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Chocolate Cake
Check out this delicious chocolate ganache cake! You and your loved ones will fall in love!

Happy Hungry Hijabi
Aug 28, 20202 min read


Chicken and Sweetcorn Sandwiches
This is the perfect sandwich filling for little kids, and great for parties. Kids love small sandwiches, simple fillings and sweetcorn is the BEST! Serve with a salad, carrot sticks, chips or even fries. The world is your oyster. Preparation time 15 minutes Cook time 20 minutes Serves 2 Ingredients 1 Chicken breast- boiled and shredded 3 tablespoons sweetcorn 4 Tablespoons Mayonnaise Salt- to taste Black Pepper-freshly ground- to taste 4 slices of bread / 2x 6 inch b

Happy Hungry Hijabi
Aug 28, 20201 min read


Honey Mustard Chicken Pasta Salad
Make this delicious and quick pasta salad in a jiffy! With all the ingredients in your kitchen cupboard you don’t have any excuse NOT to make it this BBQ season. Serve it with your favourite BBQ dishes and remember this will be a salad that people will definitely talk about for ages! Preparation time 20 minutes Cook time 40 minutes Serves 6-8 Ingredients 2 cups fusilli pasta- cooked al-dente and drained 2 chicken breasts- boiled or grilled 1 green pepper- cubed 1/2 yel

Happy Hungry Hijabi
Aug 2, 20201 min read


Mango Tango Trifle
A refreshing and delicious mango trifle for a hot summer's day. Great to serve to guests too

Happy Hungry Hijabi
Aug 2, 20202 min read


New York Cheesecake with a Mango Coulis
Mango Season means Mango desserts! This New York Cheesecake with a mango coulis is a favourite in our house, and will be in yours too!

Happy Hungry Hijabi
Aug 2, 20203 min read


Homemade Salsa
Is it Movie night tonight? make your own Salsa and enjoy the zing and freshness of this homemade zesty salsa. comes together in 5 minutes

Happy Hungry Hijabi
Jul 27, 20202 min read


Potato Salad for BBQ Season
This is the perfect Potato salad for bbqs and parties. Serve with burgers, hotdogs, chicken and kebabs. So let's get to the kitchen!

Happy Hungry Hijabi
Jul 18, 20201 min read


Make your own Cream Cheese! (NO PRESERVATIVES)
Can't get cream cheese and NEED it? Make your own, it's so much better! I'm going to show you how. Let's do this!

Happy Hungry Hijabi
Jul 12, 20203 min read


Egg Mayonnaise Sandwiches
let's make egg mayonnaise sandwiches. It's the perfect sandwich filling. You will thank me later

Happy Hungry Hijabi
Jul 12, 20201 min read


Jalapeno Popper Bites
Need a snack? Let's make these Jalapeño Popper bites. They can be eaten fresh or even made in big batches and frozen for later.

Happy Hungry Hijabi
Jul 8, 20202 min read


Torrone (a.k.a French Nougat!)
If any of you have been to a bakery in Islamabad called Tehzeeb, you will all know about the Honey Nuggets they make. My in laws love these little honey nuggets. Crunchy and sweet, filled with pistachios and almonds. And seriously hard to bite. No joke. If you have sensitive teeth, then think twice before eating these. I decided to try making these because we couldn’t find them at the stores anymore. And as you know, homemade is always better! So, this recipe is great,

Happy Hungry Hijabi
Jul 5, 20202 min read


Pizza Quesadillas
These days, when I’m extremely busy, I look for easy dinner ideas for the kids. Something that I can put together quickly and doesn’t require much work. These quesadillas work well because I can use any kind of protein, leftover veggies and I always have marinara sauce in the fridge. Oh, and lots and lots of cheese. It works well for the kids because they can customize the toppings according to their mood. The kids love the classic Pepperoni and Cheese Quesadillas. My h

Happy Hungry Hijabi
Jul 2, 20202 min read


Homemade Vanilla Caramel Candies (No Corn Syrup!)
Make these delicious and easy homemade vanilla caramel candies for your family or even wrap them up and give them as gifts.

Happy Hungry Hijabi
Jun 30, 20203 min read


Apple Pie with a Crumble Topping
This beautiful Apple Pie with a crumble topping tastes like autumn. A delicious apple and cinnamon filling to warm you up.

Happy Hungry Hijabi
Jun 28, 20202 min read


Jalapeño Popper Bites
I love jalapeños, but where I live they aren’t so common. Sometimes you can find them and at other times when imports are slow then it takes a while to satisfy that jalapeño craving. So last month for the sake of my crazy love for jalapeños, I found this huge 3 kg tin of pickled jalapeños! I felt like I had hit the jackpot. Transferring them into clean, sanitised jars was totally worth it. Now when I open my fridge, I can see them stacked there, calling for me. I use jalapeñ

Happy Hungry Hijabi
Jun 25, 20202 min read
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