Willing to wait one hour in line for a felafel sandwich? Is hummus your #1 condiment? Tempted by tabbouli or drool over dolmas? Then welcome to my Feast in the Middle East page! I am a TV journalist/host from San Francisco with access to hundreds of authentic Middle Eastern recipes passed down to me from generations. I will give you step by step instructions complete with easy modern shortcuts so you can make these delicacies at home. Each video will have a written transcript of precise ingredient measurements that were traditionally passed around by word of mouth only--recipes that you will never find in culinary schools. I also offer a lot of cooking tips, information about exotic ingredients, and family stories, to give you a background of the recipes. I want to keep these dishes alive, before they disappear with my busy generation’s take-out boxes. These are rustic, easy to make recipes that use whole fresh ingredients that follow the Mediterranean diet, touted by even the Mayo Clinic as the most heart healthy diet around.
Ready for a new lesson? Here's a new slow-cooker one pot recipe: Fasoolya Green Bean & Lamb Stew Recipe.
Blanche shows you how easy it is to make this aromatic stew featuring lamb, green beans, tomatoes, garlic, and onions. Let the slow cooker do the work for you!
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Feast in the Middle East
Learn how to prepare authentic Middle Eastern dessert recipes that have been passed down for generations. These recipes, many of them gluten free, follow the heart-healthy Mediterranean diet.
Learn how to prepare authentic Middle Eastern dessert recipes that have been passed down for generations. These recipes, many of them gluten free, follow the heart-healthy Mediterranean diet.
Do you love the taste of Middle Eastern food, full of savory spices? Follow along in this tasty course that transforms Middle Eastern food into dishes that are easy to make for the modern world. Television journalist and host Blanche Shaheen reveals delicious recipes passed down to her from generations of family. You’ll learn how to cook all the traditional Middle Eastern dishes including homemade hummus, tabbouleh, baklava, couscous and falafel. Learn how to cook recipes that will keep you and your family full from breakfast until dessert.
Do you love the taste of Middle Eastern food, full of savory spices? Follow along in this tasty course that transforms Middle Eastern food into dishes that are easy to make for the modern world. Television journalist and host Blanche Shaheen reveals delicious recipes passed down to her from generations of family. You’ll learn how to cook all the traditional Middle Eastern dishes including homemade hummus, tabbouleh, baklava, couscous and falafel. Learn how to cook recipes that will keep you and your family full from breakfast until dessert.
In this Middle Eastern flatbread recipe, aromatic herbs are combined with a flaky dough, and baked to perfection. Try this dish for a perfect breakfast!
In this Middle Eastern flatbread recipe, aromatic herbs are combined with a flaky dough, and baked to perfection. Try this dish for a perfect breakfast!
Make the most of leftover turkey with this one-pot Freekeh soup recipe! Learn to combine superfoods like Freekeh and chard with vegetables in a high fiber soup.
Make the most of leftover turkey with this one-pot Freekeh soup recipe! Learn to combine superfoods like Freekeh and chard with vegetables in a high fiber soup.
Transport yourself to the wedding of Kate Middleton and Prince William with a biscuit cake recipe that combines crackers, chocolate, and sweet condensed milk!
Transport yourself to the wedding of Kate Middleton and Prince William with a biscuit cake recipe that combines crackers, chocolate, and sweet condensed milk!
If you want a healthy snack to replace potato chips on game day, it’s time to try roasted garbanzo beans! Learn the recipe for this crispy treat in this lesson!
If you want a healthy snack to replace potato chips on game day, it’s time to try roasted garbanzo beans! Learn the recipe for this crispy treat in this lesson!
If you live in wine country, the wine might be delicious, but you are also surrounded by fresh grape leaves! In this lesson, make stuffed grape leaves.
If you live in wine country, the wine might be delicious, but you are also surrounded by fresh grape leaves! In this lesson, make stuffed grape leaves.
Blanche shows you how easy it is to make this aromatic stew featuring lamb, green beans, tomatoes, garlic, and onions. Let the slow cooker do the work for you!
Blanche shows you how easy it is to make this aromatic stew featuring lamb, green beans, tomatoes, garlic, and onions. Let the slow cooker do the work for you!
Blanche teaches you how to make a beautiful eggplant casserole, layered with chicken, garlic, onions, pine nuts, and a tomato sauce to bring it all together.
Blanche teaches you how to make a beautiful eggplant casserole, layered with chicken, garlic, onions, pine nuts, and a tomato sauce to bring it all together.
Learn this easy recipe for the dessert beverage of the Middle East: Sahlab, which is named after the orchid that gives this drink a beautiful fragrance.
Learn this easy recipe for the dessert beverage of the Middle East: Sahlab, which is named after the orchid that gives this drink a beautiful fragrance.