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How to Make Potato Gratin in a Baking Dish
How to make potato gratin in a baking dish in a delicious, very practical recipe that can be served alongside many meat and chicken dishes. One of the best dishes in French cuisine.
Cucumber and Yogurt Salad
Cucumber and yogurt salad is one of the tastiest and easiest salads ever! It is very refreshing, especially in summer, and very delicious alongside rice dishes with meat and chicken.
How to Make Awamat?
Awamat in a wonderful homemade, crispy recipe... Learn to make fried awamat at home instead of buying them ready-made. Frying them in two stages is essential to achieve the desired result.
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.
Oven-Roasted Chicken
A very tasty oven-roasted chicken recipe — highly recommended. This method keeps the meat juicy, even the breast. There’s a little trick in the recipe that helps the chicken brown like in restaurants!
Mexicana in Tortilla Bread
Mexicana in tortilla bread — two recipes in one. Find an easy method for the Mexicana meat, plus how to make tortillas for the sandwiches!
Curry Rice with Vegetables
Curry rice with vegetables — an easy, flavorful recipe. Serve with salad or alongside a meat dish. Enjoy!
Lahm bi Ajeen (Sfiha)
Lahm bi ajeen — also called sfiha or safiha — is a satisfying, delicious flat meat pastry. Serve with plain yogurt or a squeeze of lemon.
Pan-Fried Biftak Beef
An easy homemade biftak beef recipe with just a few ingredients and a simple paprika-based marinade. Serve with salad, potatoes and sautéed vegetables.
Crispy Chicken
Marinated chicken pieces coated and fried or baked until crisp. You can deep-fry for extra crunch or bake for a lighter result.
Steak with Mushroom Sauce
A rich, satisfying steak with mushroom cream sauce. Cooking cream adds a lovely flavor to sauces served with meat or chicken—try this delicious recipe.
Tripoli-Style Lahm Bi'Ajin (Meat Flatbreads)
Tripoli in northern Lebanon is famed for its savory dishes. This recipe reveals the secret to preparing lahm bi'ajin in authentic Tripoli style.
How to Make Flemish Endive
A very easy way to prepare endive. Fried endive, in all its forms, is one of the tastiest and most nutritious appetizers, and it is suitable for anemia, in addition to its delicious flavor with a squeeze of lemon.
Chicken and Potato Stew
Chicken and potato stew, also called "rosto"—though it is definitely different from meat rosto. Here is the tastiest way to make this stew with chicken breast, and you can also make it with thighs.
Chicken Noodle Soup
Chicken noodle soup... very simple and easy, and also special because it's delicious on its own or served alongside all kinds of rice dishes, especially Eastern rice with ground meat!
The Best Maghli (Caraway Pudding)
Our best maghli (caraway) from Shu Tabkhin Al-Youm — maghli is one of the most delicious Levantine sweets, traditionally served especially when celebrating a newborn!
How to Make Maghli (Caraway Pudding)
How to make maghli (caraway pudding) in a tasty, reliable home-cooked recipe. Maghli is a distinctive Levantine sweet often served for birth celebrations or any occasion. It takes time and effort, but the result is outstanding.
Turkish Pide (Turkish Meat Pies)
Turkish pide — a distinctive pastry recipe. The filling is flavorful and well-balanced. Try this recipe — you’ll love it.

















