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Aspargus pickles in weck jars

Asparagus Pickles with Grape Leaves

By Maureen Abood On July 2, 2020 · 2 Comments · In Maza, Appetizers and Dips, Preserves and Pickles, Summer, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Asparagus pickles with grape leaves in the jar go extra-crisp! The grape leaves deliver tannins that impart more crunch. These are refrigerator pickles, quick and easy. So delicious for your cocktail hour or on the buffet. This recipe is as much about the humble grape leaf as it is about the grand pickled asparagus. I [...]
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7 layer dip Mediterranean style in a pie plate

Mediterranean 7 Layer Dip

By Maureen Abood On January 30, 2020 · 8 Comments · In Gluten-Free, Maza, Appetizers and Dips, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Yogurt, Labneh and Laban, Your Favorites
This recipe takes the classic 7 Layer Dip and goes Mediterranean, with hummus, avocado, labneh and more. Dip your pita chip in 7 layers of Mediterranean flavors and you’ll be in 7th heaven. I’m a big fan of the idea that hummus ought to be a foundation, holding up the greatness of other toppings like [...]
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Whipped Feta Dip topped with spices and olive oil

Garlicky Whipped Feta Dip

By Maureen Abood On October 11, 2019 · 8 Comments · In Christmas, Fall, Gluten-Free, Maza, Appetizers and Dips, Techniques, Winter, Your Favorites
Two ingredients and you’re good to go with this garlicky whipped feta dip. The flavor is addictive. Plus, it comes together very quickly and easily. My niece Victoria announced recently that we have 12 Sundays left until Christmas. Her friend Hannah said so. Since then, we’ve dropped to 11 Sundays left ‘til Christmas. I’ve always [...]
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Caprese salad on a blue platter

Caprese Salad with Pomegranate and Mint

By Maureen Abood On September 5, 2019 · 2 Comments · In Gluten-Free, Maza, Appetizers and Dips, Salads, Summer, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Your Favorites
Caprese salad with pomegranate and mint is a flavor explosion. The pomegranate molasses, like balsamic vinegar, lends a sweet-tart note to ripe tomatoes. I figure it was because we had such a cold and unforgiving winter last year (polar vortex, lest we’ve forgotten), but when the leaves made a full appearance last spring, I felt [...]
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Basil oil in three plates on the counter

Basil Dipping Oil

By Maureen Abood On June 23, 2019 · Add Comment · In Gluten-Free, Maza, Appetizers and Dips, Summer, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Yogurt, Labneh and Laban
Basil oil is the jewel of the table, and a perfect use for the profusion of herbs from gardens and markets in the heart of summer. For the most part, we don’t seek out Arabic or Mediterranean restaurants all that often. I figure this is because we eat so much of our great food at [...]
Read More »
Avocado tahini dip with sesame seeds and crudite

Avocado Tahini Dip

By Maureen Abood On January 23, 2019 · 6 Comments · In Gluten-Free, Maza, Appetizers and Dips, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Your Favorites
Avocado tahini dip is a Lebanese-style Mediterranean classic…who knew? Probably plenty of people, but I was excited to discover this healthy-yet-rich dip just recently and add it to my regular rotation. A Lebanese friend of my brother’s told him that his Arabic—the effective if small grab-bag of words we learned growing up as second-generation descendants [...]
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Hummus with olives, pine nuts, and crostini

Hummus with Olives, Pine Nuts and Olive Oil Crostini

By Maureen Abood On November 16, 2018 · Add Comment · In Breads, Christmas, Grains and Legumes, Maza, Appetizers and Dips, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, xfer
 Hummus with olives, pine nuts, and crostini make for a beautiful, holiday-worthy appetizer. Healthy and luscious and lovely, all in one! Get out the good china! Hummus is rightly an everyday or at least an every-week food. And sometimes the everyday gets (rightly) set aside for the special times, the feasts, the celebrations. But smooth [...]
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Red beet hummus with beets and sesame seeds in a bowl

Red Beet Hummus

By Maureen Abood On October 18, 2018 · Add Comment · In Fall, Gluten-Free, Grains and Legumes, Maza, Appetizers and Dips, Stories and Recipes, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Winter, Your Favorites
Red beet hummus is both a beautiful and super delicious way to add color and even more nutrients to our daily hummus fix, which is vegan and gluten-free. Make roasted beets or use canned (or even pickled) beets to make it fast and easy. We’re hitting the height of fall color here in Michigan. The [...]
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Bread and Butter Sweet Pickle Chicops

Bread and Butter Sweet Pickle Chips

By Maureen Abood On September 7, 2018 · 16 Comments · In Gluten-Free, Maza, Appetizers and Dips, Preserves and Pickles, Summer, Techniques, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Your Favorites
My bread and butter sweet pickle chips are so simple to make, but huge on flavor and crunch. The sweet onion is as delicious as the cucumbers in these refrigerator pickles. Here’s the thing about the abundance of the last three months up north in Michigan: Yes, we’ve had that long-awaited access to local fruit [...]
Read More »
Labneh Green Goddess with crudite platter

Labneh Green Goddess

By Maureen Abood On August 16, 2018 · 8 Comments · In Gluten-Free, Maza, Appetizers and Dips, Stories and Recipes, Summer, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Yogurt, Labneh and Laban, Your Favorites
Labneh Green Goddess switches up the traditional mayo/buttermilk dip with labneh, which offers wonderful flavor and tang. And health! You can use any plain labneh or Greek yogurt with any level of fat content. Use tons of herbs and make plenty so you can use your Labneh Green Goddess as a dip, a dressing, or [...]
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Aspargus pickles in weck jars

Asparagus Pickles with Grape Leaves

By Maureen Abood On July 2, 2020 · 2 Comments · In Maza, Appetizers and Dips, Preserves and Pickles, Summer, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Asparagus pickles with grape leaves in the jar go extra-crisp! The grape leaves deliver tannins that impart more crunch. These are refrigerator pickles, quick and easy. So delicious for your cocktail hour or on the buffet. This recipe is as much about the humble grape leaf as it is about the grand pickled asparagus. I [...]
Read More »
7 layer dip Mediterranean style in a pie plate

Mediterranean 7 Layer Dip

By Maureen Abood On January 30, 2020 · 8 Comments · In Gluten-Free, Maza, Appetizers and Dips, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Yogurt, Labneh and Laban, Your Favorites
This recipe takes the classic 7 Layer Dip and goes Mediterranean, with hummus, avocado, labneh and more. Dip your pita chip in 7 layers of Mediterranean flavors and you’ll be in 7th heaven. I’m a big fan of the idea that hummus ought to be a foundation, holding up the greatness of other toppings like [...]
Read More »
Whipped Feta Dip topped with spices and olive oil

Garlicky Whipped Feta Dip

By Maureen Abood On October 11, 2019 · 8 Comments · In Christmas, Fall, Gluten-Free, Maza, Appetizers and Dips, Techniques, Winter, Your Favorites
Two ingredients and you’re good to go with this garlicky whipped feta dip. The flavor is addictive. Plus, it comes together very quickly and easily. My niece Victoria announced recently that we have 12 Sundays left until Christmas. Her friend Hannah said so. Since then, we’ve dropped to 11 Sundays left ‘til Christmas. I’ve always [...]
Read More »
Caprese salad on a blue platter

Caprese Salad with Pomegranate and Mint

By Maureen Abood On September 5, 2019 · 2 Comments · In Gluten-Free, Maza, Appetizers and Dips, Salads, Summer, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Your Favorites
Caprese salad with pomegranate and mint is a flavor explosion. The pomegranate molasses, like balsamic vinegar, lends a sweet-tart note to ripe tomatoes. I figure it was because we had such a cold and unforgiving winter last year (polar vortex, lest we’ve forgotten), but when the leaves made a full appearance last spring, I felt [...]
Read More »
Basil oil in three plates on the counter

Basil Dipping Oil

By Maureen Abood On June 23, 2019 · Add Comment · In Gluten-Free, Maza, Appetizers and Dips, Summer, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Yogurt, Labneh and Laban
Basil oil is the jewel of the table, and a perfect use for the profusion of herbs from gardens and markets in the heart of summer. For the most part, we don’t seek out Arabic or Mediterranean restaurants all that often. I figure this is because we eat so much of our great food at [...]
Read More »
Avocado tahini dip with sesame seeds and crudite

Avocado Tahini Dip

By Maureen Abood On January 23, 2019 · 6 Comments · In Gluten-Free, Maza, Appetizers and Dips, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Your Favorites
Avocado tahini dip is a Lebanese-style Mediterranean classic…who knew? Probably plenty of people, but I was excited to discover this healthy-yet-rich dip just recently and add it to my regular rotation. A Lebanese friend of my brother’s told him that his Arabic—the effective if small grab-bag of words we learned growing up as second-generation descendants [...]
Read More »
Hummus with olives, pine nuts, and crostini

Hummus with Olives, Pine Nuts and Olive Oil Crostini

By Maureen Abood On November 16, 2018 · Add Comment · In Breads, Christmas, Grains and Legumes, Maza, Appetizers and Dips, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, xfer
 Hummus with olives, pine nuts, and crostini make for a beautiful, holiday-worthy appetizer. Healthy and luscious and lovely, all in one! Get out the good china! Hummus is rightly an everyday or at least an every-week food. And sometimes the everyday gets (rightly) set aside for the special times, the feasts, the celebrations. But smooth [...]
Read More »
Red beet hummus with beets and sesame seeds in a bowl

Red Beet Hummus

By Maureen Abood On October 18, 2018 · Add Comment · In Fall, Gluten-Free, Grains and Legumes, Maza, Appetizers and Dips, Stories and Recipes, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Winter, Your Favorites
Red beet hummus is both a beautiful and super delicious way to add color and even more nutrients to our daily hummus fix, which is vegan and gluten-free. Make roasted beets or use canned (or even pickled) beets to make it fast and easy. We’re hitting the height of fall color here in Michigan. The [...]
Read More »
Bread and Butter Sweet Pickle Chicops

Bread and Butter Sweet Pickle Chips

By Maureen Abood On September 7, 2018 · 16 Comments · In Gluten-Free, Maza, Appetizers and Dips, Preserves and Pickles, Summer, Techniques, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Your Favorites
My bread and butter sweet pickle chips are so simple to make, but huge on flavor and crunch. The sweet onion is as delicious as the cucumbers in these refrigerator pickles. Here’s the thing about the abundance of the last three months up north in Michigan: Yes, we’ve had that long-awaited access to local fruit [...]
Read More »
Labneh Green Goddess with crudite platter

Labneh Green Goddess

By Maureen Abood On August 16, 2018 · 8 Comments · In Gluten-Free, Maza, Appetizers and Dips, Stories and Recipes, Summer, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Yogurt, Labneh and Laban, Your Favorites
Labneh Green Goddess switches up the traditional mayo/buttermilk dip with labneh, which offers wonderful flavor and tang. And health! You can use any plain labneh or Greek yogurt with any level of fat content. Use tons of herbs and make plenty so you can use your Labneh Green Goddess as a dip, a dressing, or [...]
Read More »
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