~ A Fresh Look ~

Just as we get revved up for the season, I've refreshed my homepage to make our Lebanese fresh and classic recipes even easier to find and enjoy--including this fun Lebanese American feast shot that really only touches on all of the goodness so many of us make for the holidays.

I have collected a list of many favorite side dishes HERE that we can use to plan our Thanksgiving menus (even though the feast may not change all that much year to year!). And I'll have a fabulous new side dish recipe in the flavors we love off to you soon. First thing I like to make ahead is My Mom's Cranberry Sauce, which will convert any sauce skeptics. In the potato realm, try my dairy-free mashers. There are the Roasted Sweet Potatoes with sumac, Minted New Potatoes, and see how Za'atar Potatoes make it to the Thanksgiving table too. Try sweet potato in your biscuits, to great effect. We love LOVE my roasted brussels sprouts with hazelnuts and a drizzle of pomegranate molasses (or, try Mulberry Syrup or a complex honey). Also just delicious to sauté them with dates. I make easy green beans with great evoo and mint salt, a refreshing counterpoint to the casserole, along with a crisp, crunchy fattoush salad. Lebanese traditions on the buffet? That'd be hushweh rice pilaf, fatayer spinach pies, grapeleaves, kibbeh nayeh, pickles.
Are these "sides"?
I'm realizing that the turkey is the side to all of this other goodness!