HAPPY BIRTHDAY to me !

Yes , its my birthday today !

Im so happy I am alive and kicking  !Thank you all my dear birthday wishers -I have accepted only those who made their wishes public heheheheheehe .

My Ramadan Table-Day 14

Menu :

Libyan Sharba

Burick  Turkish (veggies of choice only )

Arabic Salad

Foul Imdemes (Egypt) (leftover)

Tajeene Bata with Lamb ( leftover  )

Yahni Bamia (Okra )


Pizza ( Italian ) 




 Sahten !




Hints for a nice Ramadan Table Menu ;


The basics  of choice are  :soup ,burick ,1 or 2 salads,a yahni and maybe rice pilaf.The buslas (onion sauces and used as toppings) for couscusy ,pasta ,rishtet keskas,or rice can be used for larger families but always use a much lesser quantity than the norm, to avoid the excess of food.
 In adition to imbakbaka which can sometimes replace the sharba(soup)to lovers of pasta !

The Libyan Dates above( Bela7) before the ripe are also sweet -depending on the palm.These were brought to me by my neighbour bless his heart.

My Ramadan Table-Day 13

 Menu :

Libyan Sharba(Idshisha not pasta )

Foul Imdemes(Egyptian)

Arabic Slata

Chicken Burick(Turkish )

Tajeene Batata with Lamb ( potatoes with lamb and sauce all mixed together and baked)

Risotto a la Milanese (Italian)( Rice with cheese and mushroom and saffron)

Sahten...

My Ramadan Table-Day 12

Menu :

 Libyan Sharba

 Burick (Tunisian)Egg + tunafish +capers

Rishtet Keskas(  freezon from 1st day of Ramadan )

Foul Imdemes(Egypt) with tomatoes recipe is from my Egyptian friend

Arabic Salad

Greek Feta Salad

 Fried fish (leftover)

Sahten !

My Ramadan Table-Day 11

Menu:

Libyan Sharba

Spinach and Cheese Buricks

Fried Fsh Fillets and Fries

 Fricasee'(Tunisian ) Fried dough then stuffed with tunafish ,egg slices ,olives and harissa

Pasta Salad a la Desert Rose!

Arabic Salad

Chicken Shawerma (Middle East)

Lettuce Leaves

Sahten !

My Ramadan Table-Day 9 and 10

Im so sorry for not posting yesterday which was mostly due to power failure(force major)-sigh. As the 1st September ceremony approaches this will tend to happen quite frequently in our area....

Our city becomes one of lights a kind of Las Vegas style of attractions with a Xmas twist hence we have to pay the consequences for the continuous power failure which is the norm...Anyway enough rants lets get down to my menu for day 9 !


Menu:Day 9

 Lentil Soup( Middle East)

Rice Pilaf

Yahni Biselia with lamb(Turkish)(Green pea casserole)

Humus ( Middle East )

Arabic salad

Cheese Buricks

Greeen Salad

Tabahaj (Libyan -Tripolitanian)fried veggies then fresh hot(green peppers)tomato sauce is then simmered in..

The sweets below are from family members who visited me on Thursday night .
My diblah is obvious,my teenager made creme caramel cake(top left)date filled sweets  and a chocolate ice cream cake was brought by relatives....

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Yesterday I had to take Mama shopping and that alone is a struggle as its a hard for her to move with ease ...so I got home late and as I was rushing in found my son and teenager in control of the menu .though they did use my leftovers from the previous day ,still I was pleased,and thanked God/Allah I had taught them to cook !

Menu Day 10:
Lentil Soup- from previous day  ( Libyan Sharba got burnt )

 Kufta ( a bit dark nearly burnt nevertheless tasty)

Arabic Salad

Pizza (Italian)

 Small panini  from same pizzza dough (filled with tunafish and harissa and capers)

Tabajaj (Libyan) from day before

 Spinach and cheese buricks(Turkish )

Yahni Biselia(also from previous day ) 

Sahten !

All in all its the thought and the gathering during Ramadan that counts and not what is consumed....



 Salam

My Ramadan Table -Day 8

 Menu :
Lentil Soup(Middle East)

Lasagna (Italian)

Burick(Tunisian -with capers,egg and tunafish )

Burick (potatoes and cheese)

Insalta di riso (Italian) rice salad

Arabic Salad

 Makdous   (Middle East) pickled eggplant stuffed with almonds and hot sauce


Sahten

* All recipes will be made available after Ramadan InshaAllah.....