Sunday I was back to cooking dinner for my friends for Mad Men night and I had so much fun. I LOVEEEEEEEEE Lebanese food. I love eating it of course but I have found since moving to Seattle that I absolutely love cooking it too. I have learned a lot about the different ingredients that go into Lebanese recipes, where to get them, and learned even new dishes. It makes me feel so at home when I eat good Lebanese food and it brings me home when I am cooking it too. And believe it or not, my cooking of Lebanese food, in my opinion, exceeds most Seattle restaurants. It might just be the taste I have for good Lebanese is different than those here, but I truly believe that it is better. Cheaper too (and I don’t think I would be able to make it cheaper in Michigan)! Here is a look at my menu and the outcome. By the way…I wasn’t the only one that liked the food, all of my friends were stuff and super complimentary of it.
Menu:
Chicken Shwarama
Rice Pilaf
Fattoush Salad
Falafel Patties
Cauliflower with Tahini Sauce
Homemade Hummus and pita (made by Mikayla)
Homemade Baba Ghanoush and pita (made by Philipp)
Muhallabia Pudding (made by Polly and myself)
Complete meal:
I have a lot leftover (except cauliflower) which makes me very happy. Though I also used up all of our lemons, olive oil, and turmeric. I also was close to trying to bake my own fluffy pita like Sultans. I found a recipe and it seems really quite easy. Next time! We had eight people which seated comfortably around the table. Philipp, Mark, David, Tina, Polly, Mikayla, Bryan and myself. Along with the homemade dips my friends graciously brought we also had store bought peach and raspberry cobbler and berry pound cake and homemade rice pudding made by Tina for a full selection of tasty desserts. Mad Men was great too! We still have much to catch up on.
Chelsea
