Monthly Archives: April 2019

Jicama, Beats, colored Carrots & Quinoa lettuce wrap

Jicama, Beats, colored Carrots & Quinoa lettuce wrap I was shopping in Walmart and a big ugly vegetable grabbed my eyes. It was in Asian section, so I thought what’s that, what can I do with it. I googled and found it’s Mexican turnip and it has many health benefit. Sometimes refers to beans!! which is not and actually it looks and taste like yam. In Mexico it’s often sold by street vendor and commonly eaten raw with lemon or […]

Persian Hash Brown ( Kuku sibzamini )

By CruisinCulinary April 22, 2019 14,041 Entree / Persian / Side dish / Vegetarian Recipe

Persian Hash Brown ( Kuku sibzamini ) I know hash brown is part of the US cuisine and it’s considered a breakfast food and it is almost in all brunch menu, but in Iran we serve it for a light dinner or breakfast with bread and fresh herbs. I admit the Persian style hash brown is one of the best and it’s because of ingredients. It’s a simple potato dish in which potato is grated and mixed with spices and […]

Lentil and Beef Rice cake ( Gheimeh Polo Ghalebi )

By CruisinCulinary April 17, 2019 17,748 Entree / Persian / Rice / Stew

Lentil and Beef Rice cake ( Gheimeh Polo Ghalebi ) Lentil and beef rice cake Lentil and beef is a stew in Persian cuisine which is called gheimeh and it serves with rice. I’m having a party next week and planning to have deferent serving style. As everyone who know Persian food is aware that Persians love tahdig and always in parties the dish of tahdig usually disappears in a second, so I was thinking instead of cooking rice just […]

Cod Fish with Quinoa

By CruisinCulinary April 12, 2019 22,045 Diet / Entree / International Food

Cod Fish with Quinoa Fish is one of the best source of protein in low carb diet. It cooks fast and has no fat. My family don’t like steamed or just baked fish. Our traditional way is pan fried and crispy but as I don’t want to use too much oil in my cooking I grill them to crispy texture. In this recipe I use fish as tahdig ( Crispy part of rice ) but not with rice, with quinoa. […]

Sliced Eggplant Patties ( Varagheh Badenjan )

By CruisinCulinary April 9, 2019 12,073 Appetizer / Diet / Entree / Persian / Vegetarian Ideas / Vegetarian Recipe

Sliced Eggplant Patties ( Varagheh Badenjan ) This this is a perfect choice for eggplant lovers, vegetarian and also a good diet recipe. Everyone knows that eggplant sucks up so much oil but I give you a very good tip to control it. In this recipe you need to slice the eggplant like circles to half inch thickness. Salt them and wring them out after 20 minutes. Grilling is the best way to cook them with a minimum amount of oil. […]

Healthy Chicken Breast Recipe-01

By CruisinCulinary April 8, 2019 11,480 Diet / Entree / International Food

Healthy Chicken Breast Recipe-01 With low carb diet that I found the best for myself out of all others which I’ve tried, the food should be low amount of carbohydrate, salt and sugar and it’s based on high protein food and green vegetables. You can make your food tasty with seasonings, a little bit acidic ingredients and spices. I this chicken recipe I show you a mixture to marinade the breast. Don’t over cook them and let them be juicy. […]

Peanut and Herbs BBQ Chicken

By CruisinCulinary April 5, 2019 15,525 Diet / Entree / International Food

Healthy Chicken Breast Recipe-02 Chicken is wonderful source of protein and it is one of my favorite. What you need is to make it tasty with marinading. In the diet that I follow we can use limited amount of oil, acid, and buts. This chicken is marinaded with a sauce made of peanut butter, fresh herbs, lime and spices. You can make the peanut butter at home from unsalted peanut or find the ready one in the store without salt […]