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Ramadan Meal Plan (Week1)

It is the first week of Ramadan, wishing you a blessed and happy Ramadan. Do not forget me and my family in your duaa.

Ramadan meals in the Middle East are different from everyday dinners, it is like having a feast everyday at least for the first half of the month.

Starting this week and for the upcoming 4 weeks of this holy month I will share with you a full course menu so you have more varieties to choose from.

Also I have a lot of Suhoor ideas, the traditional suhoor in Egypt is Ful medammes (Fava beans) but there are many ideas there be sure to check them out.

A collage of images from first week of Ramadan meal plan.
Jump to:
  • Day 1
  • Day 2
  • Day 3
  • Day 4
  • Day 5
  • Desserts
  • 🖨️ Printable Shopping List
  • Related posts

Although Ramadan should not be a chance to stuff ourselves with food, have festive iconic food items helps bring joy to our hearts and relate our kids more to the traditions away from Muslim countries. Plus we need to eat anyways right?

Iftar usually starts with some dates and water, you can serve dates differently by making chocolate covered dates.

Tip of the week: Make soups enough to last for a couple of days so you do not have to cook soup every day. What is important in the first week is the meat dishes.

Day 1

An overhead shot of sambusas on a white platter.

Sambusa

Sambosa is an iconic appetizer this time of the year. Similar to samosa but made easier and usually stuffed with flavorful ground beef mixture.

A bowl of tomato basil soup with some croutons on the top.

Tomato basil soup

A delicious, easy and full of flavor tomato basil soup. One of my favorite easy soups.

Qamaredeen

This is a Ramadan classic drink, qamaredeen or apricot juice. Made from Apricot paste and sweetened to your liking.

A whole duck placed on a serving platter over a bed or rice garnished with roasted nuts.

Duck roast

Duck roast are among the classics that shows up on the first days of Ramadan. It is festive, delicious and you basically season it and leave the rest of the work to your oven.

A serving plate with stuffed zucchini and bell peppers with tomato sauce.

Mahshi

One of the popular Ramadan first week recipes this rice stuffed veggies AKA mahshi.

Day 2

Fatayer on a brown bag with some in the background.

Cheese fatayer

Easy with a pillowy dough, these cheese fatayer are the best.

two tall cups of tamarind juice placed on yellow and white napkins.

Tamarind Juice

A perfect, tangy and sweet tamarind drink to start your meal right.

Macarona bechamel

The Egyptian baked pasta version is very satisfying. Layers of pasta, ground beef mixture and bechamel so good.

Gravy is poured over sliced turkey breast.

Turkey breast

Tender air fryer turkey breast if you do not have an air fryer pop it in an oven bag the bake until done then brown the skin under the broiler.

Day 3

A bowl of harira with a spoon in the bowl and a lemon wedge on the back.

Moroccan Harira

A meal by itself, Harira is a very filling soup of lamb, chickpeas, lentils and much more. Feel free to skip the meat as we will have it in the okra stew below. Harira is traditionally served with Chebakia in Morocco.

Three cups showing three different ways to serve Ayran.

Ayran

Is the Turkish yogurt drink perfect when paired with a hot heavy meal.

A big bowl of bamya on a concrete countertop

Bamya

Bamya is the traditional okra stew made with lamb cubes. Feel free to skip the hot pepper to avoid heartburn during Ramadan.

Lebanese rice in a grey bowl garnished with parsley

Lebanese rice

Also known as vermicelli rice is a wonderful rice recipe made super easy too.

Day 4

A bird's eye view of a bowl of barley soup.

Barley soup

Instant pot Beef and barley soup is rich and flavorful and is full of the earthy flavors that I love. Make it meatless by leaving off the beef.

A close up image of garlic bread placed on parchment paper.

Garlic bread

Last Ramadan I made these almost daily! when I did not have sambosa to go with our soup, I made these homemade air fryer garlic bread in literally minutes. A win-win indeed.

An image of cornish hens garnished with parsley.

Crockpot cornish hens

Tender, flavorful cornish hens recipe made easy in your slow cooker.

A hand scooping some molokhia soup with a piece of pita bread

Molokhia

The Egyptian Mulukhia soup, one of the most kid friendly green vegetable that most of the kids like.

A grey bowl of basmati rice with the instant pot in the back.

Basmati rice

This recipe is a life saver, instant pot basmati rice done in less than 10 minutes, cool right?

Day 5

A spoon scooping some of thr dried fruits of a khoshaf cup

Dried fruit compote

Known as Khoshaf in the Middle East. This dried fruit compote is a sweet mix of dried fruits with varying colors in sweet liquid paired with nut mixture for a crunch.

Red lentil soup in a grey bowl with green onions and crackers on the back.

Lentil soup

This Egyptian red lentil soup is full of veggies and so easy to make.

Two artichoke bottoms stuffed with ground beef and placed on a plate with Lebanese rice.

Stuffed artichokes

One of my, and my husband's favorite artichoke recipes. I add zucchini and sometimes potatoes to the casserole for the kids too so everyone will find something to enjoy. Serve with Lebanses rice.

Desserts

A white dish with assorted folded pancakes with nutes

Everyone here expects qatayef on the first few days at least. Qatayef is stuffed pancakes, fried then dunked into syrup.

🖨️ Printable Shopping List

Here is a free printable shopping list to use while shopping this week.

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