This collection of authentic Middle Eastern Recipes highlights the wide variety their cuisines and cooking techniques. We love this essential homemade hummus:

This Mediterranean Shirazi salad is so fresh, simple, quick, and easy to make! It uses very simple ingredients, and ready in just 15 minutes.

Sfeeha (Middle Eastern meat pies), are a delicious and savory appetizer or side dish that's popular in the Levant. Savory, delicious & easy.

Mujadara is a signature Middle Eastern dish of lentils and rice w/ crispy fried onions. Popular flavor-packed dish. Makes for a healthy feast! Vegan, GF

Middle Eastern Chicken and Rice with Tahini Yogurt Sauce. This dish is full of amazing flavor. The chicken and rice are cooked in one pot!

Arayes is a popular Middle Eastern dish of stuffed and grilled (or baked) pita bread filled with kafta (minced meat, herbs and spices).

This Middle Eastern slow-cooked lamb is a showstopper! This is an excellent recipe to make for a special occasion for a weekend dinner. The slow-roasting will take time, but trust me it is so worth it! Serve the Pulled Lamb with vermicelli rice, fresh Jerusalem chopped salad and Greek yogurt.

Embark on a culinary journey to the heart of the Middle East with Majestic Maqluba, an aromatic and savory upside-down rice casserole. This traditional dish, beloved for its layers of spiced meat, vegetables, and fluffy rice, is a feast for the senses. Its unique preparation ends in a dramatic flip, revealing a beautifully layered and fragrant meal that's as delightful to behold as it is to devour.

Lamb Shank and Rice is a popular Mediterranean dish that has an extraordinary savor because of its rich spice blend characteristic to the Middle East. The Lamb Shank is slow-cooked with the spices for the flawlessly tender bites and intense aroma of it all is just to die for. The rice of the Lamb Shank and Rice recipe is cooked in the same broth that comes out like wisps of feather, almost ethereal.