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ready-made hummus • About 1/4 cup plain yogurt (about 60 ml) • About 2 tablespoons tahini (about 30 ml) • garlic cloves • Salt • Lemon juice • avocado • cooked beet (about 85 grams)

fine bulgur (about 255 grams) • soaked white rice, ready to use (about 90 grams) • Filling • Ground beef or lamb • Celery • Salt, black pepper, kibbeh spices, and onion

Thin ready-made kunafa pastry • powdered sugar • rose water • unsalted butter • Red or orange food coloring • cardamom • Filling: • whole milk (about 480 ml) • cornstarch • sugar • cream (such as Nestlé table cream or any thick cream) • cream cheese spread •

Ready-made phyllo dough • Melted butter, • For the filling, you have several options: • Chopped pistachios • Nutella with chopped pecans, chopped hazelnuts, or chopped almonds (you can mix them all together if you like) • Thick sugar syrup

Cooked chickpeas, soaked and ready to use (I keep some in the freezer for convenience) • cooked chickpeas (about 330 grams) • tahini (about 120 grams) • Juice of 1 lemon 🍋 • Salt to taste • Add either cold water, plain yogurt, or drinkable yogurt as the liquid for the hummus • Amount of liquid added depends on your preferred hummus consistency • ground beef (about 100 grams) • oil • Salt and black pepper • Almonds or pine nuts, fried in either vegetable oil or olive oil • Sumac for garnish •

Ready-made couscous (similar to semolina) • whole chicken • carrots • potatoes • zucchini • onions • tomatoes • mixed spices

Ready-made phyllo dough • ready-made • melted butter (about 2 tablespoons or 28 grams) • mixed nuts (about 70 grams; use your favorites) • I used pistachios, pecans, almonds, and hazelnuts • Coarsely chop the nuts and add • brown sugar • cinnamon • For the cheesecake mixture: • Philadelphia cream cheese, at room temperature (about 225 grams) • sugar (about 60 grams) • flour (about 7 grams) •

medium couscous • onion • carrots • potatoes • green bell pepper • red bell pepper • yellow bell pepper • zucchini • small butternut squash • medium head cauliflower • Salt to taste • olive oil (about 240 ml) •

Fried kibbeh (I used a box of frozen, ready-made kibbeh) • Yogurt • garlic cloves • Salt • Fresh cilantro • Ghee • Oil for frying • Fresh mint • Basil

basmati rice, washed (about 400 grams) • kofta (ground meat mixture with onion and spices, ready to use) (about 225 grams) • tomatoes, grated • large onion, grated • potato, cut into small cubes • tomato paste • vegetable oil (about 30 ml) • Salt • black pepper • turmeric • saffron

boneless, skinless chicken breasts (500 grams) • Tortilla wraps • Frozen French fries, ready to fry • Liquid tahini • lemon • olive oil • shawarma spice mix • salt

Lamb (or beef) • Preferably use lamb fat for frying, then remove the fat • lemons (juice) 🍋 • orange (juice) • olive oil (60 ml) • Salt • black pepper • dried mint • cumin • paprika • ground cloves • minced garlic •

(about 200 grams) soaked rice (use a tea cup for measuring if you have a medium-sized pot) • medium onions • large garlic cloves • (about 225 grams) ground beef (I used 1/4 pound/115 grams) • Fresh fennel greens • Fresh parsley • Spices: • Salt to taste • Ground fresh cilantro • Black pepper • Ginger • Chinese kebab spice (or your favorite mixed spice blend) •

Tea biscuits (or ladyfingers, if available) • milk (120 ml) • instant coffee (such as Nescafé) • Ready-made whipped cream • cocoa powder • chocolate • cream cheese (not liquid) • milk (45 ml) • Chocolate and unsweetened cocoa powder • Sprinkle some grated chocolate or colored sprinkles

Hershey's chocolate (cocoa variety) • chocolate powder • cocoa powder • Sugar to taste • Nuts (almonds) • very cold milk (about 710 ml) • Whipped cream (ready-made) • Grated chocolate

frozen mixed vegetables, ready to use • medium onion • medium garlic cloves • oil • Spices: • heaping tablespoon curry powder • Salt to taste • cilantro • black pepper • vinegar • nutmeg • cinnamon •