When Gloria Hachigian-Ericsen asked me if I had a bulgur recipe that includes potatoes, onions, tomato, and green beans, I chuckled to myself. What Musa…
Browsing Category Meatless Lenten Dishes
Lentil and Brown Rice Salad with Cumin Dressing
Lentil and Brown Rice Salad The outside temperature is rapidly rising. It’s been hotter in the northeast than in south Florida lately, indicating it’s time…
Okra (Bamya) Stew
Fresh okra Here is a wonderful recipe to serve during Lent, or anytime. Not into okra? You can substitute your favorite in-season vegetable. Zucchini, green beans or eggplant work…
Zucchini with Rice
Zucchini with Rice, Pine Nuts & Currants When I made cod with spinach the other day, I ended up with some leftover currants and toasted pine…
Kale and White Bean Soup
Kale and White Bean Soup Here is a hearty, healthy soup we’re sure you’ll want to add to your permanent collection. If time is not an…
Eggplant Spread
Gina Skillings Similar to our typical Armenian eggplant spread recipes, this one comes from my dear friend, Gina Skillings, a true vegetarian. I hope you’ll…
Vegetarian or Vegan?
Today is the first day of Lent. It’s time to dust off your Lenten recipes. Believe it or not, the Armenian diet is conducive to…
Red Lentil-Potato Kufteh
Since no one, to date, has offered a recipe suggestion in our search for Sosie Catchatoorian’s request for a lentil-potato kufteh, Doug and I had…
“Classic Armenian Recipes”: another cookbook discovery
You know how I love cookbooks, and that Doug and I are now writing articles for the AGBU’s newly-launched online Ararat magazine, right? I recently…
Zitounou Trakhig -or- Small Kufteh, Zeitounieh-style
If you’ll recall, my maternal grandparents came from Musa Dagh (Musa Ler, in Armenian). You can imagine my excitement when I received the following email…