We’re back to the joys of seasonal eating again with great seasonal recipes. A spring pea and feta salad recipe – with a few extras. This is going to be a salad which can either be a great side dish or a perfect light lunch. Flavours of spring in this pea and feta salad At the moment, the stalls of the local markets are brimming with spring greens. Crisp leafy greens and fresh herbs. The Peas And recently, we’ve been unable to resist buying up fresh peas (araka bezelye) on the Çalış Sunday Market. Just like summer, when I love to pod beans for our barbunya pilaki recipe, podding peas is one of ..read more

Here’s a wonderful (and very simple) Adana Kebab recipe for you. Because, if you’re anything like us, this juicy, spicy delicious kebab (Adana Kebap, to give it its correct name) will be right up there as one of your favourite dishes of Turkish cuisine. Our Adana Kebab is easy to make at home Turkey has a plethora of regional dishes. And many of these dishes take on the name of the city or area they come from. What Is Adana Kebab? So, you won’t be surprised to learn that Adana Kebab comes from the city of Adana in southern Turkey. In this city, we’re not far from the provinces of Hatay and Gaz ..read more

We’ve recently reintroduced ourselves to a Turkish dish that we used to make a lot when we first moved to Fethiye: Patatesli kek or Turkish potato cake. This savoury Turkish potato cake is so versatile For some reason, it fell from our radar and we forgot all about it. Until we were staying in a hotel in Kaleiçi old town in Antalya. The Turkish breakfast in our hotel was much more than run-of-the-mill and two thick slices of potato cake were one of the many dishes filling our table. As soon as we tasted it, we were immediately taken back to those early days of life here in Turkey. We knew we h ..read more

Autumn is a fabulous time for seasonal eating. And for this recipe for roasted cauliflower with tahini sauce and pomegranate, we’re using two favourites: the cauliflower and the pomegranate. Two favourite seasonal ingredients together There are lots of Turkish recipes that celebrate the cauliflower – this simple but very tasty karnabahar yemeği (Turkish cauliflower stew) is a regular for us in winter. But we do love the flavour of roasted vegetables. And this easy recipe for roasted cauliflower with tahini sauce and pomegranate (tahin soslu karnabahar) has quickly become one of our favourite s ..read more

We’re back on the seasonal food train for this recipe – sauteed Swiss chard done the Turkish way: Pazı kavurma. Spring leafy greens are in abundance. And, amongst other salad stuffs, herbs and vegetables, the local markets are currently brimming with Swiss chard. Very reasonably priced Swiss chard at that! We can’t not buy it. It’s Swiss chard – pazı – season Whilst it looks so vibrant and lush when it’s all piled high on the stalls of Çalış Sunday market, it can also seem a bit intimidating as an ingredient. A hefty-sized bunch of green leafy vegetables with crisp white stems. What to do with ..read more

Have you ever tried Turkish mosaic cake – mozaik pastası? It’s our favourite Turkish chocolate cake. Biscuits, chocolate sauce and a serving of fresh fruit on the side. What’s not to love? Our homemade mosaic cake – mozaik pastası I feel we’re in danger of losing our badge with this recipe. The badge of, ‘we haven’t got a sweet tooth,’ that we mention so often on this blog. And yet, here we are with another yummy Turkish dessert recipe. I’ll stand by that statement, though. We’re the type of people who peruse the shelves of the crisps and nuts aisle of the supermarket rather than the chocolate ..read more

A healthy salad, filling and – most importantly – completely delicious! We’re doing a mung bean salad recipe in this article. Stick with us on this one. A Mung Bean Salad Bowl It’s a lovely big bowl of green and it’s a perfect recipe for vegetarians and vegans – and omnivores, like us. Our mung bean salad bowl with spring ingredients And, as with many of our Turkish recipes, there’s a tale as to how this mung bean salad came about. Sources Of Inspiration If you read this blog regularly, you’ll know we learn what we can about Turkish cuisine from a whole variety of sources. One of those sources ..read more

Follow our Turkish balloon bread recipe and you’re going to be transported right back to your Turkish summer holidays. Most people who know the country will have a memory of that first time they sat down in a Turkish restaurant and ordered food. And then, before the meal arrives, a real WOW centrepiece is brought to the table. The famous Turkish balloon bread or puffy bread. Balon lavaş, to give its Turkish name. Our delicious homemade Turkish balloon bread with meze And not just the balloon bread, but lots of tasty dips and accompaniments to go with it. The more of you there are round the tab ..read more

A Turkish lahmacun recipe made with love? Very definitely yes! Add to that a generous sprinkling of patience, too! I’m grateful to be writing this article because it means homemade lahmacun success has been achieved. After previous experiments that didn’t result in the lahmacun we were looking for, this latest effort – and therefore now our Turkish lahmacun recipe that you see below – is the bingo moment! Our homemade Turkish lahmacun A dough that is quick to make, easy to work with and that bakes well in the oven of your home kitchen. ‘Quick,’ ‘Easy’ – words all home cooks love to see when it ..read more

The name’s shish. Chicken shish. Tavuk şiş, if we’re being authentically Turkish. Our authentic chicken shish kebab with the trimmings And it’s high time we have a chicken shish kebab recipe on this blog. Well, we eat it often enough! When the words ‘Turkish’ and ‘kebab’ are put together, for many people, the phrase becomes synonymous with the country’s two most famous types of kebab; the döner kebab and the shish kebab. Shish Kebabs Are A Must And if you’re in a restaurant that is famous for the quality of its meat, well, a shish kebab is an absolute must. In Turkey, one of the best type of r ..read more