Chicken Shawarma
Easy homemade chicken shawarma recipe! Chicken pieces, tossed in warm Middle Eastern spices, then baked until perfectly tender. Serve it in pita pockets with Mediterranean salad and sauces.
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Greek Green Bean Salad
INGREDIENTS Water 1 lb green beans, trimmed Salt and pepper, to taste Crushed red pepper flakes, optional, to taste Quality crumbled feta cheese, to taste 2 tbsp (or more to your liking) pitted olives, chopped For dressing 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil 2 tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice 1 to 2 garlic cloves, minced 2 tbsp chopped fresh dill ½ tsp sweet Spanish paprika… Read More »
Baked Lemon Garlic Salmon
INGREDIENTS For Salmon: 2 lb salmon fillet Kosher salt Extra virgin olive oil ½ lemon, sliced into rounds Parsley for garnish For Lemon-Garlic Sauce: Zest of 1 large lemon Juice of 2 lemons 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil 5 garlic cloves, chopped 2 tsp dry oregano 1 tsp sweet paprika ½ tsp black pepper INSTRUCTIONS Heat oven to 375 degrees F. Make the lemon-garlic sauce.… Read More »
Easy Greek-style Eggplant
Eggplants cooked to velvety tender perfection with chickpeas and tomato. A perfectly satisfying meatless dinner or side dish.
Leftover Chicken Pesto Salad
Chicken Pesto Salad with Olives and Peas is an amazing low-carb salad and this is easy to make with leftover rotisserie chicken!
One-skillet Mediterranean Chicken with Tomatoes and Green Olives
Cook Time: 15 mins Total Time: 25 minutes Yield: 4 INGREDIENTS 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts of equal size 2 tbsp minced garlic or garlic paste Salt and pepper 1 tbsp dried oregano, divided Private Reserve extra virgin olive oil ½ cup dry white wine 1 large lemon, juice of ½ cup chicken broth 1 cup finely chopped red onion 1 ½ cup small-diced tomatoes ¼ cup sliced green olives… Read More »
Ginger Cookies
We love ginger snaps, but my wife, Denise, says I can’t call these ginger snaps because ginger snaps are hard; I like them soft. When I bake them, I make half of them hard by keeping them small and half soft by making them large. That way we’re both happy. I am so grateful to… Read More »
Lemon Blueberry Layer Cake
I and my wife, Denise, made this cake for my birthday. It is the best birthday cake I have ever had in my life! So delicious! How to Make Lemon Blueberry Cake Fresh lemons. Use fresh lemon juice and lemon zest in the cake batter. None of that lemon extract stuff! How to choose lemons… Read More »
Sheet Pan Sausage, Green Bean, and Potato Dinner
Thank you to Rachel at MashUpMom.com for this delicious, quick and easy recipe. We all enjoyed it a great deal tonight and I have been instructed to keep the recipe and do it again soon. The original recipe is posted at Sheet Pan Sausage, Green Bean, and Potato Dinner. The section below is lifted directly… Read More »
Meatloaf
I had a ‘best of Sunset’ cookbook that I used until it literally fell apart and this recipe is one that I used most often. It’s an excellent meatloaf recipe. FAMILY MEATLOAF 1 1/2 pounds ground beef chuck (I usually use 93 percent lean) 2/3 cup quick cooking rolled oats (or 1 cup of fine… Read More »