In Arab cuisine, it’s tradition to serve stuffed veggies—courgettes, aubergines, even carrots—simple, satisfying, and low in calories.

Middle Eastern red lentil soup served with fresh parsley or coriander and a generous drizzle of lemon is all you need to warm up your body.

Machboos is the national dish of Qatar. If you’re enjoying this world cup as much as I am, give this a go and learn a new meal.

Ready in just 5 minutes, this Lebanese seven spice mix is used in many Middle Eastern dishes. This aromatic spice is made with a few pantry

Tomato, onion, apple, peppers, tuna, and eggs with a simple dressing make up this Tunisian Salad, an authentic taste of the Mediterranean.

Mahalabia or Muhallebi is an easy Middle Eastern dessert made with few ingredients, that yields deliciously creamy results.

Quick and easy Nutella Baklava with roasted hazelnuts. Crunchy, sweet and filled with chocolate spread, this dessert is one of a kind!

These pork tacos marry flavors from two cultures (Mexican and Lebanese) who are both known for delicious food.

Luqamaat- Emirati Fried Dumplings with Date Syrup

A wonderful and unique sweet treat that we all love, baklava. This is an easy baklava with amazing results

Musakhan (Chicken, Onions and Sumac) in Lavash bread

Known in Malaysia as Biskut Arab Susu, these milky cookies are a delicious and addictive sweet treat.

Sahlab Cookies with pistachio and coconut

Kibbeh Meqliyeh Darawish (Deep Fried Kibbeh)

Easy peasy and fast recipe for couscous with herbs, tomato and delicious minced chicken meatballs (recipe in Dutch)

Kibbeh Mabroumeh (Rolled Kibbeh)

Ma’amoul

This spicy tomato soup with couscous is very yummy and easy to make! It’s a whole meal because of the couscous. (in Dutch)

This delicious Arab style dish is easy to make. The eggplants are stuffed with a yummy tomato mix and topped with yogurt sauce. (in Dutch)

Aysh Abu Laham- Mini Saudi Pizzas with a cumin caraway crust and meat tahini topping.

Za’atar manakeesh is Arabic za’atar pizza.

Akkawi Manakeesh is an Arabic cheese bread sprinkled with nigella seeds that we grew up with in Saudi Arabia.