Appetizers from Around the World
Recipes From Turkey

Borulce Salatasi is a black-eyed pea salad with walnuts and pomegranate. This black-eyed pea salad is a wholesome, refreshing, and vibrant salad with plenty of zing. Grated carrots and bell peppers bring their wonderful natural sweetness and work well with the radishes, onions and crunchy walnuts. Pomegranate seeds and pomegranate molasses bring a tangy, refreshing flavor to the salad.

Fasulye Pilaki is a delicious and wholesome vegetarian Turkish appetizer, where vegetables and white (or cannellini) beans are cooked with onions, garlic, carrot and potato in olive oil, served at room temperature or cold. You can serve Fasulye Pilaki as a side to grilled fish, meat or vegetables. It is delightful as part of a appetizer spread and for lunch too. This dish is also naturally gluten-free.

Karpuz, Peynir, Ekmek is a watermelon and white cheese salad. Watermelon (karpuz) is a much loved summer fruit in Turkey. This watermelon and feta salad is one of the highlights of summer. Ripe, juicy and sweet watermelon does not really require any other dressing in this salad and complements the mildly salty white cheese or feta cheese very well. This salad can be served as part of a summer breakfast, lunch or as a side to the grilled dinners.