بِسْــــــــــــــــــــــمِ اﷲِارَّحْمَنِ ارَّحِيم
السلام عليكم و رحمة الله و بركاته
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I was born in Hungary, but I've been blessed to have had lived and had lots of adventures around the world. I married an Algerian boy, and now I reside in the traditional and beautifully lush coastal Tell of northern Algeria, while raising my brood of one two three four five children as multilingual Global Muslim Citizens.
Other than being the wife, mama and the keeper of the home, I'm a sunset watcher, fanatical history aficionado, a life learner and urban homesteader in-the-making. I love to travel, watch sunsets from my balcony, collect jars, read any book I can get my hands on and find DIY hacks to make my life easier. I also find happiness by taking pictures of stuff, exploring the world with my children and making people that I love happy through FOOD.
I'm inspired through God's natural blessings, simple & natural halal living, the azure blue sea, megalithic ancient ruins, twisted time-worn olive trees and the tranquil Mediterranean flow ... THE TEAL TADJINE is my place to place to fulfill a passion for the blessings of this life: real good food, tradition, and family.
A tadjine (also spelled tagine or tajine) pronounced "tay - jean" (tæˈʒiːn) is a traditional North African clay pot with the peaked lid but also the slow-cooked fragant stew that is cooked in it. Almost every every evolved culture has a sort of clay container in which to cook food slowly and directly in a wood fire. It connects us to our traditions, to the time of simplicity and to our past. And the color teal symbolizes happiness, intuition, tranquility, connection, creavity, self-reliance, generousity, love and balance. Everything we have envisioned for our hijrah and life in North African. It's also a color that invites one to reflect on one's relationship with the rest of the world. It's a beautiful yet classic color palette for the Mediterranean, specifically , Algeria , Tunisia and Greece .
With these two elements combined the The Teal Tadjine was born.
With these two elements combined the The Teal Tadjine was born.
Touching food is a way of passing barakah (blessings). It has a spiritual and healing dimension. It promotes emotional and spiritual balance. Food preparation is a process. It takes time. It requires participation. There are no instantaneous results. You have to plan meals. Shop. Tote the groceries back home, unpack them and then set aside time to cook them. You engage with the food you eat. And I don’t think it’s going too far to say, you develop a relationship with food and the blessings which God has bestowed upon you. For me, it's a healing process that makes me human, wholesome, confident and even more mindful of my blessings.
Just to note:My site The Teal Tadjine is an independent food blog - no affiliation with any company or products. And you won't find any advertising of products unless I use and highly recommend them myself. My site centers itself on simple yet careful from scratch halal home-cooking that uses what is halal, tayibb and abundantly local. But I try to make recipes that anyone, anywhere can make. All the recipes here are uncomplicated, simple, easy-to-prepare, family-friendly, dishes that require no advanced techniques or fancy gadgets and that are accessible to home cooks, just like me. I'm a pragmatic busy person so I don't have hours to spend in the kitchen preparing one dish, so most of my recipes are made for the busy person in mind. I also love healthifying recipes and adding a North African flair to our international favourites. And vice versa updating our North African favourites.
We are a Muslim family who follow the traditional Islamic
dietary standard of eating halal (meaning permissible) foods and beverages. Everything on my blog is a halal, so that means I don't present dishes which are considered haraam (forbidden) in the Islamic diet such as pork, intoxicating food/drink, (pork based) gelatine, emulsifiers, and some others not allowed. But it also means I do not present any material that may be offensive! There are many dishes where commonly would contain forbidden ingredients, where I substitute ingredients to suit my tastes! And in efforts to live my faith, I try to revive the Sunnah by implementing as many of the foods, habits and traditions of our Prophet Mohammed (عليه السلام).To promote the Sunnah of eating we have naturally transitioned into flexitarianism, opting for a mostly plant-based diet, moderate halal grass-fed meat, locally caught fish and the occasional, natural sweeteners, ancient whole grains. We use real food ingredients like local and in-season fruits and vegetables. Things our Prophet Mohammed (عليه السلام) used to enjoy. I think everyone can benefit from incorporating more Sunnah practices into their daily lives, and that’s a message I love to promote. We limit our use of most processed and packaged ingredients. That doesn't mean I don't occasionally make cakes, breads or other treats. But I don't prepare dishes that come from boxes or any heat-n-serve packaging. Just food worth buying, cooking, eating and sharing!
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What better way to know people and share the blessings of this life then to sit down together to share a meal. Call it Call it food diplomacy if you will, but you, all my dear readers are God's Guests," so you deserve to be welcomed in the best manner. I appreciate each one of you. Thank you for taking the time to be here, make the recipes, be apart of the process, leaving feedback and also our conversations on Facebook and Instagram. I read every single comment and do my best to respond in a timely manner.
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