3 Veggie Sides You'll Crave ALL SUMMER LONG

Summer demands good food and good sides, especially when you're hosting a bbq, and with these 3 sides you can't go wrong. Choose between labneh topped with a fresh salad and zaatar croutons, or Battata harra inspired crispy smashed potatoes, or a tangy tomato and green bean salad that will leave you in awe. Each is designed to bring a fresh and flavourful perspective to summer sides.
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Multiply these recipes by 2 or 4 to make enough for a party. Serve on sheet pans or large platters.
Labneh salad (1 main serving or 2-3 sides)
75g labneh
1 cucumber
1 tomato
small handful of olives (halved)
5-6 mint leaves
olive oil
Salt
Croutons (optional)
Green Bean Salad (2 main servings or 4 sides)
150g fine green beans
225g baby plum or cherry tomatoes
2 tbsp (30g) olive oil
1 tsp sugar
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp black lime powdered
2 tbsp pine nuts
Dressing (dresses 2 green bean salads)
3-4 roast tomatoes
20 basil leaves
2 1/2 tbsp olive oil (including the drippings from the tray)
1 1/2 tbsp lemon juice
zest of half a lemon
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
Smashed Batata Harra (1 large main or 2-3 sides)
500g Baby Potatoes
2 Tbsp Vegetable Oil
2-3 garlic cloves
1 red chilli (sliced)
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp paprika
1/4 tsp pepper
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 tbsp olive oil
handful of coriander leaves finely chopped

[@MV-yr2eg]

This is my favourite cooking channel on KZbin. You’re doing us such a great service by sharing Middle Eastern cuisine with the world. Thank you! 😊

[@MiddleEats]

Thanks!

[@HFC786]

The potatoes look 11/10!

[@plantpun]

These all look amazing! I love the idea of caramelizing the tomatoes for the green bean side, it's something I've never thought about but sounds like it matches the dressing and beans well.

[@MiddleEats]

It does so well! And then adding the tangy element makes them so intensely flavoured

[@quacky1874]

Perfect stuff. The sides are often so ignored in a lot of uk bbq but it makes things so much better.

[@MiddleEats]

Sometimes even the meat :D it's mostly just sausages and burgers.

[@joshcollins9125]

Yes! This is exactly the kind of video I’ve been looking for! I think people undervalue how good it is to have a good list of side dishes, especially veggie ones, to cook. It can completely revamp a meal Please do more of these!

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Your videos are getting better and better. I appreciate the originality of your recipes.

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Yes, your shared secrets truly are phenomenal. Thanks from Fort Worth, Texas. 🤠

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we as a community love your videos Obi. Thanks a lot!

[@righteothenable]

Those green beans sound so good. I need to get some black limes!

[@shazamabean]

I made the potatoes today and they were delicious! I regret not doubling the recipe! Thank you so much! Xx

[@witnessthefitness5462]

All 3 recipes look phenomenal, especially that bean salad. Will be making that for my next bbq for sure!

[@MiddleEats]

It is! We make it often for weeknight dinners, sometimes we cheat with the tomatoes in the airfryer.

[@Frederic1406]

Thanks so much!!! I love these meze, they are so appealing that you do not even crave to eat that much meat when they are on your table, meat is almost a side dish of these meze!!!

[@nijinokanata111]

Happy to see some veggie stars! ❤🌱

[@RJWPG]

Those all look absolutely incredible!

[@bonniehopkins7511]

Found my new summer salad!!! This will be the first recipe of yours I’ve tried :D wish me luck!

[@MiddleEats]

Good luck, once you try one, you won't be able to stop

[@jesseh9188]

Absolutely excellent presentation. Looks delicious!

[@elaineshepherd7243]

Thank you for your fabulous and tasty looking recipes. I need to look up how to make labneh.

[@suyapajimenez516]

Wow the 3 of them are fantastic.

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Love you channel!!!! 😍 thsnks from Texas

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[@A_T216]

My mouth is watering!!

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Love your channel, bud.

[@DailyJAB]

that labneh salad and green bean salad looks so good. homemade croutons are the best.

[@itsdonuttime7729]

it's weird people can't be bothered to put effort into veggies to your point at the beginning. These look great esp that green bean salad wow.

[@sbaumgartner9848]

They look delicious.

[@user-jm5fb7ff1q]

I’m try this recipe

[@hussamkamel4001]

Thank you for bringing the light! While I like bbq meat it is equally important to make good sides as they add way more flavours to meal.

[@etherdog]

"Add 2 or 3 garlic cloves" when there were 5 or 6 in the ramekin. These sides look easy and amazing! Thanks for the inspiration!

[@kbasco2000]

Excellent!!! I will make the potatoes today. Greetings from Athens!

[@MediumBrown]

Ur a genius! Im gonna make a few and then upload it to my channel, shokran for the inspo brother

[@condoriris6286]

I would put the tomatoes with the potatoes in one plate

[@sawyerstudio]

Those potatoes will be made by the end of this week, minus chilis because the fam can't handle it. (I'll make my own spicy batch later lol)

[@MiddleEats]

Get some mild ones then. Even if it's bell peppers. The flavour is too good

[@sawyerstudio]

@@MiddleEats definitely! Will roast some red bells for this. 💖

[@mostlyvoid.partiallystars]

Smoky charred poblanos would be fantastic!😊

[@Patruizis]

@@mostlyvoid.partiallystars Be careful. Poblanos are, like most chiles, treacherous as hell. You may swear this variety or that one is not spicy and then, after one bite, you may be in for a very unpleasant surprise. Take it from me, a Mexican living in Mexico who has cooked with and eaten chiles all of her life.

[@Ricky-oi3wv]

I work a sneak attack. Mild ones in gradually increasing amounts.

[@MrFishlipp]

Oh boy it is really amazing how after all of your videos I can just think: damn that looks good. I need to try this. Amazing work here as always!

[@naveerakhan9622]

Can't wait to bring these to the next barbeque! 🤤

[@BlackJesus8463]

nice!

[@sigogglin]

i just made the green beans and it was delicious but if making for a crowd i would double the green beans but keep all other quantities the same.

[@andreamoitinho4895]

The end of the video! There are things we can only express in our native language. 😂 I'm definitely trying those potatoes, but with a mild seasoning.

[@death2colonialism]

Put the smashed potatoes on labneh. And add some Sumac to the dressing of potatoes. For a free summer 🍉🍉🍉

[@user-ue6zx2do2f]

Top tech potatoe

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❤

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[@sparklemotion8377]

I miss the chopped salad in the mix. Not only is it a staple in Moroccan barbeque but since you have barbeque going it's easy to grill the peppers.

[@MiddleEats]

Slata Mechwi? We did a Tunisian one a while back, was delicious

[@sparklemotion8377]

@@MiddleEats I was thinking of any variation of chopped salad since every mediterranean country has their own version of 'pico de gallo'. Have you ever eaten Tunisian couscous? Since I have eaten Tunisian couscous, my recipe became a hybrid of Moroccan and Tunisian couscous. Hint, a whole lot of tomatoes.

[@user-ps4dq6vd7f]

genius

[@Laura-mi3nv]

Have you tried basil in that first salad? I'm not sure I'd like mint in a salad like this. I know Americans are supposed to love mint in everything, but not all of us, lol. Also, I'm looking at your cookbook, are you planning a part two or an update? I'd buy this if it had more recipes and just some of the basics of Middle Eastern cooking. My mom's old Good Housekeeping and Better Crocker cookbooks are some of the best ever made, she has a set that starts with real basic recipes and then how to add onto each to create something new or more. They were created at a time when people were just getting modern cooking appliances and didn't know how to cook with regulated stoves and ovens, so they go from basic to advanced. I have no idea if there's a Middle Eastern version (probably is).... but it would be a smart approach to an updated cookbook.

[@MiddleEats]

No, but I'd urge you to try it. Something about mint with labneh and olive oil is magical. Instead of being sharp and spicy it has a delicious herby flavour with the lightest of kicks. Kind of like English, French mustard vs American mustard

[@mamarages967]

Microwaves change the molecular make up of the food....

[@candacecantwell2738]

If you share the secret to phenomenal Dahl or lentils, please notify me.

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You will see lentils on this channel but dal is a south asian thing not middle eastern (though this channel has done a couple SA things)

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