Basketball Game

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Saturday March 31st my granddaughter had a basketball game at USC basketball training center… USC is her dream college…

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One day she will with gods willing attend USC because dreams due come true and when you believe in your self there is nothing impossible or could stop you in life.. Continue reading

Basketball

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Today we woke up realy early to attend our granddaughter Nashwa’s basketball tournament… it was 5:00 am and we had to be there at 7:00 for a game that starts at 8:00… It was raining and it was a long drive from the house to the tournament… yes its been a long day!! Continue reading

Pulled Beef

Pulled Beef

  • Servings: 6
  • Difficulty: easy
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Most people love pulled pork but we do not eat pork so I made up this delicious barbeque pulled beef… DO YOU SMELL IT!!!


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Apple Pie

Apple Pie

  • Servings: 8-10
  • Difficulty: easy
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Yesterday was National pie day, according to Google it was the 30th anniversary….So I made two apple pies to take with me to the office today…

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Jasmine Cupcakes

Jasmine Cupcakes

  • Servings: 12
  • Difficulty: easy
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I love the smell and the flavor of jasmine in anything..so few months ago when I was in LA at the Asian market I bought a bottle of Jasmine essence, I did not know how or with what I was going to use it but I had to buy it, I could not help it the fragrance is deliciously intoxicating… Continue reading

Grilled Steak

Grilled Steak

  • Servings: 3
  • Difficulty: easy
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When its cold and 20 miles an hour winds outside and you cannot use your grill but you want to have a juicy steak for dinner, what to do? I found the simple way to achieve that  prefect, Smokey, delicious, juicy and flavorful steak is to have it prepare in sauté pan on the stovetop…Just a little butter or olive oil, room temperature meat and any of your favorite combination of spices and you have an easy meal on your hands in no time.

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Rice treats

Rice Treats

  • Servings: 12
  • Difficulty: easy
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My granddaughter texted me few days ago and asked me if I could make her some Rice treats and of course I had to deliver….I am madly in love with her, very smart, intelligent and beautiful inside out…And I do love making treats for my kids and grandkids…

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Banana pound cake muffins

Banana pound cake muffins

  • Servings: 20
  • Difficulty: easy
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Sugar free dessert became the only way for me to bake for my husband, what to do for a man that loves sweet? It was easy for me, I started re-creating all of my baking recipes for him as sugar free dessert since we found out he is diabetic and that was many, many years ago…

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Banana chips cookies

Banana chips cookies

  • Servings: 10
  • Difficulty: easy
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Today I realized that I have saved a lot of banana chips from the so called tropical mix nuts and tropical fruit bags that we buy from the health store, every time I buy a bag I realize more and more that they are just full of banana chips and hardly any mixed nuts or any tropical fruits…

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Chicken Tikka Masala

Chicken Tikka Masala

  • Servings: 4
  • Difficulty: easy
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There is no doubt that Indian cuisine is one of the flavorful and aromatic food out there, I love Indian food as much as I love middle eastern food…I enjoy cooking Indian food and I really love it when the delicious aroma fills up my kitchen, the spices, the texture and the flavor are amazing.

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Birthday and Valentine celebration

Today was a special day for all of us, its my daughter and granddaughter birthday…. it was such a surprise that day for all of us, when our granddaughter decided to be born  few weeks early and on her mother birthday, this kid is always in a hurry……. I just love her…….It is so special to celebrate your birthday with your own kid, at least I think so!

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Chocolate cake

Chocolate Cake

  • Servings: 12
  • Difficulty: easy
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I think Chocolate is one of the most loved sweets on earth, I am not that big of a fan…(I know everyone thinks I am crazy) but let me tell you I surprised myself after I tasted my own creations…this chocolatey cake is one of the best cakes I came up with and everyone agrees with me…

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Cheese cake

Cheese Cake

  • Servings: 8
  • Difficulty: easy
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Tomorrow we are having another birthday celebration at the office so I decided to change the cake for this birthday.

I try to get everyone at the office to tell me what are their favorite cakes and I choose one of them to make as a surprise for their birthdays. Continue reading

Roasted Fish With White Wine Sauce

Fish

  • Servings: 4-6
  • Difficulty: easy
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Tonight dinner was on the healthy side. Roasted Whitiing fish fillets with my signature white wine reduced sauce.Also served with this delicious fish and sauce was roasted cauliflower, carrots, red potato, onion and tomato.

Baked Chicken

Baked chicken

  • Servings: 4-6
  • Difficulty: easy
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Chicken is an accessible and cost effective ingredient to use in making any dish for weeknights dinners, well most of the time!  My husband is a big fan of chicken, so you will find us having chicken few times a week, and that could get boring.

Not sure why I came up with this dish.  I had chicken breasts, started cutting it to bites sizes while thinking about what to make, and after standing there and looking at it for few minutes, I opened the coppered and saw a bag of seasoned croutons and a can of mushroom soup and I said ok this would do and let us try it, why not right?  Collected the rest of the ingredient as you could see below and as they say, the rest is history!

This dish actually came out tasty; it is full of flavor, hearty and sticks to your rips kind of dish.

.1 can 10 ½ oz cream of mushroom soup

.1 bag 5 oz seasoned croutons

.1 tbsp poultry seasonings

.1 cup frozen mixed vegetable

.¾-cup sour cream

.1-cup water or chicken broth

.1 tbsp. salt

.½ tbsp. black pepper

.2 ½ lbs. chicken cut to bites size

.2 tbsp. fresh parsley

.½ tbsp. curry powder

.2-cups milk

.2 tbsp olive oil

Preheat oven to 400

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In a large mixing bowl whisk cream of mushroom soup, milk, water or chicken broth, and sour cream until all combined.

In 9 x13 baking pan, with clean hands mix Chicken with poultry seasoning, vegetable, salt, black pepper, curry powder, and olive oil until chicken covered with the seasoning and vegetable distributed evenly.  Add cream of mushroom mix, croutons and mix well with clean hands making sure the croutons well distributed evenly in the pan.

Bake for 30-40 minutes, or until the chicken fully cooked. Sprinkle with fresh parsley and serve.

TIP: Always wash your chicken; never cook directly from the package that comes in without washing it.

Bean Stew

Bean stew

  • Servings: 4
  • Difficulty: easy
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Bean stew is one of the most famous dishes in the middle east, especially Lebanon. Its a hearty and healthy dish served mostly doing the cold winter days.

Bean stew always served with white rice, green onion, green olives and fresh lemon juice, its one of my kids favorite meal.