A good old friend of mine was having house guests this weekend. Her sister was bringing her new fiance to meet the family. The fiance is Lebanese. I had a couple free days so I offered to make them some food. I had so much fun preparing this. I made kaak which is the bread with the holes in it. And Turkish simit though I am sure there is a Lebanese version of this same bread. I'm not sure hwat it is called.
I made a big spinach pie, a Lebanese cucumber and tomato salad, garlic sauce, hummus, baba ganough, Tzatziki, roasted red peppers and pickles.
I made Lebanese rice too. It always has toasted vermicelli in it (think the original Rice-a-roni).
The hummus was decorated with paprika, parsley and toasted pine nuts.
Stuffed zucchini with lamb and rice and a ton of spices, very tasty.
I threw in an American chocolate cake frosted with a rich chocolate ganache. My husband delivered it to them just as the guests arrived.
The fiance said he couldn't wait to go home and tell his Lebanese family that a Polish woman cooked him authentic Lebanese food. Ha!
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Diana from Canada