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Fried Shrimp or Prawns with Rice and Vegetables
A tasty, practical recipe for fried shrimp or prawns with rice and vegetables, perfect for the whole family.
How to Make Potato and Frafkhin Pastries
Cheese pastries, potato pastries, and frafkhin pastries. Ingredients: 1 kilo potatoes, minced meat, salt and spices to taste, 1 onion, 2 bunches of frafkhin, sumac, olive oil, and mozzarella cheese. Method: Peel the potatoes, grate them, then squeeze them well to remove...
Homemade Sausage
Sausage is a delicious appetizer. This home-made sausage recipe walks you through every step. Enjoy the sausage fried on its own, or as a topping for pizzas or with eggs.
Granola Balls with Figs and Dates
An exceptionally healthy recipe! But the healthy aspect of this recipe doesn’t negate how delicious it is and how it benefits the whole family. We recommend sharing it with your kids as a healthier alternative to sugary snacks.
Homemade Baklava - with Photos
Why buy baklava ready-made when you can prepare it at home with ease? Try this recipe and you will never buy ready-made baklava again. Tastier and cheaper: the motto of #WhatAreYouCookingToday
Zucchini with Yogurt
A healthy yogurt-based dish suitable for the whole family, especially kids. Bon appetit.
Rice Pudding
Rice pudding is an easy Lebanese dessert and a great recipe for kids! It uses just a few ingredients and is a wholesome treat we recommend trying.
Healthy Cake
Oil-free cake? Flourless cake? Everything is possible, and this recipe is a prime example of a healthy cake.
Muhallabia with Qamar al-Din
Muhallabia is a dessert that works well for guests as well as for the whole family. Enjoy making this easy recipe that combines muhallabia with qamar al-din, and bon appétit.
Oatmeal and Honey Bread - Video
An easy, tested bread recipe using oats and honey with wholesome ingredients—perfect for home baking.
The Sfoof
The Sfoof are Middle Eastern desserts prepared in various ways, yet they are delicious and wholesome thanks to saffron knot (turmeric).
Farfihin Pastries (Purslane)
Spread the flour, roll out the dough, and you’ll feel instantly at ease! This is one of those soothing remedies you can’t go wrong with, and we’re sure this isn’t just true for us :) After this introduction and encouragement, why not make some Farfihin pastries?
Delicious Custard Biscuits
Custard biscuits... couldn't be easier. Be creative and make these custard cookies to impress your guests and children. Enjoy them yourself with hot drinks.
How to Make Marzipan Dessert - Video
Marzipan, also known as marsaban or marzaban, is a recipe that goes by different names such as luzina or almond paste. It is a very tasty, elegant sweet that is perfect for special occasions.
Homemade Manakeesh Dough
Manakeesh comes in many varieties—thyme, cheese, or kishk. It is one of the tastiest and most famous breakfast dishes in Lebanon and the Levant. Try making the Sho Tabkhin Today dough and share your thoughts in the comments.
How to Make Raw Meat Kibbeh
Meat kibbeh is one of those unbeatable recipes, especially as it is one of the famous Lebanese mezza or appetizers served with tabbouleh. A plate of kibbeh can also be served as a main dish.
Batbout (Flatbread) without Semolina
A successful homemade batbout recipe made with flour and no semolina. Perfect for serving shawarma or any other meat filling you prefer.
Fried Maakoron Sweets
Maakoron are traditional Arab fried sweets with a crisp texture. Simple ingredients and easy to make—deep-fried, then dipped in cold sugar syrup (qatar/shira) and served.

















