Today I am really excited to introduce my blogger friend, Reem. She is the cook-baker-photographer-author behind this beautiful blog Simply Reem. I vividly remember my first thoughts when I first visited her blog: “Wow, I want to see the inside of this person’s home. It must be beautiful.”
From her beautiful photography of food and food styling, I dreamed about what her real-life must be like in Southern California. In her gorgeous photos, she often uses my favorite colors for props and backdrops – shades of cyan such as turquoise and aquamarine… I assume her house is surrounded by all these beautiful colors. A couple of weeks ago she told me she wanted to write a post on her blog which is dedicated to me because I helped her with her blog in the past (it was such a small thing that I wouldn’t even call help). She said she would cook something that I like and write a recipe for the blog. I felt very touched by her kind thought and at the same time, I felt honored. So I invited her today to share her recipes with my readers. Blogging takes a lot of effort and time, but in return, I get to meet really cool friends like Reem. I’m really blessed to have met her, and she’s a really genuinely nice friend. Because of blogging, I have met wonderful fellow bloggers and you, my dear readers. I just want to take a moment to thank you for coming to read my post today. And now without further ado, please welcome Reem from Simply Reem with her 3 delicious recipes! Thank you Reem for the wonderful post and for being a great friend.
This post is really special to me! With this post, I want to thank my dear friend Nami; who has been a guide, an inspiration and above all a truly awesome friend to me since the day we met (virtually), through this beautiful blogosphere. All I can say is that I am truly blessed to have her as my friend. I met Nami in my early days of blogging, she is one of the very first readers of my blog. So kind and inspiring, she has always encouraged and helped me at every step and still do. She amazes me again and again with her sweet personality and kind gestures. Nami, Thank you so much for everything, I feel so blessed to have met you and look forward to many happy years of friendship… And also I want to thank you for having me here at your space today, it is truly an honor. Nami always inspires me with her clean and sophisticated style of cooking. Her recipes show us that we don’t need an army of ingredients to make a delicious and healthy meal. Just few fine ingredients cooked with love and passion can really do wonders!!
So today I want to share recipes that are easy to make and taste delicious with just a few ingredients. In summers I like to eat light meals, they make me feel fresh and energetic … As summers are almost here, I want to share with you all the recipes for my easy breezy delicious “Honey Glazed Shrimps with Asian Coleslaw”. This is absolutely perfect for meals at any time of the day or week. This meal can be put together in minutes and taste absolutely divine.
And to finish our meal, I want to share a beautiful recipe of “Yogurt and Semolina Syrup Cake with Rose Water” from the wonderful cookbook Falling Cloudberries by Tessa Kiros. This cake is not an ordinary cake but a rich dense cake with the amazing flavor and fragrance of roses. It literary melts in your mouth. If you don’t want rose water, you can use lime/lemon juice in its place or just plain vanilla extract. This recipe is really very versatile and easy. I hope you will try these recipes and enjoy them.
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