In Lebanon, do you have any special Christmas dinner and lunch menus?

salads; shankleesh, tabouli, fattoush

apetizers;hummos, arnabit me2leh, baba ganosh, sambosik. you can never go wrong with some kibbeh or kafta niyyeh on the table :)

desserts;baklawa (it doesnt take to long as long as you have someone helping) , 2atayef(usually its made for halloween and ramadan...but they are so tastey,i make them whenever i crave.

enjoy your holiday cooking!

As our seasons are the reverse to yours , we tend not to have hot meals on Christmas day . A couple favourite desserts here are pavlova which is a large , freshly made meringue with fresh fruit & cream or a trifle ...layers of sponge cake , cream , fruit , custard etc . Both are usually served with icecream !

http://www.aussie-info.com/identity/food/pavlova.p...

http://www.google.com.au/images?q=pavlova&rls=com....

I have good recipes for salads and sauces. I can mail you my recipe for my favorite salad.

It's a meal by itself, but it's yummy, Also can be served with the chickens, petit cochons or lambs

malfoof nayieh, cheese, corn,1 pineapple can (with the syrup), jam and Golf sauce (maionaise avec ketchup)

Even..what about apple pure to be served with the grilled chicken??

As appetizers..small meat ftay, I like the small slices of toasted thum bread, that way i can put different flavors of mayonnaise over them. (mayonnaise with ciboulettes, with zeituns, with red pepper, with tuna,any flavor you like) put each of that sauce in a diff small bowl, so each of your guests will serve by themselves and is less work for you.

About desserts..i dont know where you are living, but..what is better that a call to Hallab's and get some delicious ready sweets from them?

Or may be you have some exotic recipe from some other country, that you can try.

I hope this help

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Usually no. People just pay more at dinner, and are willing too. It is one of those things most people do not think about for some reason.

mohamara, motabal, tabouleh, fattoush, hommos, hommos with meat, Tomato Slices With Garlic & Summak, man2oushe (kashkaval, spinache, etc.) batata harah, sambousak, wara2 3enab bel zeit, potato salad, corn salad, oriental salad, 3arayes, khoushkhash, soujouk, Baba Ghanoush, yougurt with cucumber, Kibeh (Raw or cooked), mohalabiye, Kunafa, Znoud el sit, Cheese Cake.

potato salad

russian salad

cinnamon rolls

mushroom cream soup or french onion soup

@ Aussie : isn't Pavlova russian ? I used to eat it all the time :D ...

Christmas charcuterie

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Cheese and wine also