Middle eastern dinner party

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

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

Zaatar manakish is a classic Middle Eastern bread made with just a few ingredients. It's perfect for breakfast, brunch or a midday snack.

We never knew a simple ingredient like carrots could taste so complex. Ready to get cooking? You only need 30 minutes and a few ingredients.

Tagine! It's a way of life in Morocco and you're going to love it! Chicken Tagine with Olives is the way to my heart and I made it so you don't even need to own a tagine! (ya'll know I wasn't fitting one of those into my carry on for the trek home!)

This layered dish features super-tender roasted eggplant and sweet sautéed onions spiked with tart and fruity pomegranate molasses. Serve with pita as part of a mezze course or as a side with a larger meal.

Muhammara is a Middle Eastern roasted red pepper and walnut dip. It's sweet, savory, slightly smoky, earthy, and a little spicy!

During the warmer months, enjoy this cooling, yogurt-based dish at gatherings with your friends and family. They will love the contrast of the salty, garlic-spiked yogurt against the velvety yet crispy-along-the-edges eggplant. This borani is a great stand-alone dish, served with flatbread, steamed rice or quinoa — but it can also be paired with Vegetable Biryani or Lamb and Apricot Pilaf. For a vegan version, you can use soy, almond or coconut yogurt. Eggplant Borani The yogurt sauce, fried…