Black Friday Sale and Book Signing Tomorrow!

Hello Dear Friends, I am not sure if you are looking for any last minute holiday gift ideas, but if you are in the San Francisco Bay Area, I will be doing a book signing tomorrow, November 19 at Water Front Pizza in Foster City! I would love to meet any of you in person,……

4 Creative Holiday Recipes: 1 Air fryer for Easy Entertaining

In this time of mass uncertainty, I know one thing for sure. Nothing is going to stop me from celebrating Thanksgiving with my family. The gathering might not be nearly as large as years past, but that is okay, because I like smaller and more intimate gatherings. This is a chance to get creative and……

Treating Yourself this Holiday Season:The Keto Box

Everyone I have been talking to lately is depressed, like severely depressed. This is totally normal as there are so many challenges to deal with all at once. Children’s grades and morale dipping from home schooling (something I am dealing with as well) overwhelmed parents who have lost their jobs, deaths in the family (in……

CURE SUMMERTIME SADNESS WITH PERSIAN ICE CREAM

In California, the temperature yesterday was 108, (42C) and today it was 100 (37)! A lot of the horrible fires have subsided, but the air is still smoky. At the peak of fires, I felt like I was living on Mars, with tons of soot flying through the air, the skies covered in a brown……

Homemade Pita Bread (Khobiz Arabe)

If there is one consistent item missing from supermarket shelves during this quarantine, it’s yeast. People are buying up yeast like never before, and social media has been saturated with home cooks posting warm and fuzzy photos of baguettes, pizzas and banana bread baked from scratch. These longer baking projects have the extra bonus of……

Unboxing Exciting Treats from the Middle East!

Hello FITME Family, I hope you are all safe, healthy, and getting more freedom as businesses have slowly started to reopen around the globe. As people’s attention has shifted to human rights, many don’t realize that even our purchasing power can help disenfranchised communities as well. I don’t do unboxing or product hauls on my……

A Kitchen Collaboration: How Two Palestinian Charities are Working to Help in this Crisis

Sometimes we just need a little bit of good news, especially during this time don’t you think?  I am excited to be a part of a new initiative delivering meals to patients, doctors, and nurses in Jerusalem, and wanted to share this sweet story of two kitchens with you. Paces is a Palestinian UK based……

Hilbeh – Fenugreek Cake Recipe by Grandma Reva

Arabs throughout history had an uncanny ability to incorporate foods with medicinal properties into dishes. Many times superfoods like fenugreek are not palatable and almost bitter on their own. But the health properties of fenugreek are too massive to ignore, so Palestinians figured out how to put this seed into a popular cake called Hilbeh. ……

THE ULTIMATE OLIVE OIL…

  Hello FITME Fam! I have been looking for ways to spice up life from my home, and I thought it was time to engage with viewers on a live feed! I shared my thoughts on holistic Middle Eastern health remedies, fair trade food finds, and announced my exciting new partnership with Harvest Peace Olive……

Lentil Shepherd’s Pie Quarantine Eats Part 3

Hello Dear FITME Family, Today’s recipe came from pure frustration. Frustration from a super long line at Trader Joes, another super long line at Costco, and an absolute food desert at Safeway. This is all so surreal I feel like I have to pinch myself to remind me that this is all really happening. But……