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"Pronounced Choo-moose, and not hum-miss! This is the easiest, yummiest hummous you will try outside the Middle East."

Ingredients: cumin, fresh lemon juice...

"Leshakshek means to shake in Hebrew. This is an egg and tomato dish that would be something different for brunch. Add garlic, basil, the possibilities are endless! Enjoy.."

Ingredients: cooking oil, eggs, onions...

"A lovely, healthy, Persian dish, which can easily be made with cuts of beef. Try it in place of your usual stew some evening! :)"

Ingredients: fresh ground black pepper, lamb shoulder...

"This is my take on the Afghan dish Bouranee Baunjan, and although it is not exactly authentic, it is quite delicious. :) It's a bit of work to put it together, but is not difficult and is worth it."

Ingredients: chopped tomatoes, globe eggplants...

"Maast-o-Khiar makes a delicious side-dish. Chilling time not included in preparation time."

Ingredients: cucumbers, mint, plain yogurt...

"A Khoreshe is a type of thickened sauce, usually containing meat and vegetables, that is served over rice. This is one of my favorite Persian dishes, one I used to make for my friend Said. It is Persian homestyle cooking at its best!"

Ingredients: fresh ground pepper, eggplants...

"The herbs and nuts add wonderful texture and taste to this omelet. We served in bite sized pieces as an appetizer. Can also sprinkle parmesan cheese over before putting under broiler to finish. From Cooking for Diabetics. Makes 8 meal size portions or 30 bite-size appetizers."

Ingredients: dried dill, eggs, fresh chives...

"This is a nice option to candy while following a low carb diet. There are 2 carbs a piece. These don't keep well, so eat them up!"

Ingredients: Equal sugar substitute, peanut butter...

"Khoresh Bademjan is one of the more popular types or khoresh, which is a sauce including meats and vegetables that is served over fragrant rice. It is not really like a stew, since stews are served on their own, but the sauce resembles stew and those who enjoy stew will probably enjoy this as well.
Recipe adapted from a recipe by Barb."

Ingredients: cinnamon, eggplants...

"This is a snack served in middle eastern markets. It is known as the dukkah, the poor man's dinner, and perfect travel food. You can serve this as described or instead of the pitas you can serve with balls of soft cheese, sliced tomatoes, or cucumbers. Keeps well also unrefridgerated."

Ingredients: coriander seeds, cumin seeds...

"This recipe is off of one of those recipe cards the supermarkets give out."

Ingredients: cinnamon, pomegranate juice...

"A light nutritious dish that can be eaten as a dip, with pita, as a sauce on rice or kebab or as a side dish. A traditional Iranian recipe.

We eat a lot of this in the summer. It is far better with a real home country style yogurt, low fat yogurt just doesn't cut it."

Ingredients: fresh ground pepper, cucumbers...

"This recipe is from Sephardic Cooking, by Copeland Marks."

Ingredients: pepper, ground turmeric, eggs...

"This is a healthier alternative to lamb or beef kebabs using ground turkey. Of course if you prefer the meat over the turkey, please use in place and I promise great results. This is a combination of Lula and Kubidah. Delicious!!"

Ingredients: pepper, lean ground turkey...