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Apricot Nectarine Cobbler with yogurt biscuits

Apricot Nectarine Cobbler

By Maureen Abood On August 23, 2018 · 5 Comments · In Techniques
My favorite Apricot Nectarine Cobbler is made with light, fluffy biscuits made moist and tender with laban (yogurt). The apricots and nectarines pair perfectly and require no peeling, a much faster preparation. Try my blueberry cobbler recipe too, with a shortbread-like crust (and a story I hold dear). I’m thinking to change the name of [...]
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Frosted Chocolate Cupcakes, MaureenAbood.com

Frosted Chocolate Cupcakes (made with laban!)

By Maureen Abood On February 24, 2017 · Add Comment · In Pastry and Sweets, Yogurt, Labneh and Laban, Your Favorites
Frosted chocolate cupcakes made with yogurt are a knockout–moist, tender, with fabulous, complex flavor. Maybe it’s because Lent is around the corner, and the very thought of fasting makes one, well, VERY HUNGRY. Maybe it’s because out of all of the incredibly good birthday cakes we’ve eaten during our winter birthday cake season over here, [...]
Read More »
Mashed Potatoes with Olive Oil, Maureen Abood.com

Irish Mashed Potatoes. In the Lebanese Way.

By Maureen Abood On March 17, 2016 · 17 Comments · In Gluten-Free, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Yogurt, Labneh and Laban
Healthy mashed potatoes! Use garlic, lemon, and olive oil to ramp up the flavor of these potatoes. A great change from the usual high-fat mashers. I consider myself an honorary Irishman for a bunch of reasons. First, my name (Maureen). Second, my sister’s name (Peggy). Dan likes to call me Irish, but he doesn’t know [...]
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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 »

Michigan’s Smoked Whitefish Dip Recipe

By Maureen Abood On June 13, 2014 · 27 Comments · In Gluten-Free, Maza, Appetizers and Dips, Stories and Recipes, Yogurt, Labneh and Laban
Everyone has their own. It’s like Lebanese seven-spice mix: which seven depends on who is doing the mixing, but the mix is happening, everywhere you go there. And for the record, it’s not always seven. I grew up on three (salt+pepper+cinnamon). Here in Michigan, where whitefish dinners reign supreme (and lunches too–I ate the finest [...]
Read More »

Crustless Spinach and Feta Quiche with Sumac Recipe. Say yes to the dress.

By Maureen Abood On May 8, 2014 · 36 Comments · In Gluten-Free, Maza, Appetizers and Dips, Stories and Recipes, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Yogurt, Labneh and Laban
As many of you know, I’m getting married soon. Recently someone asked when, and my response (“next month”) surprised me. It’s a-comin’ right up! I’d say that I don’t recommend having your manuscript deadline and your wedding fall within a couple of months of one another. But actually, I kind of do recommend it. My [...]
Read More »

Lebanese-inspired, protein-rich breakfasts

By Maureen Abood On May 6, 2014 · 6 Comments · In Stories and Recipes
I’ve waxed, and then waned, on the subject of breakfast more than once here (like this), and a lot more than once over the course of…well, a lifetime. Breakfast has ruled me the way the croissant dough wants to rule the rolling pin. At a certain point you have to shake the big pin in [...]
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Kishk Soup with green herbs

Kishk Soup with Garlic

By Maureen Abood On April 5, 2013 · 52 Comments · In Chicken, Fish, Beef, Lamb, Gluten-Free, Soups, Stories and Recipes, Winter, Yogurt, Labneh and Laban
There were so many striking things about the day I ate kishk for the first time. As I mentioned, kishk is not something I’d ever heard of, let alone eaten, until recently. I tasted a steaming bowlful after a winter morning’s baking lesson in Lebanese flatbread last year; my teacher, Naemi, walked us up the [...]
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Ingredient: Kishk Powder

By Maureen Abood On April 2, 2013 · 22 Comments · In Ingredients
I can just imagine how kishk came to be, in the chill mountains of Lebanon where there was a need to store up nutrient-rich, delicious foodstuffs for the winter months (this is the Lebanese food preservation tradition known as mouneh). Like the ultra good-for-you lentil and rice combo in mujadara, powdered kishk is made from powerhouses [...]
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Apricot-Walnut Granola with Orange Blossom, and a new life

By Maureen Abood On January 17, 2013 · 32 Comments · In Fall, Gluten-Free, Grains and Legumes, Pastry and Sweets, Stories and Recipes, Vegan, Vegetarian, Winter, Yogurt, Labneh and Laban
I haven’t heard my father’s name spoken so many times in the 12 years since he died as I have in the last week. For the first time I truly understand, and I feel, the power of a namesake. It evokes. It reminds. It says: here is the cycle of life. We are born. We [...]
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Apricot Nectarine Cobbler with yogurt biscuits

Apricot Nectarine Cobbler

By Maureen Abood On August 23, 2018 · 5 Comments · In Techniques
My favorite Apricot Nectarine Cobbler is made with light, fluffy biscuits made moist and tender with laban (yogurt). The apricots and nectarines pair perfectly and require no peeling, a much faster preparation. Try my blueberry cobbler recipe too, with a shortbread-like crust (and a story I hold dear). I’m thinking to change the name of [...]
Read More »
Frosted Chocolate Cupcakes, MaureenAbood.com

Frosted Chocolate Cupcakes (made with laban!)

By Maureen Abood On February 24, 2017 · Add Comment · In Pastry and Sweets, Yogurt, Labneh and Laban, Your Favorites
Frosted chocolate cupcakes made with yogurt are a knockout–moist, tender, with fabulous, complex flavor. Maybe it’s because Lent is around the corner, and the very thought of fasting makes one, well, VERY HUNGRY. Maybe it’s because out of all of the incredibly good birthday cakes we’ve eaten during our winter birthday cake season over here, [...]
Read More »
Mashed Potatoes with Olive Oil, Maureen Abood.com

Irish Mashed Potatoes. In the Lebanese Way.

By Maureen Abood On March 17, 2016 · 17 Comments · In Gluten-Free, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Yogurt, Labneh and Laban
Healthy mashed potatoes! Use garlic, lemon, and olive oil to ramp up the flavor of these potatoes. A great change from the usual high-fat mashers. I consider myself an honorary Irishman for a bunch of reasons. First, my name (Maureen). Second, my sister’s name (Peggy). Dan likes to call me Irish, but he doesn’t know [...]
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 »

Michigan’s Smoked Whitefish Dip Recipe

By Maureen Abood On June 13, 2014 · 27 Comments · In Gluten-Free, Maza, Appetizers and Dips, Stories and Recipes, Yogurt, Labneh and Laban
Everyone has their own. It’s like Lebanese seven-spice mix: which seven depends on who is doing the mixing, but the mix is happening, everywhere you go there. And for the record, it’s not always seven. I grew up on three (salt+pepper+cinnamon). Here in Michigan, where whitefish dinners reign supreme (and lunches too–I ate the finest [...]
Read More »

Crustless Spinach and Feta Quiche with Sumac Recipe. Say yes to the dress.

By Maureen Abood On May 8, 2014 · 36 Comments · In Gluten-Free, Maza, Appetizers and Dips, Stories and Recipes, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Yogurt, Labneh and Laban
As many of you know, I’m getting married soon. Recently someone asked when, and my response (“next month”) surprised me. It’s a-comin’ right up! I’d say that I don’t recommend having your manuscript deadline and your wedding fall within a couple of months of one another. But actually, I kind of do recommend it. My [...]
Read More »

Lebanese-inspired, protein-rich breakfasts

By Maureen Abood On May 6, 2014 · 6 Comments · In Stories and Recipes
I’ve waxed, and then waned, on the subject of breakfast more than once here (like this), and a lot more than once over the course of…well, a lifetime. Breakfast has ruled me the way the croissant dough wants to rule the rolling pin. At a certain point you have to shake the big pin in [...]
Read More »
Kishk Soup with green herbs

Kishk Soup with Garlic

By Maureen Abood On April 5, 2013 · 52 Comments · In Chicken, Fish, Beef, Lamb, Gluten-Free, Soups, Stories and Recipes, Winter, Yogurt, Labneh and Laban
There were so many striking things about the day I ate kishk for the first time. As I mentioned, kishk is not something I’d ever heard of, let alone eaten, until recently. I tasted a steaming bowlful after a winter morning’s baking lesson in Lebanese flatbread last year; my teacher, Naemi, walked us up the [...]
Read More »

Ingredient: Kishk Powder

By Maureen Abood On April 2, 2013 · 22 Comments · In Ingredients
I can just imagine how kishk came to be, in the chill mountains of Lebanon where there was a need to store up nutrient-rich, delicious foodstuffs for the winter months (this is the Lebanese food preservation tradition known as mouneh). Like the ultra good-for-you lentil and rice combo in mujadara, powdered kishk is made from powerhouses [...]
Read More »

Apricot-Walnut Granola with Orange Blossom, and a new life

By Maureen Abood On January 17, 2013 · 32 Comments · In Fall, Gluten-Free, Grains and Legumes, Pastry and Sweets, Stories and Recipes, Vegan, Vegetarian, Winter, Yogurt, Labneh and Laban
I haven’t heard my father’s name spoken so many times in the 12 years since he died as I have in the last week. For the first time I truly understand, and I feel, the power of a namesake. It evokes. It reminds. It says: here is the cycle of life. We are born. We [...]
Read More »
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