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    Home » Recipes » Food Type

    Mediterranean Appetizer Recipes

    Experience the flavors of Mediterranean cuisine with these Mediterranean appetizer recipes. From Baba Ganous Eggplant Dip to Beef Samosas, browse dozens of incredible appetizer recipes that will transport your taste buds to faraway places!

    Lebanese Mezze

    • bulgar wheat tabouli
      Lebanese Tabbouleh Salad
    • fire roasted baba ganoush on a plate with olive oil
      Lebanese Baba Ganoush
    • batata harra garlic and cilantro fried potatoes
      Batata Harra (Lebanese Fried Potato Chunks)
    • fried kibbeh in a bowl
      Fried Kibbeh Balls
    • fatoosh chopped salad with pomegranate and pita chips
      Lebanese Fattoush Salad With Fried Pita Chips
    • homemade labneh in a bowl
      Homemade Lebanese Labneh Dip From Milk
    • fried falafel
      Lebanese Falafel
    • kibbeh nayeh Lebanese raw kibbeh appetizer
      Kibbeh Nayeh Recipe (Lebanese Raw Kibbeh)

    Fried Appetizers

    • easy fried cheese samosas
      Cheese Sambousek
    • fried beef sambousek on a plate
      Lebanese Beef Sambousek
    • homemade pita chips
      Crispy Fried Pita Chips
    • close up view of fried pita chips with zaatar spice
      Za'atar Pita Chips
    • cheese and zaatar spring rolls
      Fried Cheese and Za'atar Spring Rolls
    • fried ground beef samosas
      Middle Eastern Beef Samosas
    • close up view of cauliflower florets
      Fried Cauliflower Florets (No Batter)
    • close up of middle eastern eggplant salad in a bowl
      Betinjan Meqli (Fried Eggplant Salad)

    Mediterranean Dips

    • pita chips dipping into some labneh with olive oil
      Garlic Labneh
    • easy olive tapenade in a bowl
      Mediterranean Black Olive Tapenade
    • fire roasted eggplant dip with garlic and mint
      Mediterranean Grilled Eggplant Dip
    • za'atar labneh in a bowl
      Labneh With Za'atar and Olive Oil

    More Mediterranean Appetizers

    • steamed shrimp with homemade cocktail sauce.
      Steamed Shrimp Cocktail
    • potato kibbeh on a plate with olive oil
      Potato Kibbeh (Kibbet Batata)
    • close up of labneh made from store-bought yogurt
      Labneh Made From Store-Bought Yogurt
    • creamy and light hummus
      Blender Chickpea Hummus
    • close up red pepper hummus
      Roasted Red Pepper Hummus
    • egyptian smoked herring dip (renga) in a bowl with green onions
      Egyptian Renga (Smoked Herring Fish Dip)
    • oven-roasted baba ganoush with pomegranate
      Baba Ganoush Without Tahini
    lily at the matbakh

    I'm Lily

    I'm an American Lebanese living in Texas. My kitchen, or matbakh, is a hodgepodge of recipes from the U.S. and Mediterranean region.

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    Mediterranean Food

    • koshari
      Egyptian Koshari Recipe (The Best I've Had)
    • chunky chicken noodle soup in a large pot
      Whole Chicken Noodle Soup From Scratch
    • roasted steelhead trout with garlic lime butter
      Baked Steelhead Trout with Garlic Butter Sauce
    • kibbeh nayeh Lebanese raw kibbeh appetizer
      Kibbeh Nayeh Recipe (Lebanese Raw Kibbeh)
    • homemade lasagna tomato sauce in a pot.
      Meat Lasagna Tomato Sauce (From Scratch!)
    • bulgar wheat tabouli
      Lebanese Tabbouleh Salad

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