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Roasted cauliflower on a sheet pan with foil

Roasted Cauliflower Shawarma

By Maureen Abood On September 21, 2019 · 5 Comments · In Fall, Gluten-Free, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Winter, Your Favorites
Shawarma is traditionally spit-grilled chicken or meat with succulent spices. Roasted Cauliflower Shawarma marries the same flavors that make classic chicken shawarma so delicious, in a gluten-free, vegan recipe. The other day at a football tailgater at Michigan State, I met a kid of Dan’s cousin who found out not long ago that he has [...]
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Grilled Chicken Shawarma Skewers with red onion on a sheet pan

Grilled Chicken Shawarma

By Maureen Abood On May 23, 2019 · 33 Comments · In Chicken, Fish, Beef, Lamb, Gluten-Free, Preserves and Pickles, Summer, Techniques, Your Favorites
Grilled chicken shawarma is the perfect recipe for summer cookouts: easy, healthy, and incredibly flavorful. You’ll put this one on repeat performance all season long. Steak. Shish Kebab. BBQ Chicken. Steak. Shish Kebab. BBQ Chicken. It’s a kind of grilling rut I’ve noticed in recent summers. Granted, this is a “rut” of delicious dinners, but [...]
Read More »
Chicken Shawarms, MaureenAbood.com

Chicken Shawarma Recipe

By Maureen Abood On October 3, 2015 · 39 Comments · In Chicken, Fish, Beef, Lamb, Techniques, Yogurt, Labneh and Laban
  No matter how much you prepare, you can’t anticipate everything. This is true in most facets of life, and it’s been true on the promotional tour for the Rose Water & Orange Blossoms cookbook. On my part there’s preparation for what to say, what stories to tell, and what to cook if it’s a [...]
Read More »
Fatayar triangle in the palm of the hand

Top 20 Recipes of 2020!

By Maureen Abood On December 29, 2020 · 4 Comments · In Techniques
Here are the top 20 recipes of 2020, the recipes you–and there are LOTS of you!–visited most. I know I’ll be revisiting some of my own recipes based on these favorites in the New Year. You’ll find everything from recipes that define a healthy Mediterranean Diet to festive recipes for celebrations. Let’s go!   20: [...]
Read More »
Vermicelli rice in a pot with a wooden spoon and chicken shawarma

Lebanese Vermicelli Rice

By Maureen Abood On June 18, 2020 · 2 Comments · In Techniques
Lebanese Vermicelli Rice is a mainstay with any grilled meats or vegetables. The broken vermicelli pieces are browned in butter for an added layer of color and flavor. Buy the Vermicelli Pieces here. In culinary school, in the French tradition, there are a few bedrock recipes that a student begins with: Pâte à choux (think [...]
Read More »
Tabbouleh Hummus Platter with blue and white platter

Tabbouleh Hummus Platter

By Maureen Abood On August 15, 2019 · 4 Comments · In Gluten-Free, Grains and Legumes, Salads, Summer
The Tabbouleh Hummus Platter is perfect on your grill buffet, as a side dish and a vegetarian main. Make it gluten-free using quinoa in the tabbouleh. Eat the tabbouleh hummus with thin pita bread or crisp romaine leaves. Someone asked me recently what is my favorite way to eat hummus. That’s a toughie, because I [...]
Read More »
Grilled flank steak slices on a sheet pan with grilled peppers

Pomegranate Marinated Flank Steak

By Maureen Abood On July 13, 2019 · 6 Comments · In Techniques
Pomegranate marinated flank steak makes for a balanced sweet-tart flavor, a superior glossy glaze on the grilled steak, and a crave-worthy dipping sauce. Get the pomegranate molasses at MaureenAboodMarket.com here. One of the first dinners I remember cooking for friends, with no mom there to supervise or lend a helping hand, was flank steak on [...]
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Toum garlic sauce in a dish with yellow spatula

Toum, Lebanese garlic sauce

By Maureen Abood On April 18, 2018 · 35 Comments · In Techniques
Toum, the Lebanese garlic spread people go bonkers over, is an emulsion of garlic and oil. Here are tips based on what I’ve learned about making toum! One great discovery in all of my toum-making is that if you don’t have a food processor, just reach for your whisk. P.S., “toum” is simply the Arabic [...]
Read More »

Pickled Turnips, and an introduction to Aunt Hilda

By Maureen Abood On August 3, 2011 · 40 Comments · In Fall, Gluten-Free, Maza, Appetizers and Dips, Preserves and Pickles, Stories and Recipes, Summer, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Winter
One of the first recipes posted here, Lebanese turnip pickles, or lift, are always on the table as a piquant addition to Lebanese breakfast, lunch, or dinner. Lebanese turnip pickles are very simple to make and can be adjusted to suit your taste–spicy, garlicky, or not! The Abood sisters, my aunts, had talents. Helen sang [...]
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Breaking the Fast

Breaking the Fast

By Maureen Abood On July 14, 2011 · Add Comment · In
One of the great rewards of any religious fast is the feast that breaks it. While heightened spiritual awareness, communion with the poor, and drawing closer to God are at the heart of fasting, gathering at the table to celebrate its end is no less vital—and a lot more fun. On October 12, Muslims throughout [...]
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Roasted cauliflower on a sheet pan with foil

Roasted Cauliflower Shawarma

By Maureen Abood On September 21, 2019 · 5 Comments · In Fall, Gluten-Free, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Winter, Your Favorites
Shawarma is traditionally spit-grilled chicken or meat with succulent spices. Roasted Cauliflower Shawarma marries the same flavors that make classic chicken shawarma so delicious, in a gluten-free, vegan recipe. The other day at a football tailgater at Michigan State, I met a kid of Dan’s cousin who found out not long ago that he has [...]
Read More »
Grilled Chicken Shawarma Skewers with red onion on a sheet pan

Grilled Chicken Shawarma

By Maureen Abood On May 23, 2019 · 33 Comments · In Chicken, Fish, Beef, Lamb, Gluten-Free, Preserves and Pickles, Summer, Techniques, Your Favorites
Grilled chicken shawarma is the perfect recipe for summer cookouts: easy, healthy, and incredibly flavorful. You’ll put this one on repeat performance all season long. Steak. Shish Kebab. BBQ Chicken. Steak. Shish Kebab. BBQ Chicken. It’s a kind of grilling rut I’ve noticed in recent summers. Granted, this is a “rut” of delicious dinners, but [...]
Read More »
Chicken Shawarms, MaureenAbood.com

Chicken Shawarma Recipe

By Maureen Abood On October 3, 2015 · 39 Comments · In Chicken, Fish, Beef, Lamb, Techniques, Yogurt, Labneh and Laban
  No matter how much you prepare, you can’t anticipate everything. This is true in most facets of life, and it’s been true on the promotional tour for the Rose Water & Orange Blossoms cookbook. On my part there’s preparation for what to say, what stories to tell, and what to cook if it’s a [...]
Read More »
Fatayar triangle in the palm of the hand

Top 20 Recipes of 2020!

By Maureen Abood On December 29, 2020 · 4 Comments · In Techniques
Here are the top 20 recipes of 2020, the recipes you–and there are LOTS of you!–visited most. I know I’ll be revisiting some of my own recipes based on these favorites in the New Year. You’ll find everything from recipes that define a healthy Mediterranean Diet to festive recipes for celebrations. Let’s go!   20: [...]
Read More »
Vermicelli rice in a pot with a wooden spoon and chicken shawarma

Lebanese Vermicelli Rice

By Maureen Abood On June 18, 2020 · 2 Comments · In Techniques
Lebanese Vermicelli Rice is a mainstay with any grilled meats or vegetables. The broken vermicelli pieces are browned in butter for an added layer of color and flavor. Buy the Vermicelli Pieces here. In culinary school, in the French tradition, there are a few bedrock recipes that a student begins with: Pâte à choux (think [...]
Read More »
Tabbouleh Hummus Platter with blue and white platter

Tabbouleh Hummus Platter

By Maureen Abood On August 15, 2019 · 4 Comments · In Gluten-Free, Grains and Legumes, Salads, Summer
The Tabbouleh Hummus Platter is perfect on your grill buffet, as a side dish and a vegetarian main. Make it gluten-free using quinoa in the tabbouleh. Eat the tabbouleh hummus with thin pita bread or crisp romaine leaves. Someone asked me recently what is my favorite way to eat hummus. That’s a toughie, because I [...]
Read More »
Grilled flank steak slices on a sheet pan with grilled peppers

Pomegranate Marinated Flank Steak

By Maureen Abood On July 13, 2019 · 6 Comments · In Techniques
Pomegranate marinated flank steak makes for a balanced sweet-tart flavor, a superior glossy glaze on the grilled steak, and a crave-worthy dipping sauce. Get the pomegranate molasses at MaureenAboodMarket.com here. One of the first dinners I remember cooking for friends, with no mom there to supervise or lend a helping hand, was flank steak on [...]
Read More »
Toum garlic sauce in a dish with yellow spatula

Toum, Lebanese garlic sauce

By Maureen Abood On April 18, 2018 · 35 Comments · In Techniques
Toum, the Lebanese garlic spread people go bonkers over, is an emulsion of garlic and oil. Here are tips based on what I’ve learned about making toum! One great discovery in all of my toum-making is that if you don’t have a food processor, just reach for your whisk. P.S., “toum” is simply the Arabic [...]
Read More »

Pickled Turnips, and an introduction to Aunt Hilda

By Maureen Abood On August 3, 2011 · 40 Comments · In Fall, Gluten-Free, Maza, Appetizers and Dips, Preserves and Pickles, Stories and Recipes, Summer, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Winter
One of the first recipes posted here, Lebanese turnip pickles, or lift, are always on the table as a piquant addition to Lebanese breakfast, lunch, or dinner. Lebanese turnip pickles are very simple to make and can be adjusted to suit your taste–spicy, garlicky, or not! The Abood sisters, my aunts, had talents. Helen sang [...]
Read More »
Breaking the Fast

Breaking the Fast

By Maureen Abood On July 14, 2011 · Add Comment · In
One of the great rewards of any religious fast is the feast that breaks it. While heightened spiritual awareness, communion with the poor, and drawing closer to God are at the heart of fasting, gathering at the table to celebrate its end is no less vital—and a lot more fun. On October 12, Muslims throughout [...]
Read More »
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