This weekend I revisited one of my own recipes and made some roasted cumin wholemeal spelt flatbreads, this time with some nigella seeds and some fine semolina to replace some of the flour..
What I loved was that I used a patterned bowl to prove the dough and you can see by the lovely pattern on the beautiful bowl a special friend gifted to me just how much it grew within an hour! And how much the light had faded!!
See what I mean? You think the photo is just taken at a closer point but it isn’t!
We ate these with a meal of dips and roasted vegetables, and kebabs for my boys, on Saturday night, and I used the leftovers as pizza bases on Sunday night..
Below was my Sunday brunch…leftover roasted cubes of sweet potato cooked with my homemade chipotle en adobe sauce, nestled round two lovely eggs..
Sunday afternoon I made a version of refried beans..
I had already soaked and cooked some black turtle beans; I then finely chopped a red onion and some garlic, and cooked both in olive oil; I added cumin, smoked paprika, salt and a pinch of cayenne pepper; I then added the beans and started to mash them, adding a bit of water as necessary. This plateful was Monday’s lunch, using up the rest of the sweet potato, adding some roasted garlic and a big spoonful of the refried beans..
Check out the beautiful handmade plate!
I love manaeesh, middle eastern flatbreads baked with a with za’atar and olive oil topping; this was my quick version on Friday evening, using a couple of tortillas as the base..
And finally some roasted vegetables for your delectation..peeled and chopped and mixed with olive oil and za’atar and roasted…big fat yum!!!
They never look as pretty once they’re cooked, but boy did they taste good!
The next day I blitzed the leftovers with some tahini and lemon juice and made a very tasty dip.
I love that bowl too and I have to try your flatbread. Gorgeous roasted veggies too 🙂
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Thank you 🙂
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Looks super delicious 😋👌🏼! And love the patterned bowl – can’t take my eyes off it 😍😍
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I know, isn’t it lovely? ☺️
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Very much ☺️
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Love the special effects provided by the magnificent bowl but your expert hand with the rising! It all looks delectable including the roasted veggies at the end! Got za’atar at Christmas
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Nice! Have you used it?
Thank you xx
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Not yet but you have inspired me! Didn’t know what to do with it.,
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For starters…mix some with some olive oil and dip your bread in it…that’s very typical 🙂
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Easy enough. I had no idea it was used this way. Have a great sourdough to try it!
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Perfect! In Lebanon they will spread olive oil and za’atar on a flatbread and roll it up for breakfast. They consider za’atar ‘brain food’ so like to give this to children to start the day well 🙂
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I am gonna eat it everyday then!!!!!
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Ha ha!
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Great ideas, all of them!
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Thank you 🙂 x
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Everything looks lovely, the zatar with the tortilla is great yumm.
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Thank you 🙂 it worked really well!
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I love zatar, i make it with lebane on bread. Have you ever had it that way? I love it!
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Ooh yes! Lovely!
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Gorgeous bowl and bread yumm
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Thought you’d like the bowl 🙂
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gorgeous!
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Looks so yummy!!
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Thank you 🙂
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I love your creative food ideas a lot! Your spelt flatbreads, I ,need to make tomorrow,..ooh yes & you do love your tahini, girl! x
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I do!!! Thank you xx
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Looks like a savory smorgasbord! So many great flavors in each of these dishes.
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Thank you 🙂 that’s my world! This is all examples of my daily food 🙂
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Your flatbread looks just amazing Elaine as does everything really, that last photo of the roasted vegetables looks so good they look perfectly caramelized and delicious. I really love your bowl also.
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Thank you so much, I know you’ve seen a lot of these on Instagram, I just wanted to share them on here too 🙂
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Holy moly! Wish one could just jump out of the computer screen! Great photo!
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If only hey??? We’d all be doing it all day!
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Absolutely MOUTHWATERING!! As much as I also love your bowl, I really love the photo of the flatbread wrapped in your red & white cloth! I’m going to steal that idea! 😉 Great.
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Thank you 🙂 it’s something key I’ve learnt for keeping flatbreads warm as you make them. I like how it makes them look all snug!
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Fabulous Elaine! Loved your quick fix manakeesh.
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Thank you 🙂
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Elaine, I love the flat bread with zaatar! 🙂 xx
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Thank you 🙂 it worked so well, a useful cheat!!! xx
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Love everything about this post, especially the bowl!
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Thank you 😀😀😀
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Flat bread looks simply amazing! Also loved the patterned bowl.
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Thank you ☺️😀
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It all looks delicious!! Love the plates too!! xx
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Thank you 😀😀 xx
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Such colorful and flavorful foods from your kitchen Elaine. Gorgeous, all of it! That bowl is amazing, where is it from?
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Thank you 😀 the bowl is from Dubai, but it’s a typical Moroccan design X
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As you might suspect, I loved it ALL, but the bowl… the bowl left me mesmerized…. it is simply a stunning piece of pottery…
I never thought of placing bread to rise inside something with a pattern, so I had a big “palm to the forehead” moment….
now to find a bowl 1/10 as beautiful as yours…. 😉
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I hope it was a clean ‘palm to the forehead’?!
It’s a beautiful big Moroccan patterned bowl that I was given as a surprise gift, it is lovely isn’t it? To be honest, I grabbed it as it was the only one to hand but it proved to be a perfect way to see how much the dough had grown 🙂
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Oh my Elaine! 🙂 Too much deliciousness on one post! Where to start… how about by knocking on your door! 😛 x x x
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Ha ha! The irony being of course that you actually could!!!! 😉
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Lol… I know there’ll be yummier food in your house this weekend! I wonder…
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Wow they looks gorgeous Elaine…
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Thank you 🙂
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It’s all so good. I love the way you use “leftovers”. I rarely get to do that. 😉
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That’s a shame…I love a bowl of leftovers, in fact I cook extra of everything just to have leftovers!
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Even if I end up with leftovers, I’m very rarely the one who gets to eat them.
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Luckily, I am the only one in my house who eats most of what I cook so I get to enjoy it all myself!!!
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Such great ideas! Everything looks delicious.
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Thank you 🙂
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Love the spelt flatbread, that is on my must make soon list. Got derailed yesterday by having a sick boy home. That bowl is absolutely gorgeous. Your roasted veg also looks wonderful.
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Thank you 🙂 I hope he is better x
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Gorgeous flat-breads, perfect to have with all the colorful, yummy vegetable dishes. 🙂
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Thank you 🙂
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So yum. And so inspiring!
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😀😀😀
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I just love every dish that you eat! You are so creative too! Ooh waw! MMMMMM!
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😀😀😀😀 xxxx
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I love your kitchen! I wish I could be in your kitchen!! And eat all of your delish creations! mmmmm
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Thank you 😀😀😀 you’d be very welcome!
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