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Lebanese eggplant on a blue platter with tahini sauce

Lebanese Vegetarian and Vegan Recipes

Read More → Avocado hummus with olive oil and sumac in a round dish

Avocado Hummus

Read More → Tahini sauce in a bowl with a whisk

How to Make Great Tahini Sauce

Read More → Apple pie on a rack with sugar and spoon

Best Pie Crust Tips

Read More → Fine and coarse bulgur side by side in a blue bowl

What is Bulgur?

Read More → Dry freekeh in a blue dish

What is Freekeh?

Read More → Bowl of lentil tomato soup on the counter

Lentil Bulgur Soup with Mint Olive Oil

Read More → Kir Royale with frozen berries

Kir Royale with frozen berries

Read More → Vegan Coconut Oil Pie Crust crimped

Coconut Oil Pie Crust

Read More → Roasted cauliflower on a sheet pan with foil

Roasted Cauliflower Shawarma

Read More → Roasted New Potatoes in a blue striped bowl on the counter

Roasted New Potatoes with Mint

Read More → Basil oil in three plates on the counter

Basil Dipping Oil

Read More → Rhubarb tart with pistachios on a sheet pan

Rhubarb Pistachio Tart

Read More → Sauteed squash cores in a little bowl

Koosa Core Saute

Read More → Fresh Mint Slushie with fresh mint and cucumbers on the counter

Fresh Mint Slushie

Read More → Quinoa Protein Salad in a Deruta serving dish

Quinoa Protein Salad

Read More → Avocado tahini dip with sesame seeds and crudite

Avocado Tahini Dip

Read More → Broccolini with Pine Nut Sauce and Sumac

Broccolini with Pine Nut Sauce

Read More → Pistachio baklawa made with olive oil, cut in pieces in the pan

Olive Oil Baklawa with Pistachios

Read More → Hummus with olives, pine nuts, and crostini

Hummus with Olives, Pine Nuts and Olive Oil Crostini

Read More → Red beet hummus with beets and sesame seeds in a bowl

Red Beet Hummus

Read More → Arugula mujadara platter

Arugula, Avocado and Mujadara Platter

Read More → White beans with za'atar roasted tomatoes and olive oil, in a vintage blue pasta bowl

White Beans with Za’atar Roasted Tomatoes and Olive Oil

Read More → Bread and Butter Sweet Pickle Chicops

Bread and Butter Sweet Pickle Chips

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Vegetarian Stuffed Koosa

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Raspberry Rose Jelly

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Tart Cherry Sorbet Sundaes with Amarena Cherries

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Fresh Mint Hummus

Read More → Hummus topped with spicy sauteed red peppers

Hummus topped with Spicy Sauteed Red Pepper

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No Butter Pie Crust

Read More → Cranberry sauce with rose water, MaureenAbood.com

Cranberry Sauce with Rose Water & Pistachios

Read More → Roasted brussels sprouts with red onion, toasted hazelnuts, and mulberry syrup, MaureenAbood.com

Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Toasted Hazelnuts

Read More → Lebanese rice with pine nuts and mushrooms in a blue bowl

Mom’s Special Lebanese Rice

Read More → Za'atar flatbread on a pizza peel, Maureen Abood

A new Za’atar Flatbread recipe to love

Read More → Tomato kibbeh on a blue and white platter with mint and olive oil, Maureen Abood

Tomato Kibbeh

Read More → Top of Simple Rasbperry Jam in a Ball jar on a blue and white plate with spoon, Maureen Abood

Simple Raspberry Jam Recipe

Read More → Tomato salsa topped with fresh mint in a bowl, surrounded by pita bread on a platter

Spicy Lebanese Salsa

Read More → Malfouf salad, MaureenAbood.com

Lebanese Cabbage Slaw, Malfouf Salad

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Lebanese Fattoush Salad

Read More → Baked pita chips on a sheet pan

Baked Pita Chips! And how the video got going (cousin-love).

Read More → Smooth hummus in the food processor, Maureen Abood

Your Guide to the Best Smooth Hummus You Can Make or Eat.

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Koosa Fatayar (a.k.a.: savory zucchini pies)

Read More → Tahini date granola bars, MaureenAbood.com

Tahini-Date Granola Bars, with Dried Apricots. A strong start.

Read More → Vegetable soup Lebanese style in a bowl

Lebanese Vegetable Soup with Chickpeas and Kale

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Sumac Roasted Sweet Potatoes

Read More → Za'atar roasted pumpkin seeds, Maureen Abood

Za’atar Roasted Pumpkin Seeds

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Lebanese Panzanella Salad

Read More → Toasted Bulgur Pilaf with Zucchini, MaureenAbood.com

Toasted Bulgur Pilaf with Zucchini. Never too much.

Read More → Salted Tahini Avocado Toast on a blue floral plate with blue linen napkin.

Salted Tahini Avocado Toast

Read More → Ripe honeydew melon with a cup of fresh mint syrup and lemon wedges, on a white plate, Maureen Abood.com

Melon with Fresh Mint Syrup, a thank-you note

Read More → Quinoia tabbouleh with mint, onion, tomato, and parsley on a white platter, MaureenAbood.com

Quinoa Tabbouleh Recipe

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Homemade Power Bars Recipe: Apricot Almond

Read More → Falafel on a blue plate with dipping sauce

Homemade Falafel Recipe

Read More → Baba Gannouj on a plate with pomegranate seeds

Baba Gannouj Recipe, a super bowl…

Read More → Za'atar Potatoes, MaureenAbood.com

Za’atar Roasted Potato Wedges Recipe. And always on my mind.

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Citrus Salad Recipe, and a new Middle Eastern cookbook

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Apple Chips, and an aunt learns how to field trip

Read More → Peeled Chickpeas, Maureen Abood Market

Pre-Peeled Chickpeas. A homemade hummus game-changer.

Read More → Cucumber Tomato Salad, Maureen Abood.com

Lebanese Cucumber & Tomato Salad with Mint

Read More → Za'atar kale chips, MaureenAbood.com

Za’atar Kale Chips, and a family story

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Homemade Apricot-Lime Fruit Leather

Read More → Square dish with barley picnic salad and a big spoon, in Mom's hands

Barley Picnic Salad, and 4th of July in Harbor Springs

Read More → Vegetarian Grapeleaves, MaureenAbood.com

Vegetarian Grape Leaves (gluten-free and vegan too…)

Read More → Grape leaves on the vine

How to identify, clean, and store fresh grape leaves

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White Asparagus with Pistachio Oil & Lemon

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Candied Kumquats Recipe (over ice cream)

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French Lentils with Dijon

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Apricot-Walnut Granola with Orange Blossom, and a new life

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Crunchy Roast Chickpeas with Za’atar, good and good for you

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Roasted Butternut Squash with Tahini and Pine Nuts

Read More → Muhammara, roasted red bell pepper dip with pita bread

Roasted red pepper-walnut dip, Muhammara

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Technique: How to Slice, Roast, and Peel a Red Pepper

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Ingredient: Red Bell Peppers

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Quick Mixed Pickles

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Ingredient: Produce, the mother lode

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Whitefish dinner: New potatoes with dill

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Ingredient: Little coosa, little summer squash

Read More → Fried cauliflower with tahini sauce

A July Menu: Delicious Lebanese Vegan

Read More → Radish and Arugula Salad, MaureenAbood.com

Radish & arugula salad. Here let us feast.

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Serious Garlic Sauce, or Toum

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Lebanese Potato Salad

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Technique: How to cook potatoes perfectly for salad

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Ingredient: Potatoes

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Have homemade granola bars, will travel. To Lebanon.

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Fattoush salad, and poetry, in motion

Read More → Lebanese spinach pies on a blue floral plate, Maureen Abood

Lebanese Spinach Pies, or fatayar, or whatever

Read More → Warm Almond Stuffed Dates with Lime Zest, MaureenAbood.com

Warm Almond-Stuffed Dates with Lime Zest; a California story

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Technique: How to prepare Swiss Chard

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Mmmm Mmmm Mujadara, Lebanese lentil pilaf

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Leeks in Olive Oil, and scenes from the farm market

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Lebanese Olive Salad, and Our Town

Read More → Fried cauliflower with tahini sauce

Fried Cauliflower, and this time last year

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Lebanese Tomato Salad. Let juice run down your chin.

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Tabbouleh makes me shake-shake my bootie

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Pickled Turnips, and an introduction to Aunt Hilda

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Porch time: Strawberry Rose Lemonade (Part II)

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