Dawna in the Kitchen

Ärtsoppa, a slow-cooked soup made of dried yellow peas, onion, and broth is one of Sweden's classic dishes whose origins reach remarkab...

This is based on a Mayan recipe for a very simple black bean soup with big, striking flavours. It is easy to cook the beans the day before,...

Think of Hummus Kawarma as the Middle Eastern answer to Tex Mex's Five Layer Dip: the base is creamy hummus, the next layer is fried s...

Khichdi (aka Khichri, and a number of other variations, खिचड़ी in Hindi) is a rice-and-pulse dish from India that is not only a vegetarian ...

Lentils and rice are such a natural and common combination, that it's almost odd to think of them apart, let alone with an interloper. ...

This recipe takes inspiration from those dry packet mixes for black beans and rice, but using fresh ingredients and a lot less salt. It...

We're well into salad season. Every thought of actually cooking something when the temperature keeps spiking outside is accompanied by...

This wonderfully veggie-packed, one-pan meal was inspired by a number of different online recipes, including Smitten Kitchen's Warm Bu...

Ful Medames (also transliterated as Foul Mudammas, or Fuul Medammes, amongst other spellings), commonly referred to simply as Ful (pronounc...

One of the first German recipes that I made once I moved to Germany was Linseneintopf , a thick and hearty lentil stew, often served with s...

I enjoy walking through supermarkets, especially when I am in a different food culture. There is a lot of information inherent in the selec...

You know when you have that bit of salsa left over, but no tortilla chips or even tortillas? Sure, you might just throw it on a cheese san...

You can use a variety of different lentils to make this - the version shown here is made using whole urad dal (aka black gram), which is tr...

Briam, or Greek-style roasted vegetables, is another entry into the family of mediterranean mixed vegetable dishes, keeping excellent compa...

The first time I had this dish my brain lit up like a Christmas tree. Well, that's what it felt like, at any rate. The rich flavour of t...

I've finally written another diet book review - this time for "Slimmer - The New Mediterranean Way to Lose Weight" by Harry Pa...

Mujaddara sure has a lot of different spellings: mujadarrah, mudardara, mejadra, moujadera...the legacy, I suppose of translating from an ...

January often marks a fresh attempt at better eating habits, and my house is no exception. The luxuries of the holiday season, some of whic...

Last year, I was surprised and irritated to discover one of my photos (from the era before I labeled them) was being reproduced all around t...

I'm a big fan of beans, and possibly a bigger fan of bacon. Fortunately, they need not be mutually exclusive. I grew up eating Boston-s...