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Posted in Recipe: savoury, Recipes, Salads, The Daring Kitchen on Feb 18th, 2010
I made a roast cauliflower salad to accompany the tomato salad and vegetable tagine that we served as part of our mezze. The recipe is based on a roast cauliflower salad from the beloved (and sadly departed) television show ‘The Cook and the Chef’, although I tweaked the ingredients to have more of a Middle [...]
Posted in Recipe: savoury, Recipes, The Daring Kitchen, Vegetarian meals on Feb 17th, 2010
This lovely tagine formed the substantial part of our vegetarian Mezze. The method for making this tagine is a little unusual – first you make the sauce, then roast/fry the vegetables and combine. Nonetheless, this is seriously tasty and great for a crowd. It also can be made ahead of time – it gets tastier. [...]
Posted in Appetisers & accompaniments, Recipe: savoury, Recipes, The Daring Kitchen on Feb 16th, 2010
As part of our vegetarian Mezze, we decided to make our own falafel. I have actually never made falafel before, but these were so quick, easy and delicious I will definitely be making them again. We had a couple of recipes as a reference point in making these, but didn’t follow any of them too [...]
Posted in Appetisers & accompaniments, Recipe: savoury, Recipes, The Daring Kitchen on Feb 14th, 2010
The 2010 February Daring Cooks challenge was hosted by Michele of Veggie Num Nums. Michele chose to challenge everyone to make mezze based on various recipes from Claudia Roden, Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Dugi. A mezze is an Eastern Mediterranean/Middle Eastern spread of small dishes. When we were reading up on what a mezze involves, it became apparent that there are [...]
