Cuisine: Moroccan

Couscous, Cherry Tomato & Herb Salad

This Couscous, Cherry Tomato & Herb Salad is a perfect accompaniment to all sorts of grilled meats and vegetables. You can make the couscous, onion, and raisin mix 1 day in advance, and keep them separately in the fridge, just bring it to room temperature before serving.

By Leslie Blythe

Eggplant Smothered with Charmoula Marinade

Charmoula is a Moroccan spice blend, is best known as a tart marinade for fish. Here, its fresh taste is a perfect complement to the warm creaminess of eggplant. This dish should be prepared ahead, to give the eggplant time to absorb the charmoula.

By Leslie Blythe

Moroccan Chicken with Dates & Olives

This Moroccan Chicken with Dates & Olives is absolutely delicious and very easy to make. Here are two ways to make it, one in a pressure cooker and the other on the stove top. The chicken is melt in your mouth good!

By Leslie Blythe

Charmoula Smothered Eggplant

Charmoula Smothered Eggplant is a delicious Moroccan side dish. Charmoula is the original Moroccan seasoning, usually used on fish, but it works really well on eggplant.

By Leslie Blythe

Chickpea, Red Pepper, & Spinach Salad with Harissa

This is a wonderful Moroccan salad with a great depth of flavor. Harissa is what my husband calls the ketchup of north Africa. Harissa is a Tunisian hot chili pepper paste made with roasted red peppers, serrano peppers and other hot chili peppers and spices and herbs such as garlic paste, coriander seed, or caraway as well as some vegetable or olive oil for preservation. It is also popular in Moroccan cuisine.

By Leslie Blythe

Moroccan Roasted Vegetables

I made this vegetable side dish to go with Moroccan Chicken with Apricots, Almonds & Chickpeas.

By Leslie Blythe

Moroccan Chicken with Apricots, Almonds & Chickpeas

This wonderful Moroccan chicken dish is meant to be cooked in a tagine. A tagine is a unique type of ceramic or clay cookware that's popular in Morocco. The bottom is a wide, circular shallow dish used for both cooking and serving, while the top of the tagine is distinctively shaped into a rounded dome or cone. The word "tagine" also refers to the dish which is slow-cooked inside the cooking vessel. Typically, a tagine is a rich stew of meat, chicken, or fish, and most often includes vegetables or fruit.

However, you can easily make this dish in a Dutch oven or crockpot.

By Leslie Blythe

Chicken, Olive, and Lemon Tagine

A tajine is a dish from North Africa that is named after the type of earthenware pot in which it is cooked over hot coals. Moroccan tajine dishes are slow-cooked savory stews, typically made with sliced meat, poultry, or fish together with vegetables or fruit. Spices, nuts, and dried fruits are also used.

By Leslie Blythe

Moroccan Zucchini Salad

This Moroccan Zucchini Salad has ground cinnamon, which gives it a unique flavor.

By Leslie Blythe

Golden Couscous

Couscous is a very tiny pasta. It is not a grain and a staple of many North African countries. It is made from semolina (coarsely ground durum wheat) and water. The couscous is then coated with flour to prevent them from sticking. It has a nutty flavor. I usually also add sultanas (golden raisins).

By Leslie Blythe