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Grilled Meat Marinade
A good grilled meat marinade is essential to make the meat flavorful and tender, not just a piece of grilled meat! Try this delicious, tried-and-true mix for the tastiest grilled meat skewers.
Pan-Fried Potatoes with Ground Beef, Onion and Fennel
Pan-fried potato cubes mixed with ground beef, onion and fennel — a very easy, quick and tasty dish. Serve as a side or as a main with fattoush or any salad you like.
Easy Meshabbak (Arabic Funnel Fritters)
An extremely easy, clear recipe for meshabbak. This popular traditional sweet is an old favorite that never goes out of style.
Sweet-and-Sour Thai Salad
Sweet-and-sour Thai-style salad — a wonderful mix of vegetables and fruit with a tangy dressing. Fresh, bright flavors and colors that will impress before you even taste it. Perfect as a starter for any lunch or dinner.
Potato Croquettes
Potato croquettes stuffed with mozzarella, breaded and fried until crispy — delicious served alongside chicken or beef steaks and many other dishes.
Sugar-Coated Chocolate Cookies
Sugar-coated chocolate cookies are a delicious treat your kids will love! Try this recipe from #WhatAreWeCookingToday — we guarantee you'll be making them again!
Oven-Baked Kofta Fingers
Oven-baked kofta... a rich meal in a short time. Prepare the kofta mixture, shape it into fingers, then bake it in the oven with onions and tomatoes. Serve with potatoes, salad, especially Biwaz, and a side of hummus mutabal also pairs perfectly :)
Easy Eggplant Fatteh with Ground Meat
Eggplant fatteh is one of the most popular vegetarian dishes in the Levant. You can prepare and serve fatteh with chickpeas or eggplant, always with a yogurt-and-garlic mixture for a very delicious dish rich in ingredients. ...
Date and Walnut Maamoul Fingers
Date and walnut maamoul fingers are a delicious, easy-to-make dessert to prepare at home. Serve these date-and-walnut ma’amoul fingers for special occasions and holidays as a variation on traditional ma’amoul.
How to Make Kamouna Spice Blend
Kamouna spice blend is a richly flavored mix that gives kibbeh and faraqa their distinctive taste. The Kamouna mix can be kept vegetarian, using only tomatoes, onions, and olive oil.
Shrimp Fatteh Recipe
Shrimp Fatteh blends traditional chickpea and eggplant layers with succulent shrimp. A creative and tasty recipe that will elevate any table.
How Do You Make the Easiest Cheese Dessert?
Cheese dessert is a beloved traditional recipe enjoyed year-round, and it has a special place on the Ramadan sweets table. Enjoy making this easy, tested homemade version.
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...
Kibbeh in a Pan
A traditional pan-baked kibbeh recipe. This version guides you through preparing the kibbeh dough, layering with a seasoned beef filling, and baking until golden.
How to Make Fried Kibbeh - With Pictures
A step-by-step illustrated recipe for making fried kibbeh in the traditional way. You can shape the fried kibbeh into round patties or any other shape you like.
Orange Basbousa
A simple, delicious orange-flavored basbousa, a refreshing variation on the traditional semolina cake.
How to Make Samoun Bread
A simple and delicious guide to making Samoun bread (the traditional Samoun loaf) at home, with approachable steps.
How to Make Muftaqa
Muftaqa is one of the most popular traditional dishes from Beirut. This recipe shows you how to make muftaqa clearly and in the original style followed in the Lebanese capital, Beirut.

















