Ah 2020. To say that it has been a year would be a painstakingly obvious understatement, given the current state of affairs globally. While I would love nothing more than to spend the next 300 words or so musing about just how drastically my life has been impacted by recent happenings, I won’t. Partly because…
Breakfast
Black Bean and Sweet Potato Breakfast Hash
For as long as I can remember, I have preferred savoury flavours to their sweet counterparts. As a child, there’s nothing I enjoyed more than the delightful crunch of a ready salted walkers potato chip. I wolfed down several helpings of home-cooked Egyptian food at lunch and shared my father’s addiction for salted…
Foul Mudammas (Egyptian Fava Beans)
I have always maintained that I am one of the most un-Egyptian Egyptians you will ever meet. My accent and mediocre-at-best Arabic language skills stick out like a sore thumb, I have never spent more than a month a time in the country, and I’ve even been told several times that I “don’t even look…
Coconut Cinnamon & Date Granola
Here’s the thing. Like any stubborn Capricorn ambitious millennial, I tend to take a lot of pride in my ability to achieve. I am what I can accomplish, and I never strive for anything less than 100%. It’s not easy to admit it, but in many instances I feel my successes have defined me, while…
Banana Date Suhoor Smoothie
Is it just me? Or does fasting get harder the older you get? Having fallen out of the habit of having Suhoor (a pre-sunrise meal akin to breakfast, in case you weren’t in the know) when I’ve been fasting in recent years, I figured I would be fine skipping it this year too. My theory used to be…