Labneh and Makdous salad

Tangy creamy and addictive. This labneh and makdous salad is the best way to enjoy the flavors of the middle east

Palestinian zaatar rolls

Soft and fluffy rolls filled with a blend of zaatar and nutty olive oil. They are perfect for breakfast, lunchboxes or as a side kick for your favorite soup or salad

Middle eastern okra casserole (Bamieh)

For most people, the word okra conjures up one of three images:
Gumbo
Indian food
Slime (and not the fun slime that seems to be everywhere you look nowadays)

Well for today, I want to add another picture to that group. One that is just as tasty as the first two yet has nothing to do with the third.

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Palestinian lentils and rice (Musalwaa)

I have not posted a new Arabic flavor recipe in quite some time! Come to think of it, […]

Galayet bandora

I am currently on vacation in Jordan 🙂 so I will keep this post short but I promise […]

Palestinian zaatar fatayer

“Tastes, smells, plants and food are the anchors of memory ” Lien and Nerlich Politics of Food (2004) Humans are […]

Date and orange jam bars (Mabroosheh)

It’s been two weeks since my last post, I am so sorry for the absence. My kids had […]

Palestinian date ring cookies “kaak bi ajwa”

Isn’t it funny how a certain smell, flavor or image can conjure up a world of memories?

Somehow it is never the elaborate recipes or the fancy meals, it is a bowl of soup in your mum’s kitchen on a cold day, a cup of peach icetea across the table from a dear friend, a fresh loaf of bread from your grandmother’s oven, the cookies you made for your kids’ class and stayed up till 2 in the morning decorating and packing them, the salad you made for your best friend and forgot the parsley.