Ramadan a time for Friendship & Dessert

Ramadan is the time of year when our ebadat increase ..but it's also a time for sharing special recipes between friends..

Dishes filled with tasty food has been going back & forth between me & my friends and I had to share the amazing desserts that were given to me by my loving friends...

Let me start with this ...the very rish & calorie loaded labanese madloa'a

Yummy just look at that ...this basically a base made out semolina flour ,covered with fresh creamor eshta & then sprinkeled with every nut you have ..cashews ,hazelnuts,pine-nuts..

katayif beleshta...Home made katief filled with fresh cream

& the tastiest Blueberry Cheescake I have ever had

What do you think ?

What it is your favourite?

Oven Roast Chicken

Ingredients:


1 3 1/2 pound frying chicken


For the Marinade use:
1 large onion,chopped
2 garlic cloves,crushed
2 Tbs tomatoe paste
2 Tbs Cooking oil
1/2 cup yogurt
freshly squeezed juice of 1 lemon
Salt and pepper to taste




How to prepare:



Clean chicken & Place it on a roasting rack in a baking pan with sides at least 1 inch high
Place bird on the rack with its breast-side up

Grind fresh pepper onto the bird, and sprinkle with a little salt. Salt and pepper the cavity as well. Rub all over with marinade and stuff with fresh herbs and a quartered lemon, if desired.

Let the bird marinate for a while..atleast 1-2 hours,preferably overnight.

Place the baking pan on an oven rack in the lower-middle part of the oven

Roast the chicken for 45 to 60 minutes or until the juices run clear when a sharp knife is inserted into the joint between the body and the thigh or until an instant-read thermometer registers 165 degrees at the same joint.

Remove the roast chicken from oven, cover loosely with foil and let rest 10 minutes before carving.

Well if you are wondering about the pics my family enjoyed the chicken so much that they didn't give me a chance to take pics of the end product....lool

beauty mask!!!

Today my cute as a button youngest DD saw me while having one of my rare moments of beauty.......with a yougurt & honey mask all over my face...she looked at me for a minute & with the cuteness of a 5 year old she said" mommy shouldn't you have 2 slices of cucumber on your eyes"
I just laughed ...I guess this is the picture she had in mind........



just had to share...apparently a beauty diva is on her way....

Now on another note ...some beauty recipes for puffy eyes:

• Used Tea Bags (chilled or slightly warm–both work)
  
• Potato Slices (thinly sliced)
  
• Cucumber Slices (thinly sliced)
  
• Apple Slices (thinly sliced)
  
• Strawberries (mash then apply to the puffy area or you can make slices and apply)
  
• Plain Yogurt (dab over puffy area)
  
• Chilled teaspoons (rest directly on eye area for several minutes)
  
• Cold Compress spritzed with witch hazel water*
  
• Cold Compress spritzed with lavender water*

*For the witch hazel water or lavender water compress, first soak the compress in cool water, ring out then spritz with witch hazel water or lavender water–just a light, even spritz will do. Witch hazel water can be found at organic or health food stores, your local pharmacy may carry it too.

Tip: When using sliced food items, slice really thin then apply a couple layers over the puffy area. With thin slices, they’ll form to your face easier. Spritz or dab cool water over the skin first before applying food slices.

Yummy Food: Joy From Fasting To Feasting !!!

Ok I'm joining the celebrations........sisters Lubna & Yasmeen have a great idea " Yummy Food: Joy From Fasting To Feasting !!! "
I've posted details below...& will be writing more posts on Ramadan menues & cooking ...in sha Allah

AsSalaam Alaykum,

With Ramadan soon approaching. Lubna of http://kitchenflavours.blogspot.com/ and Yasmeen http://yasmeen-healthnut.blogspot.com/ have come up with this idea of celebrating Ramadan online.

Unlike any other event its going to be completely about sharing our recipes and thoughts about Ramadan. The main intention is to share our family recipes we usually cook in the month of Ramadan and also to share our experiences about this sacred month of Ramadan.

To participate in this Ramadan Celebration post any recipes you commonly make during Iftar or Sehr and post them in your blog for the entire month of Ramadan.

Use the Logo attached in support of the celebration. Its recommended you to write about how you celebrate this gifted month with your family or any memories of your childhood related to Ramadan.

Also link the other sister's blogs who are participating in this celebration. So that we are all connected in this celebration.For any questions or suggestions please write to me as early as possible.

Hope you all will join us in this celebration of the Holiest Month ! Logo for the event as an follows.

Feel free to use this logo for the recipe your are cooking specially for Ramadan.

If you are a non-muslim and non-blogger and have to write any thing on Ramadan or wanna share any recipe or just remember your muslim friends or know how people around you celebrate Ramadan, feel free to write down in your blog and link back the page to this blog.

Inshallah we are going to have an Yummy Ramadan this year.

Allahafiz,Lubna Karim and Yasmeen.

http://kitchenflavours.blogspot.com/

http://yasmeen-healthnut.blogspot.com/

Posted by Kitchen Flavours at 1:01 AM
Labels: Ramadan