Chicken Livers Lebanese Style

This recipe comes from Dana who in turn got it from Sarah_nc, and it is a tasty, beautiful one. It necessitates:

- 2 tbsp olive oil

- 1 small red onion (which I replaced with yellow, it was too hot to go shopping just for an onion), cut in quarters

- 1/2 lb chicken livers, cleaned

- 1/4 tsp allspice

- salt and pepper to taste

- juice from 1/2 lemon

- 3 cloves garlic, grated

- pinch of hot pepper (I replaced with hot paprika)

Leek and Tomatoes Rice Pilaf

Yes, I am finally back home and I missed all of you! I am sorry it took me so long to get back, but you know what is like to be on vacation and to take advantage of lazy days. But now that's all behind me and I'm back on track, including with some cooking (in spite of the scorching hot days). Now, precisely because of this heat wave, I have for you a very easy and fast recipe that tastes absolutely great - my daughter made sure we had leftovers for dinner, because, she said, it tasted so good! So, this is what we need for 4 servings:

- 2 lb leeks

- 1 cup rice

- 1 cup tomato puree

- 1 stick butter (can be replaced with olive oil)

- salt and pepper to taste

- 1 bunch parsley or dill (or a combination of both, depending on your taste, I used parsley)