Baked Garlic Chicken and Potatoes Recipe “Toum, zait w haamid” is a phrase that one would tend to overhear repeatedly from mom while giving cooking advice to friends. In Arabic, Toum = Garlic, Zait = Oil (Olive Oil here), and Haamid …
Dates Fudge Dessert With Walnuts and Coconut Recipe This recipe is for a Middle Eastern dates dessert that we have no official name for, so we used the term Dates Fudge since it’s the closest in texture. In essence, it is …
Mujaddara Recipe Mujadara is an amazingly simple, delicious and spice-less vegan dish in Lebanese cuisine (and many other countries’) made simply with lentils, rice and salt. It has no spices whatsoever. It is typically garnished with caramelized onions and served …
Hot Garlic Potatoes Recipe If you’re looking for an easy to make appetizer and which would inspire your guests to hail your talent and praise the Lord, look no further than “Hot Garlic Potatoes.” This appetizer has simple ingredients, is …
Scrambled Eggs With Green Garlic Leaves Growing up in Koura, North Lebanon, we had a small plot of land by our house where dad grew many types of vegetables for home. And towards the back of the land lays a …
Lebanese Beef and Kidney Bean Stew Winter is knocking on the door, and it’s time for some nice Lebanese-style stew like Lebanese Beef and Kidney Bean Stew. Fasolia (Phaseolus vulgaris) is the typical name given to different varieties of red …
Loubieh Bi Zait Recipe Wednesdays are “Loubieh bi Zait” days. That’s how it went at home while growing up, with mom setting that day of the week for a traditional tasty dish made from green beans stewed in an onion …
What is Shish Tawook (Chicken Shish Kabob) Lebanese Shish Tawook Recipe can be one of the tastiest Middle Eastern chicken Kabobs around. The name points to its Turkish origins (Tavuk şiş) however it is quite a common chicken bbq dish …
Almond Tea With Honey Recipe I got hit with a bad cold and winter isn’t here yet… Speaking with Mom the other day, she reminded me of her favorite weapon against cold: almond tea with honey. We grew up on …
How to Dry Mint Leaves At Home We used to spend our childhood summers in the village of Hasroun, 5500 feet high in the mountains of North Lebanon. Hasroun is a stone throw from Becharri, the town of the world …