Category Archives: yogurt

Yogurt salad Persian-style

Yogurt salad is always a fixture on the Lebanese table. Yogurt or laban, is consumed plain, unsweetened, usually flavored with a bit of garlic, some dried mint and lots of crunchy cucumbers. This version of yogurt salad is inspired by the Persian tradition which includes dried fruits such as golden raisins, herbs, nuts (usually walnuts), [...]
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Eggplant chips with yogurt sauce

Normally, this dish is made up of thick slices of eggplant, fried in olive oil and smothered in a garlicky yogurt sauce. This version used extra thin slices (I finally got the hang of the mandoline), fried in olive oil then dried up in the microwave for 30 seconds to a minute; the microwave crisps [...]
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Fennel smoothie

Sweltering heat that makes you want to dunk in the pool all day; this cold and refreshing soup, great for one’s digestive health by the way, is one way to deal with these  temperatures. As easy as 1,2,3, this  is a recipe from Mercotte, one of my favorite French bloggers and macaron-teacher extraordinaire. Considering the [...]
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Carrot burger

  This dish is inspired by an idea from a French-Armenian chef I admire, Sonia Ezgulian. She made the carrot burger and in the middle, shaped a patty with a cooked chicken breast mixed with fromage blanc; I made patties with kafta instead and served it with extra lemon (on the carrots) and dilled labneh [...]
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Carrot soup with labneh

A soup that can be made with minimum fuss yet delivers big flavor; if you happen to have some labneh, great, otherwise drain some yogurt that morning. I used a bit of the stash of cilantro pesto from my freezer to speed things up. INGREDIENTS: 6 servings 1 pound of carrots 1 large onion 1 [...]
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