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How to Cook Walnut-Pomegranate Stew (Fesenjan)

I love traditional Persian dishes as my mother is Persian-Iranian. But yet, the task seems quite daunting to me as most of the Persian traditional recipes can seem complex and time consuming. However, they are worth it as they are also lavish and super-duper delicious, mouth-watering, aroma filled, recipes.

I am not exaggerating! It is seriously a luxury when someone personally cooks this dish for you (more on that later.)

Safe to say, I absolutely LOVE my mother’s walnut-pomegranate stew (also known as fesenjan or fesenjoon.) So I had to learn how to make it.

Food ·

How to Cook a Turkey Stress-Free

Cooking your first turkey in the oven can seem like a daunting task. However, when it comes down to it, the steps are quite simple. 

In this blog post, I list the materials and ingredients I used as well as the steps and the time it took me in order to cook a delicious turkey for dinner, and stress-free! 🦃
Before following these steps, make sure your turkey is thawed! As in defrosted if it sat in the freezer. I normally transfer my turkey in the fridge a full 24-hour before cooking!

Food, Health, Keto ·

Easy 3-Ingredient Keto Breakfast Ideas (with Calories)

In this post, I go through many variations of easy 3-ingredient keto breakfast ideas and I give you the calories for the different selections. In case you are embarking in a weight loss journey such as I. These breakfast ideas are very low on carbohydrates and sugar (not more than 2 and 1 gram respectively), high on healthy fats, as well as high on protein.

Either way, these Easy 3-Ingredient Keto Breakfast Ideas are for eating healthy and nutritious quick breakfast regardless of weightless, gain or maintain.

How To, Uncategorized ·

How to Clean Your Bathtub from Deep Stains

Nothing is more disheartened than staring at a bathtub full of grease, bacteria, and deep build up stains.
Every year, my dad endeavours to clean the bathtub but eventually becomes tired and fed up from the task.
This year, he found great techniques to clean the bathtub using chemicals we had at home combined with tools and materials he found online. 

His methods helped him 1) save time 2) save energy and 3) get rid of stains he wouldn’t have otherwise. 

He was able to clean not only the big stains and surfaces of the bathtub but as well as the brown crusty buildup around the jets and the faucets!

Food, Health, Keto ·

Keto Spaghetti Squash Recipe with Tomato Sauce

I love pasta and you know what, I love spaghetti the most. However, in the last few years I have been staying away from carbs and that means staying away from pasta in general.

So when I heard my sister tried making a keto friendly spaghetti out of squash; I had to try.

In this recipe, I demonstrate the steps I took in order to make keto spaghetti squash. Additionally I have added the recipe for my homemade spaghetti sauce.

Book Recs ·

Top 20 Books I Read in 2020

Every year, I read about 75 to 100 books (including poetry and short story collections) and I share my thoughts on my favorite and my top books I read that year.

I broke this list up into categories: autobiography, black authors, personal finance, dark academia, classics, thriller, as well as popular young adult series.

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