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Home › Aysegul Sanford

Aysegul Sanford

Hello Friend! I’m Aysegul (pronounced as I-che-guel) I’m the cook/recipe-tester/photographer behind this site.

If you are looking for approachable, yet creative recipes made with everyday ingredients, you’ve come to the right place. Here, we’re all about recipes that has been meticulously tested to provide you with a truly foolproof cooking experience regardless of your level of cooking.

A person is squeezing lemon juice over vegetarian stuffed grape leaves arranged on a plate from the front view.

Turkish Cuisine

Vegetarian Stuffed Grape Leaves

Baked eggplant kebab fresh out of the oven from the top view garnished with parsley.

Turkish Cuisine

Eggplant Kebab (Turkish Patlıcan Kebabı)

A large bowl with burst cherry tomato and burrata pasta garnished with basil.

Pasta

Burrata Pasta With Burst Cherry Tomatoes

Golden homemade pita chips piled beside a bowl of hummus topped with olives and pine nuts.

Snacks

Homemade Pita Chips

Fattoush salad in a wooden bowl with crisp pita, cherry tomatoes, radishes, romaine, and mint, with a serving spoon.

Salads

Fattoush Salad

Recipe Roundups

30 Easy Brunch Menu Ideas

A plate piled with Turkish stuffed grape leaves garnished with lemon slices, served with a bowl of yogurt sauce.

Turkish Cuisine

Stuffed Grape Leaves Recipe

A portrait view of the final Tzatziki Chicken Salad on a decorative blue and white patterned platter with peeled diced cucumbers, radishes, feta, fresh dill, and sumac, on a wooden board.

Salads

Tzatziki Chicken Salad

A woman's hand presenting a platter of two whole roasted branzino Mediterranean style, garnished with fresh herbs and lemon slices with lemon olive oil sauce on the side.

Seafood

Whole Roasted Branzino

Top view of Green Shakshuka in a grey skillet with four runny eggs, kale, spinach, and feta.

Egg Recipes

Green Shakshuka

A finished skillet of traditional Menemen (Turkish scrambled eggs) with green peppers and tomatoes, served family-style with toasted bread on the side.

Turkish Cuisine

Menemen Recipe

A bowl of Greek Avgolemono soup garnished with dill with a spoon in the bowl from the top view.

Soups

Greek Avgolemono Soup

Shrimp scampi for date night dinner.

Recipe Roundups

25 Date Night Recipes For A Romantic Dinner

Smoked salmon appetizer platter from the top view.

Appetizers

Smoked Salmon Platter

Stuffed onions in a skillet from the top view.

Beef

Stuffed Onions with Ground Beef and Rice

Doner kebab with vegetables on a sheet pan.

Turkish Cuisine

Viral Doner Kebab

Thanksgiving fruit salad in a large bowl from the top view.

Thanksgiving Recipes

Thanksgiving Fruit Salad

Turkey compound butter sliced with a knife on the side.

Condiments

Compound Butter for Turkey

Mashed sweet potatoes in a bowl with butter and thyme on top.

Vegetable Side Dishes

Easy Mashed Sweet Potatoes

Roasted Brussel sprouts served over tahini yogurt sauce on a plate.

Vegetable Side Dishes

Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Tahini Yogurt Sauce

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