Tag: middle eastern

imam bayildi – turkish stuffed eggplant

imam bayildi – turkish stuffed eggplant

Imam Bayildi – The Imam fainted. This Turkish stuffed eggplant dish has two stories as to how it got its name. The first is that the Imam fainted because it was so delicious, the second is that when he realised that the olive oil that 

stuffed zucchini – middle eastern/sicilian flavours

stuffed zucchini – middle eastern/sicilian flavours

My standby recipe for stuffed zucchini has always been with a tomato sauce, thickened with oats and topped with cheese, but I’ve branched out with this one and decided to go for a more Middle Eastern/Sicilian flavour. These are a teeny bit more labour intensive 

cafe shenkin

cafe shenkin

On day two of our Sydney visit we  caught up with some friends for breakfast. After some fruitless searching for vegan friendly breakfast/brunch places, we resigned ourselves to the vegan breakfast fallback of toast with some sides. Come on Sydney, you can do better! We