Lychee and labneh frozen yogurt
For those of you still fighting cold weather, I am sincerely sorry; temperatures are in the high nineties over here and about the only retail eateries always full of people are frozen yogurt shops. Well, labneh is drained yogurt, right? I had a jar of store-bought labneh in the...
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Pasta with zucchini and labneh sauce
Temperatures are hovering around 99F; this pasta is light and quick to prepare. All you need is a pot of yogurt, some zucchini and a little garlic. A basil bush on your windowsill would not hurt either. INGREDIENTS: 8 ounces of pasta 8 ounces of labneh (to make it...
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Grape Molasses and tahini rolls
About a hundred years ago, grape molasses was the sweet of choice in rural Lebanon. Mixed with water and orange blossom essence for a summer drink, mixed with bread and ghee for a quick pudding, mixed with flour for some cookies, with bulgur, with chick peas…the list is very...
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Goat chili with red lentils
Goat meat is very lean, so if you are considering reducing red meat from your diet, it is a good option. You will have a bowl of this chili made with goat meat, and you will not get the usual feeling of heaviness that comes from eating fatty...
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Cornbread
What is Southern, easy, popular and goes with just everything? Cornbread, that’s what! I picked a recipe, added some corn and diced peppers and frosted it with Puck (your favorite cream cheese spread will do fine) and fresh corn. INGREDIENTS: 8 INCH CORN CAKE 1 cup of stone-ground cornmeal...
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Chocolate truffles
Chocolate is such a personal thing. I almost feel the same with chocolate as I do with perfume. I would hesitate to offer someone chocolate (as perfume) unless I knew exactly what they liked. By the way, have you heard of Le Whif? The idea here is to sniff...
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Ham and cheese roll (Brazilian)
Brazil is a second motherland for more Lebanese folks than there are in Lebanon; naturally, Lebanese immigrants to Brazil have imported their kibbeh and their tabbouleh to their adopted homeland; in return, they have espoused all things Brazilian. This sandwich, called enroladinho de presunto e queijo is a Brazilian...
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Spiced raw garbanzo beans
When garbanzos get harvested, one can find them in Lebanon sold from street vendors on the side of the road, in big bushy bunches with their tender husks; people will buy them and spend a leisurely afternoon peeling them and eating them with a glass of arak or beer....
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Chicken croquettes
INGREDIENTS: 20 croquettes 3/4 pound of ground chicken (with a bit of fat) 1 egg 1/4 cup (packed) of minced herbs, such as basil and cilantro 1/2 cup of shredded kashkaval cheese (or any hard cheese such as swiss or cheddar) 2 cloves of garlic, mashed in a mortar with...
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