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Coconut Cake
Coconut cake is one of the most delicious drier-style cakes and is very easy to make. Sprinkle coconut on top and don’t forget the syrup. Be sure to let it cool completely before slicing.
Everyday Dry Cake
A successful homemade everyday cake recipe. Several details in this recipe make the cake turn out great and rise a lot even though it uses only two eggs.
Easy Homemade Shaibiyat
Homemade Shaibiyat — an unbelievably easy recipe using ready-made phyllo pastry and a simple cream filling. No need to buy Ramadan sweets when you can make them this easily.
Homemade Hareesa (Semolina Cake)
Homemade hareesa — a special recipe everyone loves. Despite its richness, it has a light texture, so you may find yourself eating more than one piece without feeling like you've had much :)
Butter Cookies (Biscuit)
Butter cookies — a classic, beloved biscuit. Easy and affordable to make at home with simple, common ingredients.
Pineapple Caramel Cake
Pineapple cake made with crème caramel, no oven required — an inventive, tasty and easy chilled dessert. Kids will love it, especially when decorated with pineapple pieces.
Ma'karoun Fried Sweets (Ma'karoun)
Ma'karoun — an old-fashioned, popular fried sweet soaked in syrup. Rich and indulgent, it’s a longtime favorite. Here’s how to make it.
Oatmeal Cookies
A very special oatmeal cookie recipe — wholesome and delicious. These cookies combine oats with chocolate chips and dried fruit. Walnuts can be added if you like :)
Homemade Pizza Sauce
Pizza sauce the traditional way. The blend of herbs and seasonings gives it a wonderful taste, just like store-bought — if not better. Why buy ready-made when we can make it at home?
Cold Mosaic Cake
Mosaic cake, in a recipe that is truly delicious. A refreshing chilled cake, especially since it contains jelly pieces. This cake is a little unusual, new, and perfect for children's birthday parties.
Armenian-Style Oil-Stuffed Fasting Eggplant (Yalanji)
Armenian-style oil-stuffed fasting eggplant, also known as yalanji — a very popular Syrian recipe. We recommend trying it, especially since it’s vegetarian and light.
How to Pour Chocolate
A detailed, precise home recipe for pouring chocolate — includes the fine points needed to successfully make chocolate pieces at home. The method is easy, but there are a few secrets :)
Meat Musakhan with Saj Bread
Meat musakhan with saj bread — meat rolls with onions and sumac. A distinctive, very tasty recipe served with soup or salad. You can also make it using leftover cooked meat.
Pudding Cake
Pudding cake — a very special, very easy no-bake dessert. Kids love it and the chocolate sauce on top enhances the flavor.
Qawarma Meat
How to make qawarma meat with an easy, tried-and-tested homemade recipe! Qawarma is one of the Lebanese pantry staples, often prepared at the end of summer to be used during the cold winter months. It is fried and salted meat, known in some Arab countries as dried meat or "qadeed." It is usually served with fried eggs or added over seasoned hummus, as well as many traditional Lebanese dishes.
Dried Fig Jam
Traditional dried fig jam — homemade is always best. Nuts and toasted sesame make the jam exceptional. The method is simple.
Fish Fillet Kabsa
Kabsa is one of the most popular and delicious dishes. Here is an easy way to make it with fish fillet, and the result is wonderful, on par with chicken or meat kabsa, with the added bonus of being quicker to prepare.
Oven-Baked Sardine Tray
Oven-baked sardines — easier and healthier than frying. Sardines are a seasonal, very nutritious small fish. Serve with a squeeze of lemon or tartar sauce and eat with bread.

















