadan this is a favorite in my home...

Pepper Fiesta!

The ONLY way to buy Basil in Abu Dhabi it seems!

Ready for the oven...
Just out of the oven after 40 minutes...
Stuffed Chili Peppers with Cream Cheese
and after frying them!

Tonight's Meal consisted of Stuffed Bell Peppers(again).....Fried Stuffed Chili peppers and some Meat and Rice stuffed Chili peppers....



The recipe that I had found for Stuffed Bell Peppers was really good and safe, but I have Cajun taste buds, therefore I need heat in my food, and this recipe just didn't have it....



I'm still searching for a Feisty Stuffed Bell pepper recipe that has some "zing" to it, if anyone comes across one, please, let me know!



The Stuffed Fried chili peppers were my husbands obsession this summer....Although it started with Jalapeno peppers, i couldn't find that last night in the supermarket, so I picked up some big chili peppers thinking it would work as well....And it did...very well.. the only thing is, I am yet to find a batter that sticks to the pepper like the ones in the restaurant we ate them in did...



All it took was:



Some big green peppers

1 carton cream cheese

flour

salt/pepper

chili powder

garlic powder

2 eggs beat and set aside in a bowl





Mix flour and spices together, set aside.

Clean out the inside of the peppers, fill with cream cheese softened(put cheese in a Ziploc bag and cut off the tip to fill peppers). Dip peppers in egg then into flour and immediately into deep fryer on a med heat setting. Let fry for 1 minute or so, then remove to platter. Serve immediately.





For the Stuffed meat and rice chili peppers just stuff with the same stuffing found in the recipe for the Stuffed bell peppers. Put into oven and cook in moderate oven till skin is softened.

Stuffed Bell Peppers

Recipe available at

http://www.elise.com/recipes/archives/000039dads_stuffed_bell_peppers.php

Taste Testing...

" Irani" Salad
Ratatouille Mix
Ratatouille
Ratatouille
Patchi Chocolate!!!

Garlic Chicken with Quick Mushroom Sauce and Mix Veggies

You will need:

1 pack chicken breast, skinless and boneless, each piece sliced lengthwise in half

1/2 cup lurpack butter

4 tbs blended garlic paste

pack of mix veggies

1 sachet Maggi mushroom soup

2 cubes Maggi vegetable stock

Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat, melt half the quantity of butter, and add 2 tbs garlic paste,stir thoroughly for 1 minute, add half the quantity chicken and cook till browned and a bit crispy on both sides( i like it a little blackened). Repeat with the other half of butter,garlic, and chicken. Keep warm and set aside.

Mix the mushroom soup with 5 cups of water, and simmer till thick. Pour into sauce bowl,keep warm,set aside.

Boil veggies with the Maggi cubes in 2 cups water till cooked thoroughly and no water is left.

Serve Chicken with mushroom sauce poured over it and veggies on the side.

Enjoy!