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How to Make Vegetable Sambousek
Sambousek is one of the tastiest appetizers and side dishes served at celebrations. Here is a recipe for one of the best vegetable sambousek fillings, and you can use the same dough to make meat or cheese sambousek.
Eggplant Salad with Pomegranate Molasses
Eggplant salad with tart pomegranate in a nontraditional recipe. Super delicious alongside many dishes, especially mujaddara, fried vegetables, or upside-down potatoes with onions. It can also be eaten with bread as a complete healthy meal on its own.
Pickled Turnips
Pickled turnips, or kabees el lift, made with an easy homemade recipe and a delicious result. Turnips are one of the tastiest vegetables to pickle, and they are especially good served alongside different dishes, especially mujaddara and a bowl of ful medames.
Beirut Rabbit Kibbeh
Rabbit kibbeh... who knows this old traditional Beirut dish? For those who don’t, it’s a dish of kibbeh meat patties cooked in a tahini sauce with onions and citrus juice. Very delicious and distinctive.
Beef Tray Bake with Peppers, Tomatoes, and Onions
A beef tray bake with onions, tomatoes, sweet peppers, and hot peppers. An easy, practical recipe that can be served with potatoes or rice, as desired.
Oven-Roasted Beef
A very delicious oven-roasted beef recipe. If you don’t have the time or setup to cook over charcoal, try this super-tasty oven method—just be sure to marinate the meat in advance!
How to Make Maghli or Karawiya
Maghli is a delicious dessert made from sugar, finely ground rice, and spices. It requires frequent stirring during preparation, but you can lower the heat and stir occasionally to make it easier. Serve with nuts.
How to Make Tabbouleh
Authentic Lebanese tabbouleh. Eat it wrapped in cabbage or lettuce leaves or with a spoon — it’s perfect with fries and all kinds of grilled meats.
How to Make Hummus with Tahini
Hummus with tahini is one of the tastiest Lebanese appetizers. It’s delicious with grilled meat or beef shawarma—don’t forget to drizzle olive oil on top before serving!
Easiest Beef Shawarma Recipe
Homemade beef shawarma made easy. It's important to marinate the shawarma overnight so the meat softens and absorbs the desired flavor.
Avocado Sauce and Cocktail Sauce
Avocado sauce is a distinctive, delicious accompaniment for many chicken and meat dishes—like chicken kebabs or fajitas. Cocktail sauce is even easier—give it a try.
Potato Salad with Za'atar
A light, healthy, and flavorful vegetarian potato salad made with boiled potatoes, chopped vegetables, za'atar and a lemon–olive oil dressing.
Beef and Vegetable Soup
A hearty beef and vegetable soup — a delicious winter favorite that pairs beautifully with rice. You can make the same recipe using chicken breast instead of beef.
Yellow Lentil Soup
Yellow lentil soup — a popular, light, and delicious soup that's quick to prepare. This version adds vegetables and finishes with cumin and a squeeze of lemon for great flavor.
Lentil Soup with Tomatoes
A very easy, flavorful lentil soup with tomatoes and vegetables. Soups of all kinds are very healthy and especially good in cold weather or when you have a cold.
Grape Leaves in Oil
Grape leaves in oil are a widely known vegetarian dish in the Levant. You can prepare this tasty dish as a main course or as a side with meat or fish.
Stuffed and Roasted Chicken in the Oven
A very delicious recipe for serving rice with chicken. Try it and share your thoughts with us in the comments!
How to Make Hummus Masbaha
Hummus masbaha is a very easy recipe, especially suitable for breakfast! It tastes delicious with pickles and fresh vegetables, and it is not complete without olive oil on top.

















