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As I'm writing this, my youtube video of pumpkin recipes are being uploaded and I am snacking on the leftover roasted pumpkin seeds. Since the beginning of October, I've been meaning to make different pumpkin recipes but, as usual, I have been procrastinating and delaying the whole thing. Mainly because we usually make a dessert from pumpkins. Cut them into big chunks, pour lots of sugar on top and cook them really slowly on the stove. Then pour tahini over and sprinkle some walnuts and that's it.  I'm not really used to the savoury pumpkin recipes and I had only tried it once as a soup at some restaurant, which I liked undoubtedly. But making a whole new recipe with sort of unfamiliar flavours is always a challenge. I don't like things going wrong or go to waste. To avoid any mishaps, I made a research on other recipes and think about it a lot to find matching ingredients.  THE TASTE That's why I thought that starting with something easy and light was the bes...

Sugar Pie and Baby Bear Pumpkins  I've been testing so many pumpkin recipes with different types of pumpkins last week that I ended up with different types of seeds. And why waste them and throw away when you can easily roast them. Turns out it was so easy.  In Turkey, we have an intense snack culture. Each evening, after dinner, there must be a pot of tea "çay" ready on the stove and some "snacks" to accompany. But what we call snacks are nothing like "chips". They are usually nuts like walnuts, hazelnuts, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, pistachios or dried fruits like grapes, raisins, apple slices etc. or traditional Turkish fruit roll sheets, fruit sausages. The list goes on. So the above-mentioned yummy and healthy goods are called in general " kuru yemiş " which translates to "dried snacks" . You can find at least five "kuru yemiş shops" along the same street, easily.  It is that popular and a whole other universe. I...

Eggs with Caramelised Onions is a very old recipe that is famously known belonging to the Ottoman Palace Kitchen. We can also say it is the starting point for Menemen. It is said in the old recipe books that the onions must be caramelised over as low heat as a candle's fire and as slowly cooked as from dawn till dusk. Of course, I didn't caramelise the onions that long but I used the lowest heat possible on the stove.  For this version, I wanted to add some fresh spinach leaves and roots to the onions and sprinkle some tulum cheese on top before serving. You can also add some mushrooms with spinach leaves but I wanted to make it simple this time.  INGREDIENTS  (for one person) 2 shallots, diced  1 bowl of fresh spinach leaves with roots, chopped  1 egg 1 tbsp butter a pinch of salt a pinch of sugar 1 tbsp of tulum cheese  METHOD In a small pan or small casserole/güveç pot with a lid, melt 1 tbsp of butter and add the onions. Keep the heat as low as possible...

I have been sitting around lazy on my free time and binge-watching show after show. September was so busy, stressful with work I didn't want to do anything this month. The last time I updated my Youtube Channel was the end of July and it's the middle of October now. Talk about slacking... A week ago, my cousin who was under quarantine because she was in contact with another cousin of ours with Covid -unbeknown to everybody of course- told me to hold an apple pie bake-off!  First and foremost, everyone is fine, thankfully, some are getting better and healing and others are ready to get out of the quarantine.  Why "MINI APPLE POT PIES," you asked? We both have tiny miny mini Staub casseroles and wanted to make something fun. In the video, there are no sound me cutting the apples etc. because we were face-timing the whole time informing each other where we at. We might make this a tradition and make this bake-off on Instagram live. Maybe. For the dough, I used my own rec...

Everyone has a quick, simple and heartwarming recipe up their sleeves. After a long and tiring day or a sick day, some dishes warm you up and refresh you anew. This one is my favourite. I love the combination of aubergines and tomatoes slowly cooked in low heat. The aroma of this combination is, in my opinion, perfect. Although I have to admit, I love aubergine with yoghurt, with bechamel sauce, with lots of lemon juice and olive oil and with many different companionships that I can't remember right now. I love it grilled, cooked slowly inside hot ashes -of which we call this process "közlemek" in Turkish, I love it stir-fried, deep-fried, sauteed.  This one though is maybe the easiest one. The only nit-picky process of this recipe is the part where you have to soak aubergines in salty water for an hour and then squeeze them to get rid of the bitter taste. Other than that you just stack each ingredient one by one and closed the lid to let it slowly come to a boil in low h...

This post is about the recipe on my Youtube video with the same title: Sugar Cravings On A Very Hot Day | One-Pan Chocolate Chip Skillet Cookie  This one is so so so easy to make and super fun to eat! (or should say "devour"?) It is perfect for sugar cravings! Making everything in one pan was really fun but if you don't have an ovenproof pan you can always use an oven dish instead. Just mix everything in a bowl and pour the batter into the oven dish. The Cast Iron pan I used is  Silver Cusinero Cast Iron Flat Pan 28 cm in Matte Black   I love my cast iron pans and pots. They are so useful and I'm getting slightly obsessed with one-pan recipes!  If you are making this using a cast-iron skillet, the most important thing you have to pay attention is to cool down the skillet after melting the butter and sugar. Because the next thing you have to do is adding the eggs and you wouldn't want to eat extremely sugary and buttery omelette! Cool the pan in the fridge for 10...