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I hate that I can not find a link for this dish to share with you. It is so amazing! This comes from Chef Floyd Cardoz’s cookbook Flavorwalla. I checked it out from local library.

This recipe is for 1 Naan bread. I bought a Naan pizza crust. So, i doubled the spinach part of recipe and used 3 times the amount of mozzarella called for. I added some castelvatrano olives and topped with fresh lemon basil when it came out of the oven.

Lemon so screams summer to me. I substituted lemon juice for the vinegar in the dressing recipe and added diced mozzarella.

Fattoush is the Middle Eastern version of panzanella. A way to use day old pita. You toast them in olive oil to make a crouton. I seasoned mine with salt, pepper, and cumin. Then you basically make a greek salad. Romaine, tomato, cucumber, red onion, feta, olives, add radish and mint. The dressing calls for pomegranate molasses which I could not find, so the dressing is lemon juice, honey, olive oil, salt, pepper and ground sumac. I seasoned the pork with Middle Eastern spices, coriander, cumin, and all spice.

I skipped the shortbread part of the recipe and used a good quality ginger cookie crumbled. I also added strawberries in the last step of the compote.

Friday nights taco leftovers inspired breakfast. A cripsy flour tostada topped with canned fire roasted chile refried beans, scrambled egg, the beef taco filling, queso fresco, cilantro and a lime cilantro crema. The piece de resistance was a blackberry lime mimosa! I bought fresh berries at the farmers market yesterday.

The recipe is for chicken and waffles. I just wanted a good beer battered chicken recipe. I made a dipping sauce for the chicken and sweet potato tots. 1/4 c of mayo, 1/4 c of grainy mustard, 2 Tbls of maple syrup, 2 tsp of cider vinegar, a dash of smoked paprika and cayenne. https://www.finecooking.com/recipe/beer-batter-chicken-and-waffles

I did not want to wait 2 hours for the meat to cook on a week night. I made the adobe sauce the night before and chopped my onion. In the am I browned the beef and put that in the slow cooker then followed the recipe for the sauce and poured that over the beef and cooked it on low for 8 hours. I took the beef out and shredded it. I put the beef and the sauce in a pan and added the chocolate and a dash of cinnamon and simmered. This is soo good! A must try. https://www.finecooking.com/recipe/drunken-chile-con-carne-tacos

This is an amazing taste of summer.