45 balkan Recipes

baby spinach, garlic, unrefined extra virgin olive oil, plus more to drizzle, balkan yogurt (thick type only please), sea salt , to taste, dried mint (only use dried please!), chopped walnuts, toasted (see recipe )

nonfat sour cream, reduced-fat mayonnaise, fat-free balkan style yogurt, apple cider vinegar, garlic clove, low-fat parmesan cheese, mustard, honey, hormel crumbled cooked bacon, onion, thinly sliced

white basmati rice, washed and soaked as much as needed depending on quality, water, sea salt , to taste, unsalted butter, divided (butter is essential, oil or margarine is not to be subbed here), whole cardamom pods, crushed slightly to open a bit, turmeric powder (it s really for colour), scant 1/2 cup date molasses (dibis tamar in middle eastern shops), balkan yogurt, to serve

garlic cloves (pretty large size), balkan yogurt (thick type ), fresh mint, chopped, fresh lemon juice (to taste), english cucumber, sea salt , to taste, good quality olive oil, onion, butter, divided, minced flat leaf parsley, lean ground beef (i use extra lean and add a lot of good olive oil or it will be too dry), baharat mixed spice (turkish baharat spice mix or baharat aka middle east mixed spices - the real mix), chopped fresh mint (may not be needed, see directions.), sea salt , to taste, rice pasta (may use regular if not gluten free. i prefer macaroni or farfalle shape in this), sweet paprika