Turkish Recipes

Turkish cuisine is a fantastic celebration of big flavors and Turkey has a lot more food than its world-famous kebabs.

Some of my favorite Turkish dishes use simple ingredients but result in absolutely gorgeous flavors.

If you are a fan of Turkish Recipes, browse my most loved Turkish dishes including Meat Stuffed Grape Leaves (Dolmas), Imam Bayildi (Turkish Stuffed Eggplant), and syrup-soaked Turkish Pistachio Baklava.

Welcome to Cooking Gorgeous, where delicious easy-to-follow recipes and culinary inspiration await you! My name is Ayla Clulee, a passionate and professional Cordon Bleu-trained chef, recipe developer, and food content creator with decades of experience. I am based in the UK, and I'm thrilled to have you here.

The kitchen is my happy place and cooking is my therapy.

My cookbook, Easy Turkish & Mediterranean Recipes, is out now in paperback and on Kindle.

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FREE TURKISH BATCH COOKING PLAN

Five recipes, one prep day, four dinners. You shop once, cook two slow dishes on a Sunday afternoon, and eat all week. Free to download.

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