Blog — Nourish

Ingredients: 2 heaping spoon Turkish coffee 1 cup water 1 teaspoon sugar (or more for your liking) 1/2 cup milk (or milk alternative) Blocks of ice Method: Make the Turkish coffee to your liking, I would suggest slightly on the stronger side. Add sweetness at this point.  Once made, pour into a blender add the ice and blitz. Then pour in the milk and shake.  Serve over ice and enjoy! (Recipe courtesy of Coco Love Clove) 

Fish is the best summer food, and a perfect meal is not complete without a fresh salad.  This Hula Ginger Vinaigrette Salad, adapted from Half Baked Harvest, is the best salad to have with some grilled fish or shellfish.   Ingredients: 20square wonton wrappers cut into strips (use corn tortillas to make this gluten-free) Salad:  4-8cup spring greens 1/2cup fresh cilantro 1cup fresh pineapple diced 1avocado, sliced 1jalapeno or red chile sliced Vinaigrette:  1/2cup hot chile sesame oil or toasted sesame oil 1/4cup soy sauce 2tablespoons pineapple juice 2tablespoon rice vinegar 1teaspoon chile garlic sauce or sriracha or more to taste 1tablespoon tahini 1lime zested + juiced 2teaspoon fresh ginger grated 1clove garlic grated or minced back and white sesame seeds toasted   Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Arrange the wonton strips in a single layer...

Join us on the last day of our voyage. We travel to Tuscany with Livio's Artichoke Risotto.  Livio learned everything about cooking from his Italian mother. Ingredients for 6 people 5 to 6 small artichokes 3 cloves garlic 2 onions olive oil salt and pepper arborio rice bouquet garni 1 carrot 1 leek 1 cube vegetarian stock 1 cube beef stock 50g salted butter 100g parmesan  Prepare the artichokes Sauté the sliced artichokes in 1 tbs spoon of olive oil, 3 finely chopped garlic cloves, salt and pepper. Once cooked, reserve it. Make the bouillon for the risotto Add 1.5 liter of water to a pot with: bouquet garni (a bundle of aromatic herbs) 1 onion, chopped in half 1...

Today Nur is taking us to Turkey through her Sou Boureg recipe.  She was introduced to Sou Boureg at her favorite Armenian restaurants in Beirut, as well as charming breakfast spots in Istanbul. All her research has led her to realize that it is an Ottoman dish that made its rounds evengoing as far as Eastern Europe. It's easy, and great served hot and cold! Ingredients 6 pieces of phyllo pastry 3 eggs 2 cups of milk 1 cup of vegetable oil 1 cup of water Pinch of salt  Filling 400 grams of feta cheese crumbled 2 bunches of parsley  Dried mint  For the filling  Sou Boureg Put the 3 eggs in a large bowl, add a pinch of salt and begin...

Today we are back at the Kuwaiti desert to make bread that is usually made at the neighborhood baker, but Sara is teaching us to make it at home.     Bread Recipe: Ingredients: 3 1/2 cups four 1 1/4 cups water 1 tsp salt 1 tsp instant yeast 1 tbs sugar 1/4 cup warm water 1 tsp sesame Tools: Rolling pin Cloth Pan lid Wok or flat pan Mixer with dough attachment (if available) Making the yeast mixture: Incorporate the 1/4 cup warm water with the yeast and sugar let it rise for a few minutes. For the dough: Add the salt to the flour. Add the water and the yeast mixture and mix together when the dough forms knead...

Today we are going into the kitchen of Indian households and making Crispy Roti Chaat with the talented food photographer Kulsum Kunwa.  For a healthier version, she roasted the chaat instead of frying it!  Crispy Roti Chaat: How to make crispy spicy roti bites (croutons) 5-6 chapati, broken into small pieces ( or any thin flatbread including pita bread) 2 tsp olive oil 1/2 tsp turmeric powder 1 tsp red chili powder 2 tsp cumin powder Salt to taste 1/2 avocado, cubed 1 cucumber, sliced into thin rings 1 potato, boiled and cubed 1 tbsp lemon juiceA handful of coriander leaves 2 tbsp tomatoes, finely chopped and deseeded 2 tbsp onions, finely chopped 1 tsp of chaat masala 1 tsp...

Today we travel to Kuwait with our certified chef Hadeel.  She's making us the comfort food we grew up with at our grandmother's house, Yaresh.  Ingredients: 2 chicken breasts (cut in cubes) 3 cups oat 5 cups water 2 onions finely chopped  3 cloves of garlic (smashed) 4 tomatoes finely chopped  1 packet tomato paste (4 TBSP) 1 lemon Salt & pepper to taste 2 tbsp mixed spices (Machboos spice) Machboos Spice: 1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon  1 teaspoon of dried chili flakes  1 teaspoon of ground cumin 1 teaspoon of ground cardamom  1 teaspoon of ground coriander seeds  1 teaspoon of ground cloves  1 teaspoon of ginger powder  1 teaspoon of ground turmeric  1 tbsp cumin 1 tsp dried lime 1 tsp turmeric  Olive oil Hashew Ingredients...

Today we fly to France with Juliette's sweet Strawberry Lemon Tart.  Juliette loves gemstones as much as she loves to bake.  Please enjoy her recipe below.  Lemon Strawberry Tart  For the crust (shortbread): 250g wheat flour  (T65) 100g icing sugar (you can blend normal sugar to get it thinner) 135g unsalted butter (room temperature) 50g almond powder 1 egg 1 pinch sea salt Preheat the oven to 180 degrees celsius. In a bowl, mix the flour, the almond powder, and the salt. Add the butter in small pieces and crumble it to the get a texture of sand (in french we call this crust pâte sablée which means sand). Make a hole in the center and add the egg. Mix...

Our recipe today is from Kichu, and it is a delicious and spicy Indian Coastal Curry.  INGREDIENTS  For this recipe, we shall make 2 pastes. Ingredients listed below.   CILANTRO PASTE Fresh Bunch of Cilantro Green chilies - 1 GARLIC ONION PASTE Onion - 2 Large Garlic - 5-7 Cloves Ginger 2 inches Coconut Milk - 1 can Curry Leaves - 1 full stem Cinnamon - 1/2 bark Mustard seeds - 1 tsp Red Chili Powder - 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder - 3/4 tsp Coriander Powder - 1/2 tsp Whole Pepper Freshly Ground - 1 tsp Prawns - 1 cup Salt and Lemon Juice for Seasoning Oil - 4-6 tbsp METHOD  Add salt, turmeric, and chili to lemons and keep aside to...

With both my children, I decided that nursing  (breastfeeding) was something I would commit to for six months. Very luckily, I had a wonderful baby nurse by my side who helped me through this tumultuous time- it was not easy! Every day, she would make a thermos of what I now call Magic Water to drink throughout the day. Now at first, it was tough drinking it, but I quickly saw the benefits, and I now swear by it! When my second child was born, I knew it would be my daily routine once again for the next six months. As you know, hydration is the most important part of nursing, so it helps with your hydrating surely. However, more...