Four ingredients, no oven, ready before the kettle boils.
From the Zeina kitchen
Recipes worth the harvest
Every one built on a handful of ingredients you can add straight to your basket.
A jar of dried apricots turned into a week of better breakfasts.
One tray, twenty minutes, and the house smells like the souk.
A weeknight bowl that eats like a proper meal.
Deep red, barely sweet, best over a lot of ice.
The three-ingredient sweet that disappears fastest.
Snack
Date & tahini energy bites
Four ingredients, no oven, ready before the kettle boils.
Ingredients
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Method
Blitz the dates to a paste, pulse in the tahini, almonds and salt, then roll into balls and chill for twenty minutes.
Breakfast
Cinnamon apricot compote
A jar of dried apricots turned into a week of better breakfasts.
Ingredients
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Method
Soak the apricots in warm water for an hour, then simmer with the cinnamon, honey and lemon peel until the syrup coats a spoon.
Breakfast
Spiced nut & seed granola
One tray, twenty minutes, and the house smells like the souk.
Ingredients
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Method
Toss everything together, spread on a tray and bake at 160°C for twenty minutes, stirring once.
Main
Warm lentil & herb salad
A weeknight bowl that eats like a proper meal.
Ingredients
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Method
Simmer the lentils until tender, drain, then fold through the herbs, oil and lemon while still warm.
Drinks
Hibiscus iced tea
Deep red, barely sweet, best over a lot of ice.
Ingredients
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Method
Steep the hibiscus in just-boiled water for ten minutes, sweeten, then chill and pour over ice.
Snack
Stuffed dates with walnuts
The three-ingredient sweet that disappears fastest.
Ingredients
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Method
Split each date, tuck a walnut half inside, close and finish with a few flakes of salt.