Date cookies

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These are the kind of cookies we serve for guests, or finish them off ourselves. We have them with Arabic coffee , but you can enjoy them with a glass of milk as well :). While I watch the tv, I remove date seeds, eat the date, or make a cake, or these cookies . In this way the task doesn't become really boring.

the date ball

Ingredients (slightly adapted from here) :

1-1 1/2 cup date (depends how much date you want in your cookies)

1 tsp cinnamon powder

200 gram salted butter

2 eggs

1 tsp vanilla

3 cups all-purpose flour

1/2 or 3/4 cup caster sugar

• Mix the date with Cinnamon powder and set aside
• Beat butter and sugar till light and fluffy
• Add eggs, one at a time, add vanilla
• Add flour, mix till combined
• roll small part of the dough using a rolling pin, add some rolled date, close it and cut, emm I can't explain it, but hope the photos are able to.

• bake in oven set to 175 degrees Celsius for ten minutes
• keep in tight container

Easy Salad

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If you are like me, promised yourself that one of this year's resolutions is to feed your family a healthier variety of food, (but, like me as well), quite lazy on making salads, this one can make you feel less guilty and proud that you met your objective :D..

Ingredients:

Tomatoes

Carrots

cucumbers 

any other vegetables

for the dressing:

Dill, or coriander leaves, or mint leaves(or all) chopped

lemon juice

salt

olive oil

Mix and serve..