Eat with Steff

Falafels are something I never tried before, if we're talking traditional Middle Eastern (local) ones. So this recipe is totally based on personal tries and errors and personal taste. Therefore every single opinion will be helpful from everyone, especially my Middle Eastern readers out there.  I made these a bit healthier + with the addition of spinach. Let's get into the recipe... Ingredients: 1 big can of chickpeas (480 gr drained) 1 1/2 cup fresh parsley  1 cup fresh baby spinach  1/3 cup of flour  1 tbsp turmeric  1 tsp cumin  1 tbsp baking powder  1 red onion  6 garlic cloves 2 tbsp fresh lemon juice  4 tbsp olive oil  salt & black pepper (extra flour or oil for frying or baking) Preparation: Your best friend is your blender right now. Put the spinach, parsley, garlic and onion first into the blender and blend them well. Next add the chickpeas little by little (easier to blend this way) and the o...

We are on February now and winter has less than one month left to go, but I want to share some of my winter favorites already. One of them is my easy winter salad and I have been obsessed with it for the past month. I wouldn’t call it a recipe, but a delicious food & flavor combination, because that’s what it really is. There is a fine line between an overboard heavy salad & a really easy light one. I must say that I do prefer the lighter salads with an easy salad dressing even when the salad is my main & only course for lunch or dinner. However I like experimenting with heavier and fuller salads now and then, so you’ll also see other “food combining” posts and salad recipes that might take a little more effort to make.  Today’s salad consists of:  1/2 head of lettuce  1/2 lemon 2 radishes 1 small apple 1/2 cucumber  1/4 onion   salt, lemon juice & olive oil (for the dressing) As you can see it is really s...