The last two weeks have been incredibly busy.  I’ve been in and out of the city, in and around boroughs and top it all of, my cousin got married last weekend.  It was a wonderful Turkish wedding in the heart of Great Neck, Long Island.
I’ve been so busy that I neglected to update my website & my recipes, they are on top of my desk waiting to be posted.

During the middle of the week we had to prepare and attend a civil marriage ceremony.  Before we left for the civil office, I prepared a light, healthy and quick late brunch. 

 
These are just 2 of many varieties of Labne that is sold at AD Food.  I love Karnak brand because it is a bit more sour then the other brands.  Pinar brand is Turkish and many of our Arabic customer enjoy it because it tastes like it is home made.

Labne Spread

• 1/2 cup of labne
• 2 tablespoons of olive oil
  Spread the labne with the back of a tablespoon in a serving dish and drizzle the olive oil over the top.  Serve with hot bread or pita.  

 
Armenian String Cheese ~ an excellent light cheese
Pinar Turkish Feta Cheese ~ creamy& lightly salty feta

Cheese plate

• plate half the string cheese
• plate a block of feta cheese
  plate as you many wish ~ i am showing you a variety

 
Marmara Birlik brand black olives - washed and drizzled with olive oil
Curbies from Sandor’s garden @ Liberty Sunset – peeled & diced and served with sliced tomatoes

 
Guocamole                                                     Simit & Salty butter cookies

• 1 medium red onion
• 1 medium firm red tomatoe
• 2 small jalapeno peppers
• 1 cup of cilantro – 1 bunch of cilantro is good
• 2 soft avocados
• 1/4 cup of olive oil
• 1/4 cup of lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon of salt
• 1 teaspoon of red spanish paprika

Preparation
Finely dice the red onion, tomatoe, jalapeno peppers and cilantro and place in a deep dish.  Cut the avocado in half, remove the seed, dice the avocdo while it  is still in its skin.  Peel and drop the diced avocados into to your first mixture.   Add the salt, olive oil, lemon juice and paprika and mix the mixture well with your hands until everything is evenly mixed.  Serve with bread or tortila chips.

Simit & salty butter cookies – are available for sale at A&D Food Store.  Simit is delivered every Saturday and Sunday, the butter cookies are delivered every other day. 

My mom prepared pepper, tomatoe and egg omelet earlier (melmen) I finished cooking later.
Munchkin dunkin donuts I had picked up earlier in the morning, something sweet!

Enjoy!! 

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