Best Middle Eastern Platter Recipes

Middle Eastern Platter image

Provided by Martha Stewart

Time 20m

Number Of Ingredients 12

3 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice (from 1 or 2 lemons)
2 tablespoons olive oil
4 plum tomatoes, seeded and diced
1 English cucumber (about 1 pound), seeded and diced
1 cup coarsely chopped fresh parsley
1 small red onion, diced
Coarse salt and ground pepper
1 container (8 ounces) store-bought hummus
1/2 teaspoon paprika
8 ounces feta cheese
1 cup black olives, such as kalamata, pitted
4 pita breads (6-inch)

Steps:

Prep: In a small container, combine lemon juice and 1 tablespoon olive oil. In a medium container, combine tomatoes, cucumber, and parsley; place onion in a separate plastic bag. If preparing this recipe in advance, see storage instructions (below).
Serve: Add onion and dressing to vegetables. Season with salt and pepper, and toss to combine. Serve with hummus (sprinkled with paprika and remaining olive oil), feta (thickly sliced), olives, and pita.

Middle Eastern Inspired Fruit Platter image

Provided by COOKGIRl

Categories Fruit

Time 15m

Yield 4 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 8

1 cup sliced strawberry, rinsed, hulled
1/2 cantaloupe, sliced
1/2 honeydew melon, sliced
1 cup red seedless grapes, washed, stemmed
1 orange, sliced
2 teaspoons rose water
2 teaspoons orange blossom water
mint leaf (to garnish)

Steps:

Arrange sliced fruit artfully on a pretty platter. For presentation, I like to place the strawberry slices upright between the slices of melon. The grapes I arrange around the outer edge of the platter.
Drizzle with the rose water and orange blossom water.
Garnish with mint leaves.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 135.6, Fat 0.6, SaturatedFat 0.1, Sodium 41, Carbohydrate 34, Fiber 3.8, Sugar 29.4, Protein 2.3