A good tzatziki makes any kebab sandwich or schwarma sandwich even more delicious. I first had tzatziki at Albasha (when we lived in Baton Rouge), except at Albasha it’s called Grecian Sauce. Whatever you want to call it, it’s worth making. We made chicken kebabs and served the chicken in a pita with some chopped [...]
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Tzatziki aka Grecian Sauce
Published by September 1st, 2009 in 5 Stars, Easy Preparation, Entertaining, Family Recipe, Fish, Middle Eastern and Sauce. ClosedChicken Shawarma
Published by January 20th, 2009 in 5 Stars, Cooking Light, Easy Preparation, Entertaining, Kid Approved, Middle Eastern, Poultry, Sandwich and Sauce. ClosedChicken shawarma is so good. If you’ve never tried it, seek out your nearest middle eastern restaurant and try some. If you’re like us and live somewhere where there are no middle eastern restaurants, this recipe comes close to some of the yummiest shawarma sandwiches I’ve ever had (be mindful that bad shawarma is just [...]
Falafel
Published by January 7th, 2009 in 5 Stars, Entertaining, Middle Eastern, Sauce and Vegetarian. 0 CommentsFalafel is so darn good, and these are really delicious. Don’t fear the ingredient list…even though there are a lot of ingredients, it is not hard to prepare these. We did find it much easier to fry them as discs instead of balls. The recipe is adapted from Marlena Spieler’s Complete Guide to Traditional Jewish [...]
Hummus
Published by March 31st, 2008 in 4 Stars, Easy Preparation, Entertaining, Family Recipe, Middle Eastern, Sides and Vegetarian. 1 CommentWe make a hummus recipe that is super tasty, but you definitely have to plan ahead. The dried chick peas have to soak over night and then they cook for nearly 2 hours. I was wanting hummus last night, but I wanted to make a super fast hummus. It turned out quite tasty. Ingredients: 1 [...]
Garlic Sauce
Published by March 31st, 2008 in 4 Stars, Middle Eastern, Poultry and Sauce. 0 CommentsBy far the finest Middle Eastern cuisine is Fadi’s in Houston. When we lived in Houston we ate there quite often. We have yet to find any restaurant anywhere that even comes close to the taste and quality at Fadi’s. Two of my most favorite items there are vegetarian stuffed grape leaves and chicken kebabs. [...]
Tabouli Salad
Published by February 4th, 2008 in 4 Stars, Easy Preparation, Middle Eastern, Sides and Vegetarian. 0 CommentsAt the grocery store today we found this tabouli mix. I usually don’t buy packaged mixes, because they tend to be loaded with sodium, but this mix has very very little sodium. So I decided to give it a try, and it was excellent! Ingredients: Bulgar package mix (has parsley and onion in it) 2 [...]
Southwestern Falafel with Avocado Spread
Published by November 16th, 2007 in 4 Stars, Cooking Light, Easy Preparation, Heart Healthy, Kid Approved, Middle Eastern, Quick and Easy and Vegetarian. 0 CommentsThis recipe comes from the Cooking Light, September 2007 issue. It was delicious! I couldn’t find pita bread in our local store, so we used tortillas and they worked really well. The recipe as is yields 4 patties, but I made smaller patties which yielded more patties. The patty recipe was just enough for 2 [...]
Chicken Kebabs and Spinach Pie
Published by February 6th, 2007 in 5 Stars, Entertaining, Grill, Middle Eastern and Poultry. 1 CommentSuper Bowl Sunday proved to be a Mediterranean feast day. We had chicken kebabs, spinach pie, grilled zucchini and rice. It turned out fantastic! The kebab recipe is from A Taste of Persia, and the spinach pie recipe is from The New Book of Middle Eastern Food. Chicken Kebabs Chicken: 4 boneless chicken breasts cut [...]
