Quick and easy dinners

wide pasta (about 500 grams) • For the béchamel sauce: • heaping tablespoons flour • milk • vegetable oil • butter (about 2 tablespoons) • For sautéing the chicken breast: • Boneless chicken breast • corn • fresh mushrooms • Spices used for both: • Salt •

For the filling: • vegetable oil (60 ml) • finely ground beef (1 kg) • small onions, finely chopped • Salt to taste • mixed spices • For the kibbeh: • salt • each: • Ground cumin • Black pepper • pita bread •

prepared grape leaves • soaked and drained rice (about 1 kg) • coarsely ground lamb, preferably with some fat for better flavor • lamb pieces with bone • allspice • black pepper • Salt to taste • garlic, peeled • freshly squeezed lemon juice (about 240 ml)

-minute dough (see my croissant dough recipe) • Store-bought pizza sauce • Shredded kasseri cheese

Potato Filling: • large potato, finely chopped • onion, finely chopped • green bell pepper, finely chopped • curry powder • Salt and pepper • olive oil • Ground Beef Filling: • ground beef (about 225 grams) • onion, finely chopped • olive oil • cumin •

lamb chops (1 kg) • onion • carrot • garlic • Spices • basmati rice (about 600 grams) • Raisins • Kabsa spice mix

rotini pasta • Cherry tomatoes, as desired • Sliced olives, as desired • green bell pepper, chopped • corn • Cucumber, chopped, as desired • mayonnaise (about 30 grams) • mustard (about 15 grams) • Juice of 1 lemon • Black pepper • Salt • Oregano

bow tie pasta (250 grams) • chopped red cabbage • chopped lettuce • corn • shredded carrot • sliced black olives • cherry tomatoes • peeled and chopped cucumber • sliced mushrooms • mayonnaise • lemon juice • olive oil •

dried fava beans (about 400 grams) • Water • baking soda

small potatoes, unpeeled • olive oil (suitable for cooking) • black pepper • salt • dried oregano or dried basil • paprika • cumin • red pepper flakes (optional) • green beans (about 300 grams), trimmed • olive oil • garlic, minced • salt

large kidney beans (about 200 grams) • white navy beans (about 150 grams) • chickpeas (about 200 grams) • lentils (about 200 grams) • mung beans (about 100 grams) • coarse bulgur wheat or less (about 100 grams) • freekeh (about 100 grams) • rice (about 100 grams) • ____________________ • medium potato • onions • vegetable oil (about 100 grams) •

lamb chops (about 1 kilogram) • onions, sliced • Juice of 1 lemon • Salt • Black pepper • Meat seasoning or allspice • Nutmeg • little olive oil • little white vinegar

lamb chops, cut (about 1 kilogram) • For the marinade: • black pepper • turmeric • seven spice blend • paprika • ground coriander • garlic powder • onion powder • crushed red pepper flakes • salt • vegetable oil

lamb tongues • bay • cinnamon sticks • cardamom • onion • plain yogurt (about 480 ml) • tahini (about 30 ml) • garlic, minced • salt to taste • cooked chickpeas (about 165 grams) • fried almonds for garnish

cooked fava beans • large tomato • onion • hot pepper • tomato paste • Juice of 3 lemons • garlic cloves • Salt • black pepper • cumin • Olive oil

lamb shank (about 500 grams) • green lentils (about 285 grams) • short-grain rice (about 200 grams) • About 3 quarts water (about 3 liters) • salt (about 30 grams) • clarified butter or ghee (about 15 grams)

fresh lamb shanks (about 1 kg) • water (about 6 liters) • ground ginger • fresh bay leaves • whole cardamom pods • whole cloves • onions, quartered • fresh mint • lemon peel • lime peel or 1 tablespoon dried lime • clarified butter or ghee • fresh or dried rosemary •

grape leaves (1 kg) • short-grain rice (about 2 1/2 cups or 500 grams) • finely ground beef or lamb (about 100 grams) • white pepper • cumin • black pepper • Lamb chops, as desired

red lentils (about 200 grams) • coarse brown bulgur (about 90 grams) • large red onions • Vegetable oil • Salt • -spice blend • Cumin • Black pepper, to taste • Water

coarse red bulgur (about 340 grams) • canned tomatoes (homemade or store-bought, about 28 ounces/800 grams) • You can use fresh tomatoes, but canned tomatoes taste better in this dish • If canned tomatoes aren't available, use 2 1/4 pounds (1 kilogram) ripe red tomatoes • coarsely ground lamb • Salt and black pepper • tomato paste • water (1 liter) • large onion, finely chopped • olive oil • My special addition: • sun-dried tomatoes, diced into small cubes

yellow lentils (about 200 grams) • medium onion • carrot • potato • Chopped fresh cilantro • curry powder • ground cumin • Lemon juice • Salt to taste

dried chickpeas (about 450 grams) • water (about 1 liter) for cooking the chickpeas • Juice of 1 lemon • garlic cloves • plain yogurt • Salt to taste • tahini • ground lamb or beef (about 100 grams) • vegetable oil • Pine nuts to taste

For the dough • fine bulgur (about 480 grams) • flour (about 190 grams) • boiling water (about 950 ml) • oil (about 180 ml) • salt • ground coriander • cumin • For the filling • ground beef (about 450 grams) • onions • sweet spice mix •

ground kofta (about 500 grams) • fine semolina • grilled meat spice blend • onion powder • medium potatoes • bell pepper • onion • tomatoes • basil-flavored tomato sauce (500 ml) • water (500 ml) • sugar • onion powder •

steak • broccoli, chopped • onions • soy sauce • little vinegar • little water • Salt • Mixed spices • little oil, for frying

boneless chicken breasts • potatoes • water • Salt to taste • chicken spices • seven spices • garlic • large lemon • vegetable oil • chopped fresh cilantro

cauliflower • water • lemon • garlic • Salt • black pepper • oil for frying

kofta • potatoes • tomatoes • ghee

peas • large carrots • tomato paste • Lamb meat, cut • Fresh cilantro • Salt • Olive oil • garlic

cleaned and peeled shrimp • chopped onion • minced garlic cloves • tomatoes • coconut milk • cumin • paprika • curry powder • turmeric • ground ginger • Salt (to taste) • Cilantro for garnish