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Hommus

Ingredients

• 2 cloves garlic, chopped
• 1/4 cup water
• 1/4 cup lemon juice
• 1 400g can chickpeas, drained & rinsed
• 1/2 cup tahini
• 1 tsp salt

Directions

1. Blend everything.
2. Optionally serve sprinkled with sweet or hot paprika and drizzled with oil of your choice.

Loubieh

Ingredients

• a few onions, diced
• butter, oil or lard
• 1/4 tsp cinnamon
• 2 tsp salt
• 1-1.2kg green beans, topped & tailed, then sliced lengthwise and halved
• 800g diced tinned tomatoes
• a few tbsp tomato paste
• 1-2 cups water (probably)
• pepper (optional)
• a couple tsp powdered chicken or beef stock (optional)

Directions

1. Fry onions in butter/oil/lard for a couple of minutes (strictly speaking you can do this without butter/oil/lard, but it's much more annoying and liable to burn).
2. Add cinnamon and salt, stir briefly.
3. Stir in beans, put lid on pot, let cook/sweat for 10-15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
4. Add tomatoes, tomato paste, pepper and stock if using them, and water if it looks like it needs it.
5. Simmer 30-45 minutes.