Category Archives: salad

Cauliflower salad (Arnabeet w tarator)

This is the perfect salad if you are stuck with a cauliflower and not sure what to do with it.  It only takes minutes to prepare. It tastes fantastic and you will forget you are eating cauliflower.   The cauliflower is just boiled or steamed till tender, cut up and covered with the sauce.  The sauce [...]
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Mallow salad (Khobbeizeh bel-zeyt)

  She was shouting every few seconds “KHOBBEYZEH W ZAATAR!”, walking with a huge sack on both sides of her back; ran after her, told her to hold that thought, that I was a buyer, just had to get my camera. She did’n't wait but I was able to catch up with her. Bought 5 [...]
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Pomelo and shrimp salad

The DAILY STAR is Lebanon’s English language daily; Olivia Alabaster, staff reporter at the paper, asked me if I could submit a recipe as she was  doing a story on pomelos. Pomelos are relatively new on the scene in Lebanon. They look like giant grapefruits, are  sweeter , full of vitamins and possibilities. Candied pomelo [...]
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