The recipe for Green Beans and Eggs (Dzvov Lobi or Havgitov Lupia), was sent to me by Lucine Kasbarian who first sampled it in Sisian, Armenia. She…
Browsing Category Meatless Lenten Dishes
Jajuk: A Chilled Yogurt and Cucumber Soup
When I think of summer, cucumbers come to mind – as in “cool as a cucumber.” The high-water content of the cucumber provides a moist,…
Lena Tashjian’s Toorshi (Pickled Vegetables) Recipe – and – video!
Armenians and Middle Easterners have been pickling vegetables (toorshi, tourshi, or torshi) for thousands of years. Some say this method has been a most- effective…
Leftover Easter egg recipes
If you’re like me, you’ve made extra hard-cooked eggs for Easter so that there are some leftover to serve in other ways. Here are several…
Eech, a perfect Lenten recipe
Once a week, during the Lenten season, Armenian Churches have an evening service, followed by a potluck dinner of Lenten dishes provided by attendees, and,…
Mshosh, Lentils and Dried Fruit from Lena Tashjian
Ever since my copy of Lena Tashjian’s ‘The Vegan Armenian Kitchen Cookbook’ arrived last week, I’ve been carefully studying every recipe. I already make a…
Grape leaves stuffed with brown rice: A healthy choice
Looks can be deceiving, or in this case just not very revealing. Brown rice-stuffed grape leaves What you see are stuffed grape leaves, but what…
Lenten Peanut Butter Balls
I have been remiss in posting Lenten desserts, so here’s a truly simple, tasty, and relatively healthy choice to satisfy your sweet tooth. This no-bake…
Michink (Mid-Lent) Potluck Dinner
The Women’s Guild of St. David Armenian Church in Boca Raton, FL has a special way of observing michink,or mid-lent – with a potluck dinner. …
Lenten Recipe Guide
To help get you through the next few weeks of Lent, I’m re-posting an item we did which reveals some Armenian Church Lenten guidelines and…