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Hi I’m Dilruba! This is my little kitchen diary, filled with the recipes I love, and now you’re part of it too.
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Creamy Chicken Pot Pie
Shredded chicken, carrots, celery, and peas in a creamy Parmesan sauce, topped with puff pastry squares. Baked until the pastry is crisp and the filling bubbles around the edges, then finished with fresh thyme.
1 hour 40 minutesServes 4–6
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Breakfast16
Slow weekend mornings and everything worth waking up for.
Lunch19
Sandwiches, wraps and the midday plates on repeat.
Dinner20
The pastas, roasts and one-pan meals that feed a table.
Appetizers6
Small plates, dips and the things that disappear first.
Breads7
Focaccia, pizza dough and everything proofed by hand.
Turkish4
The recipes I grew up on, written down properly.
Desserts10
Sweet treats, warm from the oven.
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It started with a family business
Nema’s Kitchen is named after Nema Food, my family’s company. I started filming recipes to help promote it — and somewhere along the way it turned into this. The Turkish dishes I grew up eating still run through everything I cook.
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S'mores Cookie Bars
Soft chocolate chip cookie bars layered with graham crackers, toasted marshmallows, and plenty of melted chocolate.
45-50 minutesServes 9
Roasted Tomato Soup with Grilled Cheese
This homemade roasted tomato soup is rich, creamy, and full of comforting flavor. Fresh tomatoes and roasted vegetables are blended until smooth with garlic, heavy cream, and seasonings, then served alongside a crispy, buttery grilled cheese.
1 hour 10 minutesServes 12
Cheesy Pepperoni Sandwich
This Cheesy Loaded Pepperoni Sandwich is the perfect combination of crispy bread, rich marinara sauce, fresh basil, melted Parmesan and mozzarella, savory Nema Beef Pepperoni, and a fresh Caesar salad.
30 minutesServes 2
French Toast with Ice Cream
Thick, golden French toast topped with creamy vanilla ice cream, fresh blueberries, crushed pistachios, graham cracker crumbs, powdered sugar, and a drizzle of warm maple syrup.
20 minutesServes 1
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What started as a way to support my family’s business has grown into my full-time career. I share homemade recipes, Turkish favorites, fresh breads and sweet treats — the food I love making for family and friends.
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