Sultan's Kitchen

[doodlebug 3]

You guys sure make it hard for me to stick to my freakin diet.

Just try not to think about it. What diet are you on? I've been on South Beach since about June and have lost over 40 lbs!

[jordanianprincess 0]

You guys sure make it hard for me to stick to my freakin diet.

Just try not to think about it. What diet are you on? I've been on South Beach since about June and have lost over 40 lbs!

I'm on my own modified version of Atkins. Modified because I don't eat most of the stuff they let you eat. No eggs (yuck), no bacon, not alot of fatty foods. I stick to mostly cheeses, greens, lean protiens, and nuts. I only drink water and crystal light. I have been on it since the end of august and lost 23 lbs.

I think I have some food allergies but I need to investigate further. When I eat certain carbs I get really sick, bad indegistion. I have always had stomach problems but they went away as soon as I began Atkins. So I'm not sure what it is, but the reason I stay on it is because of the comfort I have now in my tummy and 3 sizes smaller jeans are a plus too

[doodlebug 3]

You guys sure make it hard for me to stick to my freakin diet.

Just try not to think about it. What diet are you on? I've been on South Beach since about June and have lost over 40 lbs!

I'm on my own modified version of Atkins. Modified because I don't eat most of the stuff they let you eat. No eggs (yuck), no bacon, not alot of fatty foods. I stick to mostly cheeses, greens, lean protiens, and nuts. I only drink water and crystal light. I have been on it since the end of august and lost 23 lbs.

I think I have some food allergies but I need to investigate further. When I eat certain carbs I get really sick, bad indegistion. I have always had stomach problems but they went away as soon as I began Atkins. So I'm not sure what it is, but the reason I stay on it is because of the comfort I have now in my tummy and 3 sizes smaller jeans are a plus too

Yeah I lost my indigestion on both Atkins and on South Beach. If that is what you're eating then you're basically doing south beach. I have an egg in the morning with a v8, a salad with some chicken in it for lunch with a Big Gulp diet coke , another salad with chicken for supper and maybe some couscous or some brown basmati rice and I allow myself two or three wicked dark chocolates after that. I find if I eat the very very dark dark bitter chocolate I don't need as much to quench my cravings.

[jordanianprincess 0]

You guys sure make it hard for me to stick to my freakin diet.

Just try not to think about it. What diet are you on? I've been on South Beach since about June and have lost over 40 lbs!

I'm on my own modified version of Atkins. Modified because I don't eat most of the stuff they let you eat. No eggs (yuck), no bacon, not alot of fatty foods. I stick to mostly cheeses, greens, lean protiens, and nuts. I only drink water and crystal light. I have been on it since the end of august and lost 23 lbs.

I think I have some food allergies but I need to investigate further. When I eat certain carbs I get really sick, bad indegistion. I have always had stomach problems but they went away as soon as I began Atkins. So I'm not sure what it is, but the reason I stay on it is because of the comfort I have now in my tummy and 3 sizes smaller jeans are a plus too

Yeah I lost my indigestion on both Atkins and on South Beach. If that is what you're eating then you're basically doing south beach. I have an egg in the morning with a v8, a salad with some chicken in it for lunch with a Big Gulp diet coke , another salad with chicken for supper and maybe some couscous or some brown basmati rice and I allow myself two or three wicked dark chocolates after that. I find if I eat the very very dark dark bitter chocolate I don't need as much to quench my cravings.

Except I have NO CARBS No brown rice, no couscous (sorry can't say that word without laughing )I do eat this low carb sugar free chocolate from trader joes, its so helpful! Oh and ANYTHING PICKLED

[doodlebug 3]

Anyone have a good substitute for prociutto ham?

[MrsAmera 41]

very thinly sliced turkey pastrami might be sorta close. I haven't found anything closer yet.

[zzerous 0]

Hi all,

Does anyone here have the recipe for Jordanian Mansef? Can you please share it. Thanks.

[jordanianprincess 0]

Hi all,

Does anyone here have the recipe for Jordanian Mansef? Can you please share it. Thanks.

Do you have Jameed?

[UmmSqueakster 54]

Bechamel

Enough noodles to fill a 9x12 pan - cooked and drained

1 lb ground beef or turkey

tomato sauce - either from a can or your own homemade stuff

any kind of spices you like in beef and tomato sauce

one or two onions

3-4 cups milk (I mix half vitamin d and half skim)

1 T butter

3-4 T of flour

2 egg

salt and pepper

Lay half the noodles in the bottom of a greased 9X12 baking pan

Brown the beef and onions. Add tomato sauce and cook for a little while. I will sometimes use store bough spaghetti sauce. You can also mix things up and make it non traditionally by adding a variety of veggies.

Prepare sauce - melt 1 T butter in a sauce pan. Add milk. Heat for a few minutes, and then add flour. Stir until it comes to a boil for awhile. The sauce will get thick and lumpy. Add salt and pepper to taste.

Pour half of the sauce over the noodles in the bottom of the pan. Return sause to stove and stir in one beaten egg.

Lay beef, onion and tomato mixture on top of noodles

Lay rest of noodles on top of beef mixture

Pour remaining sauce over the top of the noodles

Beat the other egg and pour over top

I go untraditional here and sprinkle shredded cheese over the top, and sometimes lay turkey pepperoni.

Bake in a 400 degree oven for 30 minutes - 20 minutes in the middle, 10 minutes on the top.

Feel free to play with the recipe, mixing spices, the meat inside the bechamel, etc.

[cbd2cai 0]

Bechamel

Feel free to play with the recipe, mixing spices, the meat inside the bechamel, etc.

Thanks, Rahma, I might try a variation on this since I have a packet of bechamel "pwdered" to mix with milk. I've got some meat and I've some macaroni . . . just need to mix everything up.

[doodlebug 3]

When I mentioned couscous to Usama he didn't tell me it was a bad word, but he did ask if I meant the kind made with butter and cream and sugar.Does anyone know what this would be? Sounds like cream of wheat to me?

[hollyw 0]

When I mentioned couscous to Usama he didn't tell me it was a bad word, but he did ask if I meant the kind made with butter and cream and sugar.Does anyone know what this would be? Sounds like cream of wheat to me?

I think its a bad word in Egyptian or something... not actually sure.

When I was in Algeria we had sweet couscous with butter, cinnamon, and sugar and ate it with a glass of "milk" (it tasted like sour cream that had been diluted with water). It was good, but I couldn't eat a whole meal of it.

[jordanianprincess 0]

When I mentioned couscous to Usama he didn't tell me it was a bad word, but he did ask if I meant the kind made with butter and cream and sugar.Does anyone know what this would be? Sounds like cream of wheat to me?

I think its a bad word in Egyptian or something... not actually sure.

When I was in Algeria we had sweet couscous with butter, cinnamon, and sugar and ate it with a glass of "milk" (it tasted like sour cream that had been diluted with water). It was good, but I couldn't eat a whole meal of it.

Spelled differntly and using the first four letters it means #######.

[cbd2cai 0]

When I mentioned couscous to Usama he didn't tell me it was a bad word, but he did ask if I meant the kind made with butter and cream and sugar.Does anyone know what this would be? Sounds like cream of wheat to me?

I think its a bad word in Egyptian or something... not actually sure.

When I was in Algeria we had sweet couscous with butter, cinnamon, and sugar and ate it with a glass of "milk" (it tasted like sour cream that had been diluted with water). It was good, but I couldn't eat a whole meal of it.

Spelled differntly and using the first four letters it means #######.

Thank you, JP!! I had that one pointed out to me early on by my Egyptian friends . . . they all laugh so hard when you say you want to eat couscous.

Edited November 27, 2006 by cbd2cai

[Ban Hammer 13,283]

When I mentioned couscous to Usama he didn't tell me it was a bad word, but he did ask if I meant the kind made with butter and cream and sugar.Does anyone know what this would be? Sounds like cream of wheat to me?

I think its a bad word in Egyptian or something... not actually sure.

When I was in Algeria we had sweet couscous with butter, cinnamon, and sugar and ate it with a glass of "milk" (it tasted like sour cream that had been diluted with water). It was good, but I couldn't eat a whole meal of it.

Spelled differntly and using the first four letters it means #######.

Thank you, JP!! I had that one pointed out to me early on by my Egyptian friends . . . they all laugh so hard when you say you want to eat couscous.

oooh a new word to add to my vocabulary