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Middle Eastern Foods

Category: Middle Eastern Foods

apricot mousse in a sherbet glass topped with three apricot slices and chopped walnuts

Middle Eastern Apricot Mousse With Nut Crumble Layers (Mish Mish)

Quinoa Tabouli

Quinoa Tabouli

Traditional foods and Trim Healthy Mama... Can the 2 go hand-in-hand? Yes! Because E meals and snacks with traditional foods are the hardest to find, here's a boat load of ideas -- so you don't have to resort to low-fat, store-bought foods to fill in the gaps.

47 Trim Healthy Mama E Meals & Snacks With Traditional Foods

Middle Eastern Kefir Cheese Balls {with free video!} | In today's free video and recipe, I show you a traditional Middle Eastern method of preserving yogurt cheese that requires no refrigeration. My grandmother and namesake, Tata Wardee, who has passed away, always had jars full of yogurt cheese balls available to add to our plates at breakfast, lunch and dinner! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Middle Eastern Kefir Cheese Balls {with free video!}

dipping a piece of flatbread in a bowl of zatar and olive oil

Homemade Za’atar Seasoning (Middle Eastern Spice Blend)

Sourdough Lavash: A Traditional Armenian Flatbread

Sourdough Lavash: A Traditional Armenian Flatbread

Halvah (Middle Eastern Honey-Sesame Candy) | Halvah is my absolute favorite Middle Eastern treat. I usually make it around Easter-time. The sweet honey and sesame tahini match my celebration of the Savior's resurrection and the coming of Spring. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Halvah (Honey-Sesame Candy)

manakish (Middle Eastern pizza) topped with labneh cheese, za'atar seasoning and herbs

Manakish (Middle Eastern Pizza)

lamb roast sprinkled with spices and potatoes

Mediterranean Instant Pot Lamb Roast With Potatoes

Its finally time to move the cooking outside, play yard games, and enjoy the heat! We've gotcha covered with these nourishing grill and barbecue dishes, drinks, and desserts! Traditional Cooking School

92 Nourishing Grill & Barbecue Dishes, Drinks, & Desserts

hand holding up a piece of mediterranean sourdough pizza topped with cheeses, tomatoes, bell peppers, onions, and artichoke hearts

Homemade Sourdough Mediterranean Pizza (with ancient wheat einkorn!)

Mujadareh

Mujadareh

hand holding a falafel ball that has had a bite taken out of it, to show the moist inside, with a bowl of falafels, sliced cucumbers, tzatziki sauce, and fresh dill in the background

Air Fryer Green Falafel With Tzatziki Sauce (THM:E)

hummus garnished with a swirl of olive oil and za'atar in a bowl with tomatoes and herbs around

White Bean Instant Pot Hummus (Stove Top Option!)

shepherd's pie in clear glass baking dish

Middle Eastern Shepherd’s Pie With Lamb (Kibbit Batata)

Mediterranean Cucumber-Tomato-Mint Salad | When the cucumbers and tomatoes are in season, I go a little crazy. Can you blame me? We eat 1 of 3 cucumber and/or tomato salads just about every day. Here's one of my favorites! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Mediterranean Cucumber-Tomato-Mint Salad

Lacto-Fermented Hummus | Yesterday, I made our family's traditional hummus -- a recipe handed down from my grandmother and namesake, Tata Wardee. However, there was a difference: this time I lacto-fermented it! Yeah, yeah, by now you know that I try to ferment just about everything. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Lacto-Fermented Hummus

Arabic Meatloaf with Potatoes (Kiftet Batatta)

Arabic Meatloaf with Potatoes (Kiftet Batatta)

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30-Minute Skillet Dishes

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Healthy Dinner In 30 Minutes ...While Spending $0 Extra!