Hi, I’m Mouna

I am a wife, a mother, and a full-time work-from-home dreamer who finds joy in small things — a warm glass of mint tea, the smell of fresh khobz with olive oil, and the way good food pulls people to one table.

Why this site exists

I started Cooking with Mouna to write down the recipes I grew up with, before they turned into “a bit of this, a bit of that.” My mother measures in handfuls. I have spent years turning her handfuls into grams and cups, so that you can make them too — in a kitchen that is nothing like hers, on the first try.

Every recipe here is cooked in my own kitchen in Morocco, photographed on my own table, and eaten by my family before it goes up. If something does not work twice, it does not get published. That is the whole standard.

What you will find here

• Moroccan recipes — tagines, harira, msemen, chebakia, couscous. The food I actually cook, written the way I actually cook it.
• Everyday cooking — thirty-minute dinners, salads and quick meals for the nights nobody has two hours.
• Food A–Z — the kitchen questions people email me about: how to store things, how to fix things, which spices matter.
• Morocco — travel guides and traditions, written by someone who lives here rather than someone who visited for a week.

New here? Start with these three

This space is my kitchen table. Pull up a chair.

Mouna

Cooking something from the site? I would love to hear how it went — leave a comment on the recipe, or send me a message.