I am moving. Have you heard?
I know it’s hard to ignore something I am shouting from every roof top but as usual I can’t help myself. Well let me tell you as I have told anyone who will listen, I have but a pot, a cutting board and a rusted bread knife plus a bunch of fancy once-a-year serving platters to my name in my NY kitchen.
Turkish Salad
So cooking has been a more difficult than usual challenge. But surprisingly while not pretty to watch I can get a respectable slice and dice out of my overgrown serrated bread knife. So in honor of my aliyah to the Holy Land I share my favorite Israeli Salatim (translate: salads) that I really should practice in anticipation of my arrival.
When I get there I bet my Israeli-Iraqi sis-in-law will surely tell me I am doing these all wrong, but until then they are authentic in my book.
Israeli Salad
Yup I needed a recipe for this when I first got married. Look I wasn’t Israeli and wasn’t a cook. Now I feel confident to use any veggies I have in the house and tear and toss in fresh parsley or cilantro or mint (for the sake of clarity either or, not altogether). If going dairy I love to add crumbled feta.
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Red Cabbage Israeli Slaw
I never met a red cabbage before I met hubby. Now that’s of course because I always knew it to be a purple cabbage. But the recipe editors for my first book made sure to set me straight (uh I still think it looks purple). This is a Chanie Geller classic (yes my sis and law and I do have the same Hebrew name, difference is she actually goes by hers). She laughed when I wanted the recipe – mayo, squeeze of lemon, salt, sometimes pepper – not brain surgery she is right but lighter and much preferred to coleslaw.
Roasted Garlic Hummus with Oven Baked Pita
One of my favorite chummus recipes. Loads of garlic for my Transylvanian ancestors (shout out mom and dad!).
Spicy Eggplant Salsa
Not Israeli per say but can certainly blend in at an Israeli salad course if you don’t feel like patchke-ing with babaganoush.
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The salsa of middle eastern cuisine. I personally like hot stuff and the fat burning benefits of spicy foods and my dad always called me paprikash which essentially means spicy in Hungarian but really refers to my hot tempered personality – could ya tell?
Which brings to my question: What food or food adjective best describes your personality?
Homemade. I like to do things myself from the bottom up.
Aged like some parmesan 😉
I like mild food or anything with cheese.
I think it would be sweet. 🙂
i’m definitely spicey
My food personality is spicy
My cooking/food personality “Pure”. I use food in it purest form and don’t add much to it.
thank you
My food personality is “Eclectic”.
My personality is sweet and salty!
My personality is spicy, thanks for the chance!
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I would have to say spicy!
I think the food adjective that best describes my personality would be sweet.
good question. I have to go with spicy because I pack a kick.
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I love Middle Eastern food. I make variations of all these recipes on a regular basis.
Spicy (even though I hate spicy food 🙂 )
I’m wry, like rye bread!
Aww shucks, I am sure there is some spicy in there.
I think mild would describe me since I am pretty calm.
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The adjective describing my food personality: SPICY!
Kabobs on the BBQ are my favorite way to cook lamb and all those great meditteranean summer veggies!
I really wish the food adjective that best describes my personality was “spicy”, but it’s more likely “sweet”. rustysrambles(at)gmail(dot)com
the adjective best describing my food personality is adventurous
spicy eggplant salsa looks wonderful!
spicy
It would have to be something with layers. Maybe a cake or deli-roll type thing. Not what meets the eye.
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Brussels sprouts …misunderstood by some, fiercely loved by others, and overall a very agreeable and versatile veggie.
Sweet!
fun and healthy is my food style
B”H… As always. love your recipes. These will go perfectly with the kabobs I’m making tonight!
My food personality must be “eclectic” because I’m willing to try just about anything : )
Super sweet
Single serving snack. Like to do things on my own.
Presentation…..I like my food to look good as well as taste good.
Babaganoosh… because it’s as fun to say as it is yummy 🙂 Your site is awesome, by the way… and congrats on the big move!!!!
Loving! Because I love to cook and am seen as a loving friend.
All the recipes are amazing I made all 🙂
Salsa best describes my personality…because I can be mild or spicy and pretty much everyone likes me 🙂
Pepper! It seems like such a standard spice but there are so many varieties and colors and it adds that perfect zip to almost any dish. That’s me!
Cooking personality: efficient
love the Roasted Garlic Hummus with Oven Baked Pita
something with chocolate and pb! yum!
Thanks for all the recipes. This is my favorite course. I’m looking forward to trying these recipes!
That eggplant salsa looks fantastic! Was just eyeing the eggplant at the farmers market and thinking about what should be done with it. Yum!