Middle Eastern meal plan for the week.

13 middle eastern recipes, planned as fine dining at home: breakfast, lunch with a side and a tasting menu dinner, with one shopping list by aisle and a prep plan.

Breakfast, lunch with a side and a tasting menu dinner, every day
One shopping list by aisle, added up for your table
Swap any dish, and leave out any of the 14 allergens

Plan my middle eastern week Change the choices first

Breakfast

AI-generated photograph: A swirl of thick white Greek yoghurt in a shallow pale blue bowl, crowned with purple and crimson fig quarters, broken toasted walnuts and a golden ribbon of honey

Greek yoghurt with honey, figs and walnuts

Mediterranean and Middle Eastern · 10 minutes · serves 4

Vegetarian
Gluten free

AI-generated photograph: Menemen in a small black iron pan, soft golden folds of egg through a deep red tomato and green pepper sauce, scattered with chopped parsley and dark red chilli flakes, on a worn wooden board

Turkish menemen, soft eggs with peppers and tomato

Mediterranean and Middle Eastern · 30 minutes · serves 4

Vegetarian
Gluten free
Dairy free

Lunch

AI-generated photograph: Fattoush piled high in a wide white bowl, green lettuce and herbs, red cherry tomatoes, pink radish slices and golden pitta shards, crisp chickpeas and ruby pomegranate seeds on top, dusted with dark red sumac

Fattoush salad with crispy chickpeas

Mediterranean and Middle Eastern · 30 minutes · serves 4

Vegan
Vegetarian
Dairy free

AI-generated photograph: Three browned lamb koftas on a warm folded flatbread on a long white platter, a swoosh of white garlic yoghurt, a bright tomato, cucumber and red onion salad, dark red sumac and a lemon wedge

Lamb kofta flatbreads with garlic yoghurt

Mediterranean and Middle Eastern · 30 minutes · serves 4

Dinner mains

AI-generated photograph: Mujaddara on a wide pale stone plate, speckled lentils and rice crowned with a tangle of dark crispy onions and parsley, a white swirl of cucumber yoghurt to one side

Mujaddara with crispy onions and cucumber yoghurt

Mediterranean and Middle Eastern · 1 hour 5 minutes · serves 4

Vegetarian
Gluten free

AI-generated photograph: Vegetable and chickpea tagine in a deep terracotta bowl, amber squash, orange carrots and golden apricots over pale couscous, scattered with bright green coriander and a lemon wedge

Moroccan vegetable and chickpea tagine with couscous

Mediterranean and Middle Eastern · 1 hour 5 minutes · serves 4

Vegan
Vegetarian
Dairy free

Starters and soups

AI-generated photograph: Creamy hummus swirled in a shallow sand coloured ceramic bowl, a pool of green olive oil and a dusting of red paprika in the centre, warm flatbread wedges and bright carrot, cucumber, pepper and radish batons fanned beside it on a stone board

Smooth hummus with warm flatbread and crudités

Mediterranean and Middle Eastern · 25 minutes · serves 4

Vegan
Vegetarian
Dairy free

Sides

AI-generated photograph: Greek salad in a shallow white ceramic bowl, wedges of red tomato, pale green cucumber and green pepper rings, black olives and a thick white slab of feta dusted with oregano, glossy with olive oil

Greek village salad with feta

Mediterranean and Middle Eastern · 15 minutes · serves 4

Vegetarian
Gluten free

AI-generated photograph: Fluffy golden couscous heaped in a wide speckled stoneware bowl, flecked with green parsley and mint, ruby pomegranate seeds scattered over and a curl of lemon zest on top

Herby lemon couscous with pomegranate

Mediterranean and Middle Eastern · 15 minutes · serves 4

Vegan
Vegetarian
Dairy free

AI-generated photograph: Bright green tabbouleh piled into a shallow white bowl, fine parsley and mint flecked with diced red tomato and bulgur, a sheen of olive oil, a few crisp little gem leaves tucked at the side

Lebanese tabbouleh with bulgur

Mediterranean and Middle Eastern · 25 minutes · serves 4

Vegan
Vegetarian
Dairy free

AI-generated photograph: Roasted peppers, aubergine, courgette and red onion piled on an oval charcoal platter, charred at the edges, with blistered cherry tomatoes, soft garlic cloves and torn green basil

Roast Mediterranean vegetables with basil

Mediterranean and Middle Eastern · 40 minutes · serves 4

Vegan
Vegetarian
Gluten free
Dairy free

Desserts

AI-generated photograph: A golden domed semolina halvas turned out on a white plate, studded with toasted almonds, dusted with cinnamon, one slice cut and laid beside a curl of orange zest

Greek semolina halvas with orange and cinnamon

Mediterranean and Middle Eastern · 1 hour 35 minutes · serves 8

Vegan
Vegetarian
Dairy free