Labneh is used in our Lebanese breakfast, great with olives, tomatoes ,and used as cream base in the Lebanese pasta dish.
you can make Labneh ( creamy yogurt cheese ) from plain yogurt by using cheese cloth to drain the extra water out of it .just pour the yogurt in the cheesecloth , Bring up the sides...
This is the best Macaroni recipe better and healthier then Macaroni and cheese, very easy to make.
Prep time 10 min cook time 15 min Level easy
Ingredients
One Macaroni box or any kinds of pasta , I prefer the regular pasta.
1 cup of Labneh
1 tsp of minced garlic
1 tbsp of vegetable shortening
Dry...
This dish in America will probably will be in the soup category but in Lebanon it is consider to be a main meal,the base of it is lentil, spinach or Swiss chard and lemon juice it is delicious, healthy and filling in the same time, I promise you are going to love this dish .
Prep time 45 cook time...
Tabouleh is number one Lebanese salad , it is basicaly a Paresly salad very very delicious and healthy .
Prep time 35min cook time 0 min Level easy
Ingredients
2 parsley bunch
2 medium tomato
1 cucumber
1 small onion
1 tbsp mint
1 cup of burgle ( crushed wheat)
2 squeezed lemon
1/2 cup olive...
You have your Lebanon and its dilemma. I have my Lebanon and its beauty. Your Lebanon is an arena for men from the West and men from the East.
My Lebanon is a flock of birds fluttering in the early morning as shepherds lead their sheep into the meadow and rising in the evening as farmers return from...
This recipe I learned from my grandma. It is a very simple and good way of saving the milk specially when it is close to the expiration day.
Ingredients
1/2 gallon of milk
2 tbsp of plain yogurt (yes, you need at least one tbsp of existing yogurt )
Couple thick blankets.
Direction
In a medium...
Beans Fatta or Beans casserole
This is basically pita breads and garbanzo beans casserole , it is very popular in Lebanon some people call it fatta and other call it tisiqyeh .
Prep time 15 min cook time 30min Level easy
Ingredients
2 cups of dry garbanzo beans
2 cups of yogurt
2 tbsp tahini (sesame...
Bamyeh (pronounced bam-ee-ya) is the best (Okra) dish
This is one of my favorite meals, the pomegranate sauce with the okra is just wonderful. even if you are not an okra`s fan you are going to change your mind and love this dish .
Prep time 40 min cook time 25 min Level Medium
Ingredients
2 lbs...
Spinach with Meat balls
This is a very simple dish with a lot of flavor .
Prep time 25 min cook time 38min Level easy
Ingredients
4 lbs of frozen chopped spinach
about 1 lbs of ground beef (20 % fat )
1 tsp of 7 spices
1/3 tsp black pepper
1/3 tsp cinnamon
1 tbsp vegetable oil
2 cups of yogurt
1...
This is the most herbs used in the Lebanese kitchen
Note there is more then this five but this what used the most
Dry mint
Bay leaves
Cilantro
Parsley
Thyme