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"Popular in Israel and you can use any meat, beef, or lamb. Usually prepared without any veggies on the skewers and best served with salads and pita. Preparation time assumes that the meat has been cubed. Yield depends on how small the meat is cubed"

Ingredients: beef steaks, pepper, skewers...

"Kababs are popular in the Middle East. These are often prepared during barbecues and eaten with pita bread and salads. Yield is approximate."

Ingredients: pepper, ground cumin, skewers...

"Yet another version of the Italian roast. This is also cooked in the crockpot and is wonderful after a hard day at the office or for a lazy weekend meal. Serve over pasta of your choice with a side salad or steamed veggies for a complete meal. This recipe was printed on the box for my new crocpot."

Ingredients: dried oregano, dried thyme...

"This original recipe was printed in the insert cookbook that came with my crock pot many years ago. I adjusted it to suit our taste. This brisket is often requested for potlucks and during our football booster club days, it was prepared and sold at all home games. It can be served on buns with sliced onions and dill pickles or by itself. The cooking..."

Ingredients: onion soup mix, beef brisket...

"Sambusak is one of my favorite pastries. You can serve them on trays at a party (great finger food) and they are great on picnics and bag lunches."

Ingredients: cinnamon, unsalted margarine...

"Amazing recipe if you love Middle Eastern cooking like me. This dish is Iraqi (in my case, Iraqi-Israeli). It wouldn't surprise me if there was a Persian variant on this dish, because it combines stuffing vegetables with spiced ground meat, and simmering it deliciously in a tasty sauce. It can be served over any type of rice, and has a lot of..."

Ingredients: pepper, spices, eggplants...

"As per recipe request. Time consuming, but really worth it!"

Ingredients: cinnamon, pepper...

"These have a very middle-eastern flavor. They taste just like something you could order at most Israeli/Mizrachi restaurants. When I was living in a mircaz klita (an absorption center for new immigrants) in Jerusalem, a Jewish-Iraqi family taught me how to make these for Shabbat. The lady shaped them into little footballs, but I just make small patties...."

Ingredients: fresh ground pepper, cumin...

"This is one of the most forgiving recipes you will find. It's hard to go wrong here. Observant Jews cannot cook on the Sabbath, and yet it has always been tradition to serve a hot meal on Saturday after returning from Synagogue. This is the heart of Jewish cooking - no finesse, no mess, no fanciness. Just a hearty meal that is economical, delicious,..."

Ingredients: fresh coarse ground black pepper, dried kidney beans...

"Beef with dried fruit is one of my favorite flavor combinations. This is a good recipe for Passover, but is perfect all year round."

Ingredients: dried apricots, eggs...

"a garlic lovers delight"

Ingredients: salt & freshly ground black pepper, dried thyme...

"This traditional Sephardic Passover main course uses leaven-free matzo in place of regular lasagna noodles, and has a delicious meat and spinach/mushroom filling."

Ingredients: cinnamon, matzos, eggs...

"This is one of my favorite recipes! It is a thick Persian stew (or aash) flavored with fresh herbs, tangy pomegranate syrup and tiny meatballs. You may want to prepare the aash a day in advance, it tastes even better the second day, after the flavors have melded. The meatballs may be omitted or substituted with vegetables such as mushrooms.
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Ingredients: chives, cilantro, cinnamon...

"This is adapted from a Sephardic Jewish recipe I found in Copeland Marks's "Sephardic Cooking." It is found in the Jewish communities in modern Uzbekistan. You may want to experiment with garlic, leeks, and the like in place of or in addition to the onion, or with ground chicken or ground veal."

Ingredients: pepper, eggs, oil...