My maternal grandmother (aka Yeranuhe Nanny) used a lot of bulgur and potatoes in her everyday cooking. In fact, most of her dishes were suitable…
Browsing Category Meatless
Red Quinoa Tabbouleh
Doug, Mandy and I were invited to a pot-luck party during the holidays. My natural instinct was to make tabbouleh, but after having had a…
A Traditional Recipe for Armenian Christmas Eve – Nevik
It never hurts to re-post a timely recipe, so in case you missed Ara Kassabian’s recipe for Swiss Chard with Chick Peas (Neeveeg, Nevik) from…
Lentil and Black Bean Chili
Here’s a tasty, filling vegetarian chili recipe I adapted by combining two separate chili recipes. One recipe featured lentils; the other bulgur. Since my pantry…
Potato-Green Bean Bulgur Pilaf
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…
Yellow Split Pea Soup
If you were wondering what to make with the Basic Vegetable Broth recipe I gave in the previous post, try this wonderful Yellow Split Pea soup recipe….
Basic Vegetable Broth
Vegetable broth ingredients Now that Lent has begun, you’re probably looking for recipes that will satisfy the dietary requirements of the season. You might even decide this…
“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…
Mothers – and their (Yalanchi) Recipes- are Special!
We’ve been trying to do our part by helping to preserve treasured recipes passed down to family, friends and to so many of you readers…
Eggplant Caviar, AKA, “Poor Man’s Caviar”
The “AZAD-HYE biz: Your Middle East Armenian Business Resource” describes Lucine Kasbarian as: “ a New Jersey-based writer and self-syndicating cartoonist whose comics have appeared in…