1) combine dry ingredients
2) melt butter and combine wet ingredients
3) combine wet and dry ingredients
4) put batter in waffle maker

- buttermilk can be substituted by using 1 tsp white vinegar & filling the rest of the cup with milk
- i use a dash mini waffle maker and like it a lot. they come in fun waffle shapes too

1) combine wet ingredients to make marinade
2) marinate beef in marinade for as long as desired
3) sprinkle sesame seeds on beef
4) fry beef in pan on meduim heat
5) serve (optionally) with white rice

- you can mainate the beef for anywhere from 20 min to multiple hours
- no oil is needed for frying as the marinade contains oil. you can add excess marinade to the pan if you feel like it needs more oil
- since beef curls are thin they do not need to be fried very long, less than a minute or until no longer pink

1) wash, skin, and cut potatoes into chunks
2) boil for 10 to 15 min
3) drain and mash
4) add rest of ingredients and combine
5) flatten dough with rolling pin
6) cut into small shapes with cookie cutter or knife
7) fry shapes in oil

- roll dough thinner if you like your potatoes crispier
- you can save your potato skin shavings and fry them into (really yummy tbh) chips for no waste

1) add ingredients excluding powdered sugar and food coloring to as saucepan
2) set pan on low heat and stir occasionally until melted
3) pour mixture into powdered sugar
4) mix until smooth (optionally) add food coloring
5) leave to cool for 10 min
6) wrap in plastic wrap and leave in refrigerator for 3 hours
7) flatten with rolling pin then cut into shapes with cookie cutter

- use powdered sugar to prevent the dough from sticking while rolling and cutting shapes

1) combine water and yeast
2) mix and let foam for 10 min
3) add flour and salt and mix into a rough dough
4) cover and let rise for 2 to 3 hours
5) deflate dough and shape into a ball
6) put dough in parchment lined bread pan
7) (optional) add olive oil or butter to top
8) bake for 45 min at 350f

- you can add cocoa powder or chocolate chips to the dough if you want

1) combine the syrup ingredients in a sausepan on medium heat
2) boil mixture then simmer for 20 min on medium heat
3) take off heat and let cool
4) combine dry ingredients
5) gradually add water until dough is elastic and rubbery
6) cover and let rise in a warm dark place for 1 to 1 + 1/2 hour
7) heat oil in a frying pan on medium heat
8) deflate batter
9) add batter to oil in small balls
10) stir so the balls fry evenly until golden in color
11) take out of oil and add to cooled syrup
12) strain excess syrup and serve

- you dont actually have to make the syrup you can serve them with powdered sugar, granulated sugar, honey, or plain as desired
- to add the balls to the oil you can use an oil coated piping bag and oiled scissors to cut the dough
- the amount of water is more dependent on the consistency of the dough than the amount listed in the recipe

ive decided to put all my recipes on this page so i dont have to go looking for them every time i want to make something. theyre roughly sorted from ones i make most often to least. i can be really picky about food but these are all recipes ive made before and really enjoyed :) id love to hear if you try making any of these in my chatbox or on my contact page!
side note: while adding the zalabiya recipe i found that it was recorded as early as the 10th century in this arabic cookbook called kitab al-tabikh which i think is pretty cool. i originally made this recipe because i missed the taste of lebanese fried dough id had at festavals during my childhood, so the taste is very nostalgic for me.

the more i surf the web and see other peoples website the more ideas i have for cool sites id like to code. the problem is im still happy with how my site looks right now and i dont have the energy to do a complete overhaul. i know as long as i back everything up its not like i can never go back but im so attatched to my site i dont know if im brave enough to change it. i dont know... i guess i should stop holding myself back from the things i want to do. maybe when i have the time an energy i can finally make all my ideas into reality

i found this thing while web browsing and i FUCK WITH IT HEAVY. check this shit out

i found a cool dolls page while browsing the web today. i love the style of old internet dolls i wish i new how to make my own. i remember i came across a different dolls page when i first started looking around neocities, if i find i again ill be sure to add the link here! maybe i should add some of my favorite dolls to my gifs page...

ive found a lot of cool websites in my time browsing neocities. you can find my favorites on my links page but i wanted to post some of the others ive browsed through or thought looked interesting here. i might add some of these to my links page once ive looked through them more but until then they can have a home here

ive been getting back into working on this site lately. school was crazy stressful for a while and i realized only recently how much i missed coding and browsing the web. theres something magical about going through sites on neocities and following links down rabbitholes to old archived sites and cool online spaces you never would see otherwise. i wanted to make this page as a way to share more of the things i find as well as post some content of my own. i used to have a diary on my site when i first started working on it, but i felt shy about sharing my thoughts and life on a public place like this and eventually deleted it. i hope that this notes page can be something like that but with less pressure for me to post and be personal. anyway thats enough rambling for now, if youre reading this i hope you enjoy my page!