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Mediterranean Eggplant Stew With Chickpeas is one of the Lebanese/Mediterranean comfort foods. Traditionally it is served with Lebanese peta bread, and some fresh veggies on the side. My favorite fresh vegetable to serve with this dish is Italian sweet or spicy green peppers along with some fresh onions.
This delicious Sauce is used along many Mediterranean dishes. Some of which are Falafel, Chicken Shawarma, Beef Shawarma, and Swiss Chard Rolls to name a few. It contributes a distinct unique flavor to every dish that no other sauce or flavoring can do.
Manakeesh is a traditional breakfast dish in Lebanon. The toppings are all up to your imagination. Ranging from Zaatar, sausages and cheese, keshek, lamb with onions and seasoning, to anything you could think of. The world is your mankousheh, and all you have to do is create your topping!
This dish is one of my favorite dishes of all times. After stuffed grape leaves that is. This is also my daughter’s favorite dish. She could eat this all week long without complaining, and then ask for it again after she had finished the entire stew by herself. You could use lactose free yogurt for this recipe. I make my own lactose free yogurt by using lactose free, but not dairy free milk. I have never tried it with dairy free yogurt, but I guess there is always something new to experiment with. Who knows, maybe one day I will.
Cauliflower hummus is made with roasted cauliflower which makes it extra flavorful. It is lower in carbs than the traditional hummus, but taste amazing if not even better than the traditional hummus, in my opinion.
This lentil soup recipe is thousands of years old. It is even mentioned in the Bible, the time when Esau sold his birthright to his brother Jacob for a bowl of lentil soup. Even though it is not the most famous dish in Lebanese cuisine, it has been famous in its own right all throughout history. I hope you will like it as much as Esau did, but don’t sell your birthright!