Harissa Chickpeas With Fried Eggs

This one-pot dish of chickpeas in a spicy harissa sauce with a fried egg doesn't just have to be breakfast: It's delicious for any meal of the day. It comes together in less than 15 minutes, making it the perfect weeknight meal: easy, filling, and delicious.

Moroccan Merguez Ragout with Poached Eggs

For those with a passion for runny yolks, it doesn't get much better than Shakshuka, that Middle Eastern dish of eggs poached in a spiced tomato sauce. Of course, there is one way to improve on the dish and that would be by adding chunks of Moroccan merguez à la this: Moroccan Merguez Ragout with Poached Eggs from Amanda Hesser's and Merrill Stubbs' The Food52 Cookbook.

Harissa (Armenian Wheat and Chicken Porridge)

A porridge that is far more than the sum of its parts, with a little assist from spiced brown butter.

Braised Chickpeas and Vegetables with Couscous, Harissa Yogurt, and Soft Eggs from 'Flour, Too'

Couscous is a wonderful pantry staple. It's the fastest pasta (or any starchy grain) I know how to cook, and its fluffy texture and mild flavor pair well with just about anything you throw at it. In Joanne Chang's new cookbook Flour, Too, she steams the pasta with a rainbow of summer vegetables and a couple of cups of slowly braised chickpeas. Not content with this everyday flavor profile, Chang flavors the dish with North African flair.

Spicy Carrot and Ginger Soup With Harissa

A creamy carrot soup flavored with cumin, ginger, and spicy North African harissa paste, with a toasted almond and parsley garnish.

Beef & Lentil Soup

Great beef mince recipe for something different - Beef & Lentil Soup! Lots of vegetables, hearty, healthy, Moroccan spiced for extra flavour.

Easy Moroccan Stuffed Eggplant (beef or lamb)

Irresistible, easy recipe for stuffed eggplant: oven-roasted halves topped with Moroccan spiced lamb or beef. Low-cal, low-carb, low effort, high returns!

Moroccan Lamb Meatball Tagine

Tender lamb meatballs are stewed with shallots, cilantro, mint, carrots, golden raisins, and ras-el-hanout, full of spicy, hot, smoky, sweet Moroccan flavor. Comforting, but unfamiliar and delicious.

Lablabi (Tunisian Chickpea Soup) From 'The Heart of the Plate'

In her new cookbook, The Heart of the Plate, Mollie Katzen shares many recipes for vegetarian soups and stews. None are as beguilingly simple as her version of Tunisian lablabi, a straightforward chickpea soup.

Middle Eastern Roasted Eggplant with Couscous

Middle Eastern Roasted Eggplant with Couscous - 15 minutes prep for this fragrant melt-in-your-mouth eggplant piled high with a fresh couscous. Divine starter or as a meal. (Vegan Tahini Drizzle recipe included as an alternative to dolloping yoghurt on!)