Nut bread

White or whole wheat sandwich bread, crusts removed and ground • oil or less (about 60 ml) • Cardamom • Ground pistachios + 1 tablespoon sugar + cardamom • Warm honey or light simple syrup

white sandwich bread • melted butter (about 115 grams) • cream (such as Nestlé table cream, about 6.5 ounces/185 grams) • shredded mozzarella cheese, or to taste (about 56 grams) • Simple syrup, to taste • Chopped pistachios, for garnish

white sandwich bread • eggs • potatoes (depending on size) • salt • Spices • Ground chicken • Pine nuts

white sandwich bread (crusts removed) • unsalted butter (about 100 grams) • powdered milk • cornstarch • water (about 355 ml) • cream (preferably clotted cream or 'qishta', about 6 ounces/170 grams) • sugar (about 60 ml) • For garnish: • Chopped pistachios • Simple syrup

sandwich rolls (sub rolls or hoagie rolls) • boiled potatoes • Cumin and black pepper • breadcrumbs • Filling: • (about 450 grams) ground beef • pine nuts • Onion and garlic • Mixed spices and salt • Cilantro and parsley

white sandwich bread • unsalted butter (about 1/4 cup or 57 grams) • mozzarella cheese (about 500 grams) • milk (about 480 ml) • fine semolina • sugar • Chopped pistachios for garnish

pita bread, cut into cubes and toasted • cooked chickpeas (about 510 grams) • plain yogurt (about 480 grams) • tahini (about 60 ml) • garlic, minced • Salt to taste • pine nuts (about 30 grams) • clarified butter or ghee (about 30 grams) • For garnish: • Pomegranate seeds • Parsley • red chili powder

You will need: • plain yogurt (about 360 grams) • small container plain yogurt drink (about 6 ounces or 170 grams) • eggs • cooked short-grain rice • salt and black pepper • Fried kibbeh balls • garlic, grated • Fresh cilantro • Fried bread • Toasted pine nuts

ground beef (about 500 grams) • medium onions • Spices: black pepper, salt • vegetable oil • small cup chopped walnuts • bulgur wheat (about 480 grams) • boiling water (about 710 ml) • olive oil or vegetable oil (about 180 ml) • all-purpose flour (about 190 grams) • Cumin • Mixed spices • Ground red pepper •

white sandwich bread • rose water • red or orange food coloring (whichever you have) • Butter + vegetable shortening + 1 teaspoon melted ghee • For the filling: sweet white cheese (for desserts) • Mozzarella cheese • Thick sugar syrup for soaking the cupcakes after baking • For garnish: pistachios

Kabab Ingredients: • Ground beef or lamb (amount as needed) • small onion, grated • salt • mixed spices • cinnamon • turmeric • red pepper • Cherry Sauce Ingredients: • canned cherries with juice or fresh cherries (about 1 kilogram) • pita bread • pomegranate molasses •

cooked chickpeas (about 1 kg) • Fried pita bread—use as much as you like • For the sauce: • musabaha (about 500 grams; or use extra cooked chickpeas blended with tahini and lemon juice) • plain yogurt (about 240 ml) • tahini (about 120 ml) • garlic, crushed • lemon juice (about 60 ml), salt, 1/2 cup chickpea cooking water (about 120 ml) • clarified butter or ghee (about 120 ml) • Nuts for garnish (like pine nuts or almonds), chopped parsley, diced tomato, spices

chickpeas, soaked and cooked (about 340 grams) • lemons • tahini (about 240 grams) • pita bread • For garnish: • Fried beef or lamb • Almonds • Parsley • Cumin

Cooked chickpeas • Pita bread • plain yogurt (about 240 ml) • tahini (about 120 ml) • garlic cloves • For garnish • Ground beef • Cashews • Almonds • Parsley • Fried pita bread • Ghee

cooked chickpeas with their cooking water (500 grams) • plain yogurt (about 1 quart, 1 kilogram) • garlic, finely minced • tahini or hummus • Salt to taste • pita breads, cut into cubes • ground cumin • clarified butter (ghee) • Optional: almonds or pine nuts, as desired • Paprika • Ground cumin • whole chickpeas

cooked chickpeas (about 330 grams) • tahini • plain yogurt (about 1 cup or 240 grams) • salt • paprika • cumin • chopped parsley • pine nuts or slivered almonds • ghee or unsalted butter • pita bread or Lebanese/Syrian flatbread • Juice of half a lemon • garlic, minced

cooked chickpeas with their cooking liquid (about 330 grams) • pita bread, cut into pieces and toasted • plain yogurt (about 240 ml) • tahini (about 60 ml) • Juice of 1 lemon • clarified butter or ghee (about 45 ml) • Toasted pine nuts • garlic, minced • ground cumin • Salt • For garnish: • Chopped parsley, sumac, fried pine nuts

ground beef or lamb (about 500 grams) • dried cherries (about 500 grams), preferably fresh cherries if available • pomegranate molasses • sugar • hot water (about 530 ml) • cornstarch • bouillon cube • mixed spice blend • black pepper • salt • For the meat: • onion •