Memorial day cookout
Kebabs
Lebanese Beef Kafta
Main Dishes
Chicken Shawarma
Salads
Chickpea Feta Salad
Main Dishes
Shish Tawook
Main Dishes
Lamb Lollipops
bake something great!
Cookie Recipes
Olive Oil Brownies
Pastry and Sweets
Strawberry Jam Bars
Cookie Recipes
Tahini Chocolate Chip Cookies
Dessert Recipes
Coconut Cake
picnic sides
Vegetarian Recipes
Labneh Green Goddess
Salads
Lebanese Potato Salad
Side Dishes
Easy Grilled Vegetables
Salads
Olive Salad
Lebanese is the Mediterranean Diet!
Main Dishes
Lebanese Mujadara
Hummus Recipes
Hummus
Mezze Recipes
Lebanese Mezze Platter
Main Dishes
Shish Tawook
Main Dishes
Falafel Bowls
Mediterranean Diet
25 Easy Mediterranean Diet Recipes
Yogurt and Labneh Recipes
How to Make Yogurt
Mediterranean Diet helpful How-To’s:
Ingredients
How to Choose and Use Olive Oil
How-To
How to Cook Chickpeas
How-To
How to sort lentils
How-To
How to chop parsley
How-To
How to dry mint
Great Chicken Recipes
Main Dishes
Lemon Chicken
Main Dishes
Oven-Fried Chicken
Main Dishes
Chicken Shawarma
Main Dishes
Za’atar Chicken
Main Dishes
Simple 7 Spice Chicken
Main Dishes
Mixed Nut Rice Pilaf, Lebanese Hushweh
Summer Sips
Cocktails and Drinks
Aperol Spritz
Cocktails and Drinks
Strawberry Gin Jam Cocktail
Cocktails and Drinks
Fresh Mint Lemonade
Cocktails and Drinks
Frozen Mint Julep
Seasonal Favorite
Lebanese Breads
Pita Bread Recipe
This homemade pita bread recipe yields a super-soft, puffed pita bread that is actually easy to make, easier than you…
New to cooking Lebanese?
Here are some simple recipes to get started.
Salads
Lebanese Salad (Salata)
Ingredients
What is Za’atar, and How to Cook with it
Vegetarian Recipes
Baba Ganoush
Kibbeh Recipes
Lebanese Baked Kibbeh
Sauces & Condiments
Toum Garlic Sauce
Main Dishes
Lebanese Mujadara
Hummus Favorites
Hummus Recipes
Hummus
Hummus Recipes
Hummus Kawarma
Hummus Recipes
Fresh Mint Hummus
Hummus Recipes
Hummus with Spicy Red Pepper
Hummus Recipes
Beet Hummus
Hummus Recipes
Avocado Hummus

Maureen Abood
Hi, Habibi!
I’m so glad you’re here! You’ll find among these pages the fresh and classic Lebanese recipes and flavors we can’t get enough of. My mission is to share my tried and true yet simplified recipes ~ and to help our food-loving community cook, eat, and gather well. What recipes are you looking for? Yalla! Let me know!
How-To
Cooking and baking tasks, simplified. Ahhh, that’s better.
How-To
How to chop parsley
How-To
How to mince garlic
Yogurt and Labneh Recipes
How to Make Yogurt
How-To
How to Cook Chickpeas
How-To
How to clarify butter
Lebanese Baking
The world of Lebanese baking is so special!
Cookie Recipes
Lebanese Mamoul Cookies
Cookie Recipes
Lebanese Kaak Recipe
Cookie Recipes
Lebanese Butter Cookies, or Graybeh
Lebanese Baklawa Recipes
Lebanese Baklawa
Fatayer Recipes
Lebanese Spinach Pie (Fatayer Recipe)
Dessert Recipes
Sticky Date Cake
Preserving
Pickles & Preserves
Strawberry Jam
Pickles & Preserves
Lebanese Pickled Turnips
Pickles & Preserves
Raspberry Jam
Pickles & Preserves
Bread and Butter Sweet Pickle Chips
Recipe Stories
Apricot Jam, and some time to let your mind wander
Vegetarian Favorites
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