April A to Z Challenge - L is for Labneh and Light

We are a family that loves to dip! We like dipping chips into queso, guacamole, and salsa. We like dipping crackers into chicken salad. We love dipping our pita bread or raw carrots into hummus so I loved the array of dips in Israel.

L is for Labneh

What is Labneh? Labneh is a wonderfully creamy yogurt cheese. Labneh is made by training the liquid out of yogurt until it takes on the consistency sort of like a very soft cream cheese. I LOVE to dip anything into cream cheese and this is even healthier!! I imagine you could use it in place of cream cheese or maybe even sour cream. In Israel, Labneh is often served with pita bread – oh goodness – it is so good! They often squeeze a little lemon on top and drizzle some olive oil and some might even add a few fresh herbs.

Remember that comb of honey that I posted a picture of yesterday? For breakfast, a piece of toast with a slathering of labneh and a drizzle of honey – makes me want to have a hive of bees and learn to make labneh – which is not too hard if you believe the videos and tutorials!

As I was typing, I was wondering if you could make spinach dip with Labneh? I guess you could and it would probably be delicious.

Have you ever eaten Labneh? If so, did you enjoy?

photo from bonapetit.com - labneh

photo from thebeirutbaker.com and she says that

you can purchase at a Lebanese market

and we have one of those in town - I need

to see if I can buy Labneh there

This next one is going to be a huge stretch so bear with me, ok?

L is for Light

During the first part of our trip, we stayed in Tiberius right on the Sea of Galilee. You can see boats located along the shore line and on the weekend those boats become party boats and they set off fireworks from the boats out over the Sea of Galilee. They were partying on those boats and we could hear the music. There is no air conditioning in the hotel because even though it was 80 degrees outside, it is still considered winter . . .so only heat . . .no air. Why did I insert that sentence? Because we left our room door to the teeny tiny balcony open ALL the time – even when we were sleeping . . and they were partying. I was able to catch a few pictures of the fireworks and the LIGHT was beautiful.

Do you love fireworks as much as I do? Does the idea of being on a party boat with loud music and fireworks sound like fun to you?