At the moment, the market stalls around Fethiye are just teeming with beans. Huge mounds of colourful barbunya pods contrasting against piles of super fresh green beans. We just can't not buy them. And that's how this green bean salad recipe came about... Roasted Green Bean Salad Recipe It's … [Read more...]
Roasted Green Bean Salad With White Cheese & Tomato – What’s Not To Love?
August 11, 2019 Leave a Comment
Kuru Fasulye – Süleymaniye Is Where It’s At
August 30, 2015 4 Comments
Istanbul and food and Istanbul and food and... Yeah, as well as the ridiculous array of sightseeing to be done in Istanbul, food is also what makes visits to the city so memorable for us. It's not that we can't get some of these foods in Fethiye, it's just, well, the setting and the history and the … [Read more...]
Sucuklu Bakla – A Turkish Take On A Popular Broad Beans Recipe
March 22, 2013 9 Comments
March in Fethiye is the beginning of the broad beans season, and, on a visit to Çiftlik Perşembe Pazarı (Ciftlik Thursday Market) we noticed that the first young bakla (broad beans or fava beans) of the season were for sale. Not lots of them as yet...but enough to get us thinking about broad beans … [Read more...]
Fasulye Ezmesi – A Tasty Turkish White Bean Dip Recipe
February 8, 2013 13 Comments
Beans - both dried and fresh - are a much-used ingredient in Turkish cuisine and the dishes they produce, like this white bean dip, are right up there amongst our favourites. When it comes to white beans (cannellini beans) Antalya style piyaz is a real regular in our house, and, of course, kuru … [Read more...]
Fethiye Photo: Kayaköy November Harvest
November 2, 2012 2 Comments
Wow, it really doesn't seem so long since January when we posted our first Fethiye Friday photo and announced we would do this every Friday. At the time, the whole of 2012 was ahead of us and, as far as the blog was concerned, it felt like quite a commitment we were taking on...and here we are, … [Read more...]
Turkish Green Beans In Olive Oil Recipe – Zeytinyağlı Taze Fasulye
September 30, 2010 Leave a Comment
Zeytinyağlı taze fasulye (fresh green beans in olive oil) was one of the first Turkish dishes I ever attempted - for the basic fact that we had bought a Turkish cookery book whilst on holiday in Fethiye. An Easy Green Beans Recipe We got back to England, and, when I leafed through the book's … [Read more...]
Seasonal Food in Turkey – Confusion With Runner Beans
September 28, 2010 2 Comments
Well, seeing as we did yesterday's blog post all about supporting your local markets in Turkey, we thought we'd better practise what we preach and go to the Tuesday market in Fethiye this afternoon to stock up on our veggies. Apart from the staples, we were on the look out for some seasonal … [Read more...]
Turkish Barbunya Pilaki Recipe – Borlotti Beans In A Tomato & Olive Oil Stew
June 30, 2010 4 Comments
In Turkish cuisine there is a group of dishes known as zeytinyağlı yemekler (olive oil dishes) and, of these dishes, Barbunya Pilaki is definitely our favourite. We do love our okra in olive oil on occasion (well, it is extremely healthy) and we occasionally enjoy green beans in olive oil, too. But … [Read more...]
Seasonal Food in Turkey – Barbunya
June 29, 2010 2 Comments
It's that fantastic time of year again where barbunya starts to appear on Fethiye markets and it will be around for a few months to come; certainly until late September. The first time we came to Turkey on holiday, we saw these curious, colourful pods on the market and wondered what on earth they … [Read more...]
Antalya Style Piyaz Recipe – Made With Love
January 6, 2010 11 Comments
A story of how we came to love the famous Turkish white bean salad, piyaz. But this is not just the regular white bean salad you see all over Turkey. We have an obsession with a special regional version, you see. This is the story of the discovery of Antalya Usulü Piyaz (Antalya Style Piyaz) and our … [Read more...]
