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Baked Doughnuts
Baked doughnuts made with a very tasty, tried-and-true recipe. They’re definitely lighter and healthier than doughnuts fried in oil... Try the recipe and they’ll be healthier for your kids too!
Rice with Lobia
Rice with lobia in a practical recipe! You can cook the lobia ahead of time with oil and onion, then use the leftovers in this dish. A delicious vegetarian recipe served with yogurt or salad.
Eggplant with Pomegranate Molasses Sauce
Eggplant with pomegranate molasses sauce... one of the tastiest appetizer dishes. We grill the eggplant after brushing it with a little oil to get the best flavor with fewer calories! Pomegranate molasses and eggplant are a perfect match!
How to Make Saffron Rice with Meat
Saffron rice with boiled and roasted meat shanks! An irresistible recipe, perfect for the most special occasions, explained from A to Z.
Semolina Kibbeh Dessert with Cream or Cream Cheese Filling
Semolina kibbeh is a sweet unlike any other. We recommend making it to impress your family and guests. It can be filled with cream or cream cheese, as you like.
How to Make Fried, Grilled, and Boiled Fawari'gh
Fawari'gh made at home in a delicious recipe, with three different serving methods! It is essential to follow the highest standards of hygiene before you start stuffing the fawari'gh, and the rest is very easy!
Lettuce, Avocado and Beet Salad
A light, simple lettuce-and-avocado salad — just a few ingredients and minutes to prepare. How about serving it with walnuts too? :)
Dough for Pastries
A single, versatile dough for many uses — from filled rolls to pizza, honeycomb pastries and more. We hope you try it!
Mixed Vegetable Manzala with Meat
Vegetable manzala with meat — a practical, easy, and hearty recipe. Served with bread or rice. You can omit the meat to make a vegetarian version cooked in oil.
Maamoul with Marzipan (Marseban) Filling
This Maamoul filled with marseban (almond/pistachio paste) combines a traditional maamoul dough with a French-style marseban filling. Try this wonderful recipe—you’ll love it.
Arugula (Rocket) Salad
Arugula (rocket) salad — a light, flavorful salad that each cook customizes (some add walnuts, others add pomegranate). Excellent with meats, lentils, rice or bulgur.
Light Falafel (No Fava Beans)
A light falafel made without fava beans — chickpeas and potato only. Very gentle on the stomach because it won’t absorb much oil while frying. Try this method, you’ll love it.
How to Make the Easiest Chicken and Vegetable Soup
A wonderful chicken and vegetable soup recipe! What makes this soup special is that it contains no oil or butter, and it can be served with a little toasted or fried bread. You can also add a tablespoon of butter, if desired, or a chicken bouillon cube.
Lentil Rashta Soup
An unconventional, fresh way to prepare Rashta lentil soup, this time with dough filled with meat and reminiscent of Shish Barak. Try this recipe and you’ll get a delicious lentil rashta with a new flavor.
Chinese Chicken Salad
A salad from Chinese cuisine that combines boiled chicken and shrimp... Try this recipe as a change from the familiar traditional salads.
Chocolate Head
We have long refrained from using the name "Head of the Slave," believing that this term is outdated and carries, even if unintentionally, racist connotations that we and our site and followers want no part of. We therefore decided to rename this recipe: "Chocolate Head."
Fesenjan
Fesenjan is a famous dish from Iraqi cuisine made with chicken and walnuts... Have you tried it before? If you love sweet-and-sour flavor combinations, this dish is for you!
Easy Qatayef Batter
An easy, delicious, and tried-and-true qatayef batter recipe you can make at home with no trouble at all. The filling is up to you, depending on what you have on hand: pistachios, walnuts and sugar, or even cheese. Enjoy!

















