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Born and raised in the Midwest to parents originally from Egypt, sisters Alia and Radwa Elkaffas created their Food Dolls platform to share exciting, fast, healthy meals. Born and raised in the Twin Cities to parents originally from Egypt, their recipes from “Pretty Delicious” are flavor-packed, Mediterranean-inspired, and plated with their signature style.

Recently, we had a chance to catch up with the Food Dolls sisters on the eve of their cookbook launch for “Pretty Delicious” (pre-order the book here now) when we recorded a “Taste Buds With Stephanie” (episode drops on Fox 9 2/22/2025 at 8:30 am. ) at Radwa’s gorgeous home. The sisters were as delightful and warm as ever, and we loved the recipes. “10 out of 10.”

We made 3 recipes from the book, “Pretty Delicious”.

I also riffed on their Marinated Tomatoes and Feta Dip and made it my own with all the same ingredients but as a baked pasta dish in homage to their talents.

Cheesy Tomato and Feta Baked with Pasta and Herbs

By Stephanie Hansen

Ingredients

* 2 cups cherry tomatoes about 1 pint

* 1/4 cup olive oil

* 2 teaspoons salt

* 1 teaspoon pepper

* 8 oz. full-fat cream cheese at room temperature

* 8 oz. feta cheese at room temperature

* juice of half a lemon

* 1 Tablespoon honey

* 1/4 cup fresh parsley

* 1/4 cup fresh basil

* 1/4 cup fresh mint

* 8 oz penne pasta

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 400°F.

Add the tomatoes, olive oil, salt, pepper, lemon and honey to a 9 x 13 baking dish.

Nestle the cream cheese and feta cheese in the center of the baking dish amongst the tomatoes

Bake for 22-25 minutes

Meanwhile, boil the pasta until el dente

Remove from the oven and add the sour cream and stir the mixture, breaking it up combining the cheese and the tomatoes with the pasta making a sauce

top with the fresh basil, parsley and mint, and serve hot

EPISODE TRANSCRIPT:

Stephanie:

Hello, everybody, and welcome to Dishing with Stephanie's dish, the podcast where we talk to people equally obsessed in the food spaces as we are. And today, I'm with the Food Dolls. I'm with Radwa and Alia Elkaffas, and we had an opportunity to record a taste buds episode with them that will air at the end of February. I think it's gonna be February 22nd right on the eve of your book being available at stores.

Alia Elkaffas:

It well, we go live on the 25th.

Stephanie:

Okay. So you can preorder, though, your book Pretty Delicious right now. And if we talk about cookbooks in particular, the preorder is like it's crazy because what people don't know is all those preorders that you say you want this book, they