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Fresh Rice Salad

This fresh rice salad is a quick and healthy meal made with leftover rice, veggies, and herbs. Serve it with chicken or lamb for an easy lunch or dinner.

Biscoff Banana Cheesecake Slice

Creamy Biscoff Cheesecake Slice with banana, and strawberries. Easy to make and perfect for any occasion. A fruity twist on a classic dessert.

Musakhan Chicken Burgers

These musakhan chicken burgers are a twist on the classic Palestinian dish. Easy to make, packed with sumac onions and shredded chicken.

Learn how to provide the ultimate grazing platter experience

From planning the menu to purchasing the ingredients and prepping them, cooking the meals, choosing the serving platters, and setting up the table, I’ve got you covered with my step-by-step guide to the perfect grazing experience.

Host perfect gatherings with this festive lunch or dinner menu planner

Transform your holiday festivities with my comprehensive Seasonal Planner, a step-by-step guide to perfecting any festive gathering from initial planning and shopping to the final delicious dish.

Embrace the blessings and warmth of Ramadan with 30 days of recipes

A collection of simplified yet delicious Ramadan recipes designed to bring joy and togetherness to your Iftar tables, allowing you to create and enjoy delicious meals within 30 minutes. Making each day of this sacred month a memorable feast.

Rouba Shahin

Hi, I’m Rouba. Welcome to my Food Journey!

Hospitality is central to my Middle Eastern culture and our food is the ultimate cuisine for sharing. I am a mum of two boys and have a large extended family & circle of friends – so naturally entertaining and sharing food has become a huge part of my life.

I’m so excited to share the joy of cooking with you!

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When people ask me, ‘Is your family okay?’ I want to scream that the people you see on your screens are all my family. Every person, every child, every home — they are my people, my family. 💔

We have run out of words for what we’ve witnessed and continue to witness. Today, I’m being honest with you all: my sadness has turned into anger, my heartbreak into frustration. I feel a mix of helplessness, rage, and deep sorrow, wanting to scream at someone, to shout at the injustice. But instead, I need to channel this energy elsewhere.

Let’s help each other out — how do we process this? How do we keep moving forward? What do you do to cope in moments like these? Drop your advice below👇🏾Let’s find strength together. 💪🏾

#family #anxious #community #helpless #
Read to the end... and ask yourself, why?
Look closely at this photo. It may seem like just a building, but if you look closer, you’ll see holes — scars from a bomb that hit our home in 1983 by Isr-ael . But that’s not the story I’m here to tell. I’m here to talk about family, love, and what it means to grow up between two worlds. Scroll through 👉🏽 these photos and videos, and at the end, I hope you’ll ask yourself the same question I do: Why are we seen so differently?

I was born in Australia 🇦🇺 but my father wanted me to grow up in Lebanon 🇱🇧 surrounded by our family, our culture, and our traditions. He believed that we should grow up in the heart of our roots, amongst our people, to learn who we are and where we come from. And while we did, there was always this underlying reality—war, unrest, the world constantly chipping away at the places we call home 🥲

It’s ironic, isn’t it? In the West, there’s often resentment towards migrants and refugees. They ask why we come, but the truth is, we are here because the very countries they live in have been bombing ours for decades. We never wanted to leave our homes; we were forced to. Our families, our homes, and our childhood memories are left behind, often shattered, while we try to rebuild elsewhere❤️

My trip back home only a couple of month ago was wonderful. I spent time with family and created new memories that I’ll always hold dear. Some of the people you see in these photos, though, have already left their homes. Others are now forced to leave as well. And the rest? They wait with anxious hearts, knowing that more bombs will fall, knowing their world will soon be reduced to rubble 💔

I often wonder — why doesn’t the world see us, Arabs, as people who deserve to live in peace? Why is it that when they look at us, they see something different, something “other”? Take a moment to look at these photos and videos. At the end, you’ll see Gus and me, just two normal people, sharing a light moment, having some fun. 

Why is it that the world sees us as anything less than human💔
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