Even though we’ve been on a bit of a blogging hiatus lately (but if you follow us on Instagram, you know we’re still busy in the kitchen!), we couldn’t let our 5 year blogiversary pass by without acknowledgement, so we’ve rounded up five of our favorite recipes from each category to share with you:

Breads

• We have quite a few challah recipes on this website, but we find ourselves returning to this 5-lb bag of challah recipe whenever it’s time to make a new batch.
• We’ve probably been making this recipe for chocolate chip pumpkin bread since we were five years old, and we don’t have any reason to stop.
• Overnight cinnamon rolls are always worth the wait! We love breaking the fast on something like this.
• We usually buy kaak, since it’s difficult and time consuming to make, but sometimes we need a challenge in the kitchen, and being a Syrian recipe blog, we couldn’t leave this out.
• When we have overripe bananas, we don’t just make regular banana bread, we go all out and make chocolate banana marble bread!

Breakfasts and Brunches

• Whenever we host a brunch, we make sure to serve baked eggs with cheddar dill sauce; it’s a great way to serve eggs to a crowd, and it’s always a hit!
• These peanut butter banana muffins are flourless, sugarless, and delicious, making them a great snack for anyone, toddlers and grown ups alike.
• Looking for a decadent breakfast, or a special Shabbat treat? Bake up some cheese babka!
• We love making our own granola, since we can control what goes in it, and since it keeps in the freezer for quite a while, we always have some on hand.
• There’s nothing better than a poached egg on a Sunday morning! We especially like to make shakshuka, poached eggs in tomato sauce.

Lunches and Dinners: Dairy and Pareve

• We had to include these black bean tacos in this roundup, since we probably eat them twice a month.
• Creamy risotto is such a treat, since it’s usually such a labor-intensive meal to make, but not if you make it in the oven!
• We love making pizza, and while plain old margherita is always delicious, it’s also fun to mix things up by making cacio e pepe pizza with roasted radishes
• Caramelized onions are at the top of our list of most delicious foods ever, and this onion tarte tatin is definitely one of the most delicious (and beautiful!) dishes ever to come out of our oven.
• There is nothing in this world like a plate of fresh homemade pasta, the boxed stuff doesn’t even compare!

Lunches and Dinners: Meat, Chicken, and Fish

• This chicken with tomatoes is one of our mom’s signature dishes, and we love making it her way, or with potato chips.
• Who doesn’t love garlic? Chicken with 40 cloves is one of our go-to chicken recipes. Use pre-peeled garlic to make your life easier.
• What’s your favorite kibbe preparation? We love peas and kibbe, and so do our kids!
• When Jessica posted this Korean ground beef recipe on the blog, David commented to ask Stephanie to make it for dinner, and variations of it are now on the regular dinner rotation. We especially like to make Korean lettuce wraps.
• Wrapping fish in thin slices of potato and pan-frying it is a great way to fancy up some store-bought fish filets! The lemon-infused mayonnaise dipping sauce doesn’t hurt, either.

Salads, Sides, Snacks, and Soups

• Salad Nicoise is a classic for a reason, and makes a great poolside lunch.
• Tokyo Salad is a meal all on its own, and one of our favorites for a hot summer evening.
• There’s nothing like a bowl of our famous Yemenite Soup. Nothing.
• This Spicy edamame recipe is the only way we ever want to eat edamame again.
• We always stock our freezers with cheese sambusak, a savory Syrian pastry that’s as delicious as it is pretty.

Candies and Desserts

• We have a secret to tell you: salted butter caramels are delicious and so easy to make, but people will always be impressed when you tell them you made your own candy.
• It’s so easy to make candied nuts, plus they’re ever-adaptable, and make a great gift for a host or a holiday!
• This banana cream pie is probably one of our favorite desserts ever.
• This past Purim, we wanted to mix up our hamentaschen game, so we adapted our regular version with graham cracker dough and a chocolate marshmallow filling to make s’mores hamentaschen.
• We joined the Cronut craze, but of course we made our own instead of waiting on line at 5am!

So there you have it, happy cooking!

Thank you all for letting us into your kitchens these last five amazing years, and for every opportunity that came our way through this little slice of the internet.

Check back here soon for some new, delicious recipes!