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Roasted Whole Eggplant with Tahini Sauce & Fresh Herbs

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Roasted Whole Eggplant with Tahini and Fresh Herbs

I’m a tiny bit Lebanese, (the part that decided my taste buds and arm hair), which is why I think I am so drawn to the flavours of the Middle East. When I am out, I always order the eggplant. It is sometimes overcooked and often a greasy disaster, but when it is right, it is like magic. And unless I’m with my sisters, I usually don’t have to share :)

Roasted Whole Eggplant with Tahini and Fresh Herbs

I also pay attention when I see people making recipes with eggplant that don’t involve deep frying (why is it always deep fried?). These dishes often fall into the Middle Eastern category, an area of the world that knows how to love and respect their eggplant.

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Dill Pickle Kale Chips

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Dill Pickle Kale Chips

In case you haven’t guessed by the recipe this week, I’m pregnant. Like actually very pregnant, I don’t know how time has flown by so quickly, but we are already six months along. It is really exciting news for us, and appropriate that this post happens to land on (Canadian) Thanksgiving.

Dill Pickle Kale Chips

I feel very lucky and beyond some nausea in the first trimester and worrying that I may never feel like cooking ever again, (and being SO EXCITED, that it’s hard to focus on anything else) it’s been a good pregnancy so far.

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Garlicky Kale & Spaghetti Squash ‘Pasta’

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Garlicky Kale and Spaghetti Squash Pasta

As soon as the weather changes, all I want is pasta, and I know I’m not alone. This is my go-to when there isn’t very much in the house, because there is always kale (because green smoothies) and garlic.

Garlicky Kale and Spaghetti Squash Pasta

Unlike Zucchini Noodles (which would work in this recipe too), spaghetti squash is carb-y tasting and gives you that cozy fall leaves and crisp air satisfaction that our sweaty summer selves totally forgot about. You also don’t need any special equipment to turn it into noodles, Mother Nature, for some strange but awesome reason, has done the work for us.

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Mediterranean Veggie Salad with Buckwheat (& Hummus!)

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Buckwheat Fatoush with Hummus

There is this little Lebanese restaurant near me that serves the best, clean, colourful delicious food. Every time we go, I feel inspired and tingly, surrounded by all of the lemon, parsley and tomatoes.

Buckwheat Fatoush with Hummus

We tend to always order the same things to share, and one of those things is the fatoush salad. This is a simple Mediterranean salad, often with cucumber and tomatoes and the key ingredient is some kind of bread. Not little croutons, but perhaps day-old, big hunks of actual bread (or in this case pita) that absorb the excess salad dressing making the salad as satisfying as a big Italian sandwich.

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