Baked Fish
This is the way my mother makes baked fish. At some point, my father, who grew up in the Mediterranean cities of Yafa and Gaza, Palestine, told my mother that they used… Continue reading
Category Archive: Primal-friendly
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Labaneh
Introducing the return of dairy to Free Kitchen! I have been experimenting with dairy for the past few years, and discovered that I can eat goat and sheep dairy, as well as butter… Continue reading
‘Ijjeh
Last week I got a new cast iron skillet as a gift from Gina and Erik, my newly married friends, as a thank-you for designing their wedding invitations. (I am an editor and… Continue reading
Roasted Eggplant Salad
Roasted eggplant salad is pretty much just that. Cube some eggplants (I love eggplant skin, so I leave it on), onions, and red pepper (and maybe some zucchini or mushrooms) and place… Continue reading
Primal Chili
Primal chili. What does that mean? Really, it’s just good chili, but its ingredients just so happen to fit into eating in the Primal fashion, as I have been doing fairly strictly since… Continue reading
Chestnut Flour Crepes
I don’t remember ever having had crepes in my gluten-eating days, but I can imagine quite well what they taste like, having had American pancakes and Arab qatayef. But these are not the… Continue reading
Fennel and Sausage Hash
Hash is a term that can bring up images of lumps of thrown together ingredients (such as strange, unhealthy oils and processed “meat products”), resulting in greasy, unsophisticated flavors. But it doesn’t have to… Continue reading
Roasted Figs and Grape Sauce
It’s late summer, when the intense heat has softened and darkness starts lingering on either side of daylight. It’s when summer reflects on itself before it disappears into the sunsets of autumn, remembering… Continue reading
Onions and Sumac
This post also appears on Gluten Free U.A.E as a part of a Ramadan 2012 series. This little dish is part condiment and part salad. It is often served alongside grilled meats, providing a… Continue reading
Kifta
This post also appears on Gluten Free U.A.E as a part of a Ramadan 2012 series. Kifta (or kafta, kefta, kofta, or kufta, depending on your dialect and spelling preferences), is a basic Arab recipe… Continue reading