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Category Archives: salad
Wild dandelion salad (salatet hindbeh)
I was driving in the Chouf mountains and my destination was a village in the valley 20 minutes away. I saw three women bent down on the edge of the road feverishly plucking away what looked like weeds. It took me a couple of minutes to think, then I pulled over and turned around. [...]
17 Comments Chayote squash salad
Chayote squash in Dallas is always available in Latino markets; it is very light in taste and cooks in a few minutes; here in Lebanon it is grown and called French squash (koossa frenjeh) for some reason. People like to pickle it as it is nice and crunchy. A good choice to reign-in holiday excesses, [...]
3 Comments Green beans salad
A salad like this one is filling yet super simple to make; add some hard-boiled eggs if you’d like and make it your entire lunch or dinner. INGREDIENTS: 4 servings 1 pound of green beans 1 white onion 2 large tomatoes 3 tbsp of balsamic vinegar 6 tbsp of olive oil salt, as needed METHOD: [...]
13 Comments Tomatoes with sumac dressing
These tomatoes are called here jabalieh from jabal which is the word for mountain. They are huge and start appearing now at every stall in every mountain village. A traditional and scrumptious way to dress them is to slice them and make a sumac dressing: INGREDIENTS: 4 servings 2 large tomatoes, preferably heirloom 1 [...]
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