STEP 4 Use whole grain pita bread and tortillas for eating on the go. They're perfect for holding scrambled eggs, tuna salad, or cheese and lean deli meat.
The problem is that patties don't grow on trees, so they must be bound together to create the burger texture, which often means unhealthy fillers like gums, yeast extract, and corn starch.
Shaheen says that she, like many Palestinians in the diaspora, mimics the texture and flavour of sahlab powder with the easier-to-find combination of corn starch (cornflour) and either rose water or orange blossom water.
On a noonday in mid-November, they all sat grouped about the dinner table, eating the last of the dessert concocted by Mammy from corn meal and dried huckleberries, sweetened with sorghum.
The cocoa beans were made into a paste and mixed with water, cornmeal, honey, and chile peppers to make a spicy, frothy drink for the Maya kings and priests.