Welcome to my cooking page!
I started cooking with my step-mother one summer when I was home from college. We traded off days on who would cook. I would find delicious recipes and prepare them for my family with great anticipation. Now out of college and in a home of my own I cook for my husband. My husband is not originally from America. He is from Morocco and it has allowed me to expand my cooking interests to international dishes. I hope that you enjoy the recipes and experiences that I will share with you!
This is another recipe that I learned from my boyfriend. In the US when you think salad the first thing that comes to mind is lettuce. Well that is not the case in Morocco. My boyfriend explained to me that Moroccan salad is less about the lettuce and more about the other vegetables you add to it. This is an easy recipe that can have a lot of vegetables or as little as 4 vegetables. It is very healthy for you because there is no salad dressing which usually adds the most calories, but instead uses olive oil which is very good for you. There are many variations to this salad because you can add pretty much any vegetable you want. Enjoy making this salad and using the different additional ingredients!
Ingredients (Used for salad in the picture above):
2 Tbsp of olive oil
1 cucumber
1 large carrot
1 large tomatoe
1 pepper (sweet or regular)
1 cup lettuce
salt & pepper to taste
Peel cucumber and carrot and chop into small pieces. Dice tomatoe. Clean and de-seed the pepper. Chop into small pieces. Chop lettuce to desire size pieces. Using a large salad bowl, add olive oil and all the vegetables. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Mix completely making sure all the vegetables are covered with olive oil. Add more salt and pepper to taste.
Additional ingredients include:
olives- green or black
potatotes
onion
cheese
hard boiled eggs
Save Money by Cooking with a Crock-pot
First introduced in 1971, the Crock-Pot revolutionized the way we cook meals. The word Crock-Pot is actually trademarked by Rival Industries, but is used in every day conversations instead of the term slow cooker. Many recipes for the crock-pot require little preparation. The slow cooker can then safely be left to run unattended, making it a convenient cooking method.
Crock-pot meals can not only save you time in the kitchen, but they can also save you money as well. The reasons are as follows:
1. It keeps you out of the fast food line. If you had not loading up the crock-pot with the ingredients this morning you’d likely be in the drive through line at the local fast food restaurant this afternoon after work, grabbing a meal for your family. The average fast food meal for a family of four rings up over $20.
2. Stretches your dollar. Most crock-pot recipes and meals can truly stretch your food dollar. Because you can put a whole chicken in the crock-pot to cook then cut it up for several meals, you can stretch your budget with the use your leftovers.
3. Cuts your grocery budget. You can save money at the butcher since the slow cooking process is especially useful to tenderize cheaper cuts of meat.
4. Saves on your energy bill. Instead of running a larger appliance like the stove you are running one small energy conservative appliance, the crock-pot, saving on your energy costs.
The convenience of the slow cooker not only saves you time, but will also save you money. Don't you think it's time to take it out of your closet (or wherever you have it packed away collecting dust) and make a Crock-Pot meal today?
About the Author:Cara Mirabella is a WAHM with one toddler from New Jersey. She owns and manages TheHouseholdHelper.com - a site dedicated to saving your time, money and sanity when managing your household. She has written several articles, reports and e-books including
http://wahmcart.com/x.php?adminid=1826&id=6133&pid=1993"Recipes For Every Occassion: 470 Crock Pot Recipes".
This is another recipe that I learned from my boyfriend. In the US when you think salad the first thing that comes to mind is lettuce. Well that is not the case in Morocco. My boyfriend explained to me that Moroccan salad is less about the lettuce and more about the other vegetables you add to it. This is an easy recipe that can have a lot of vegetables or as little as 4 vegetables. It is very healthy for you because there is no salad dressing which usually adds the most calories, but instead uses olive oil which is very good for you. There are many variations to this salad because you can add pretty much any vegetable you want. Enjoy making this salad and using the different additional ingredients!
1 comment:
hmmm, i love it the moroccan salad,thanks
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