For several years now I’ve been working with the fabulous women of Sisters, a U.K.-based magazine for Muslim women. I began contributing recipes at first, then articles on cooking basics (i.e. a cooking school on the monthly pages of the magazine). Now I’m contributing quick weeknight meal recipes, as well as offering answers to some of your most pressing cooking questions ... Read More »
Many of you have already heard about the recent airing of the CBS program, “Food, Faith & Culture” of which I was honored to be included in as it highlighted the influence of faith and culture on food. The program, produced by Liz Kineke of CBS Religion & Culture, covered a kosher restaurant in Brooklyn that’s setting the standards for ... Read More »
I was simply stunned Wednesday morning to find out that I was nominated under the category of Best Female Blogger for writing My Halal Kitchen, in the 7th Annual Brass Crescent Awards. Deeply humbled and incredibly honored to be nominated among other talented writers, I wish everyone the best and ask you to please visit the voting site here. If you’re not familiar ... Read More »
It’s been an eventful couple of weeks around here. I’ve been visiting farmers’ markets everywhere I can here in Chicago and back home in Ohio. Did you see all the lovely produce I was able to capture? Needless to say, I’ve been busy with travel, family and my work here in and on My Halal Kitchen. I’ve met some wonderful people and gotten to know about the work ... Read More »
Creating and building this blog has been a labor of love and one of the most rewarding experiences to date, alhamdullilah (thank God). I pray that all you readers around the globe are benefitting from the recipes and articles here. As a result, I was so touched that My Halal Kitchen was nominated for Best Food Blog in the Blogger’s Choice ... Read More »
For halal food fans everywhere as well as those awaiting something unique in the food world, you might be interested to know that The Huffington Post contributor Naazish YarKhan thinks My Halal Kitchen could be making a difference. She wrote a wonderful piece about this website and the growing halal food industry (i.e. companies like Crescent Foods and Taqwa Eco-Food), as well as a rising interest in halal foods, ... Read More »
As many of you already know, My Halal Kitchen has had a pretty exciting couple of weeks. On June 10, we were featured on Radio Islam, a Chicago talk radio program that airs daily programs on topics particularly pertinent to Muslims but open for anyone interested in learning about events and people on the local, national and international Muslim scene. ... Read More »
My Halal Kitchen is now on Twitter! You can follow us by going to the Twitter website, sign up and look for “MyHalalKitchen” and click on “follow” or go to: www.twitter.com/myhalalkitchen. If you don’t already have one, sign up, find us, follow us and then we’ll be able to ‘tweet’ each other! If you’re not familiar with Twitter, it’s one ... Read More »
I hope you will feel free to contribute your comments, constructive criticism, recipes, food suggestions, and more ideas for this blog. Thank you, in advance! Read More »
My Halal Kitchen | Inspiration for Wholesome Living Simple Recipes and Useful Household Tips
