Galileat - Culinary adventures in the Galilee

03/04/2025

02/04/2025

What a wonderful, Spring day we had in Yarka with our hosts Salam Abo Doly and Fuad! 🌿🫶

With support from our partners at , we spent the day foraging, cooking, and learning, while professional photos of our cooking workshops and home hospitality captured the beauty and traditions of Galilean Druze cooking and coming together. 🙌📸

We're not sure which was more enjoyable - the great vibes between our hosts, staff, and volunteers, or the delicious meal which we all sat down to share together after a hard day's work. 🍋🥂

Either way, we're grateful for the opportunity and partnership that supports Galilean businesses and people, and are sure you'll enjoy your experience with us just as much. For more information on what we do and how you can book a workshop with us, visit: https://galileat.com/ or email: [email protected] 🫒📝

27/03/2025

🎢 When life serves up a week that feels like a roller coaster ride, there's nothing quite like the warm embrace of comfort food to steady the soul. 🫓

So we've retreated to our kitchens where kneading dough, smelling the rich herbs and garlic, and firing up the taboon come together like a hug for our taste buds. 🫶

We're happy to share Miad's recipe for fresh pita with za'atar below to strengthen our connection and comfort through food with you. You can see her setup in the photo below. Whether you decide to make the pita fresh or use what you have and toast it up with the herbs, share pics and tag us if you make it at home!🌿



Pita with Za’atar
Ingredients
Dough
200 g whole flour
200 g white flour
teaspoon instant yeast
1 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup olive oil
1/2 cup water

Spice mixture
1/2 cup za'atar spice mix
1/3 cup olive oil
I teaspoon salt
Mix all topping ingredients together

Directions
• Preheat oven to 230°c
• Mix flours together and add sugar and yeast. Mix well.
• Add salt (Note: Do not add the salt and yeast together, it is important to add separately.)
• Add oil and mix well. Add as much water as needed to make a smooth dough.
• Knead the dough for at least 10 minutes, until the dough is smooth and soft. You can definitely do this in an upright mixer with a dough hook or food processor with a dough blade. 3-5 minutes of mixing is enough
• Cover and prove in a warm place. The dough doesn't need a long prove, 15 minutes is enough.
• Divide dough into balls, a little smaller than fist size. Pull and roll until smooth then cover and allow to rise a second time, 10 minutes is enough.
• Roll out dough balls thinly into a circle. Puncture the flattened dough a few times with a fork or make a number of indents with your fingers, so it stays flat and doesn't inflate like a pocket bread.
• Spread 1 tablespoon of spice mixture onto flattened dough so that it covers the pita evenly. Repeat with remaining dough.
• Bake pitot in a hot, pre-heated (240° C) oven, 5-7 minutes. If you want it softer, 5 minutes is enough. If you like it crispy, leave the pitot in the oven a little longer until they darken more.

16/03/2025

🍴Dig in to this wonderful experience! Students from the University of North Carolina prepared and feasted on delicious Galilean Druze food and Gusun and Badgat hosted their first group in a year and a half. 🥗

Making memories in kitchens across the Galilee - book your group visit and experience the magic for yourselves!

11/03/2025

🌞 Hosting and hospitality is keeping us busy and happy these days. Fresh from foraging beautiful greens, neighbors from Kibbutz Cabri came to Jat for a cooking workshop at Nohad's.

We learned some new techniques with a zucchini (courgette) corer, tasted and chopped up fresh winter greens, and prepared a traditional Druze breakfast with a twist: Druze-style Pita, home-made Labaneh, and fresh Olesh (wild foraged chicory) rolled up and cut into what Nohad calls, Druze Sushi! 🥢🫓

Reach out to schedule your adventure in the Galilee with us today! 💙💛

04/03/2025

🌿✨ In between the last of the winter rains, the Galilee Mountains are bustling with seasonal greens, vibrant wildflowers, and hidden gems waiting for you to join locals in picking and cooking! From fennel to wild thyme, freekeh and hyssop, we're happy to be busy again leading guided tours that forage straight from the fields and cook straight into your hearts and palettes. 🌱🍃

Reach out to schedule your adventure in the Galilee with us today! 💙💛

02/02/2025

How wonderful to return to cooking workshops and host the lovely Shoshan family at Salam's beautiful home in Yarca.

כמה טוב לחזור לפעילות מלאה. שמחנו לארח את משפחת שושן לסדנת בישול, אצל סלאם המדהימה בירכא.

30/12/2024

The North has quietened down and we are back to hosting groups. And it's great

09/06/2024

שבוע שעבר היה לנו את העונג והזכות לארח במטבח הכשר שלנו בדלית אל כרמל קבוצה נהדרת מעמותת אל"ן. כולם היו בכיסא גלגלים, אבל זה ממש לא הפריע להם להשתתף, ולעשות את כל משימות הבישול.
היה יום מיוחד לכל הנוכחים.

03/06/2024

אנחנו מתכוננים להשקה של ערכות הפיקניק הגלילי שלנו, במיוחד לקיץ. תזמינו, נכין את הפיקניק המושלם עבורכם, תאספו ותהנו.
פרטים בהמשך....

06/04/2024

A giant thank you to XM Cyber for being such wonderful guests this week at Amira's in Dalyat el Carmel

24/03/2024

אמנם אנחנו רגילים לארח חמישים קבוצות לחודש, מתרגלים להרבה פחות, אבל שמחים עם מה שיש. כולל חיילים במילואים, מפונים, ישראלים המטיילים בצפון וגם כמה תיירים מחו"ל, הבאים בהזדהות עם המצב.
תודה לכולם ואנחנו ממשיכים לפתוח את הדלתות לסדנאות בישול וארוחות באירוח ביתי

12/02/2024

Our campaign to say thank you to soldiers in miluim continues. We are collecting donations to pay for soldiers so they can join in to cooking workshops in the Galilee. Every bit helps. You can send money to our Paypal account https://www.paypal.com/donate/miluim workshop or contact me to make a direct bank transfer (preferable, as Paypal unfortunately takes a commission)

04/02/2024

אחרי שלושה חודשים קשים זוג אנשי מילואים שהשתחרר מגיע לנופש בצפון ובמסגרת הנופש הם גם יתארחו בסדנת בישול דרוזי טבעוני , במגאר, במחיר סמלי.
לסדנא הזו ניתן לצרף עוד אנשים וכאן אתם נכנסים לתמונה עם אחת משתי אפשרויות:
או
הזדמנות שלכם להצטרף לסדנת בישול גלילי טבעוני, ביום ה', 22.2 בשעה 11.00 במחיר של 300 ₪ לאדם.
או
לתרום השתתפות בסדנא לעוד אנשי מילואים במחיר של 300 ₪ לאדם.
לכאן או לכאן, תיצרו קשר עם פול, דרך המסנג'ר של פייסבוק או אינסטא, או טלפון 055-881-0727
ביחד נאכל וננצח.

11/01/2024

Mi'ad gave Carol and Bob a quick lesson on zucchini coring. We were so happy to have been able to arrange a meal at Mi'ad's and are so grateful to them for coming and showing their support during these difficult time. And a special thank you to Touring Israel for arranging this with us.

25/12/2023

Over these past two and a half months I’m proud to have been able to help with the production of thousands of meals to soldiers and displaced citizens in the North. I am continuing with the efforts in a few different initiatives, including Galileat’s hosts. We 3 host families in the town of Maghar. This week, each one of our hosts, Pnina, Gusun and Bad’jat, and Mi’ad and Snir, cooked 100 meals each, thus enabling us to provide 300 meals to soldiers. Moreover, my staff member, Anne Picus, came along to help as well and even schlepped her cousin Shawn with her. I have always been proud of what Galileat does but now, even more so.
During a time when we cannot bring guests from around the world to experience our Galilean home hospitality, our hosts readily agreed to volunteer to cook for the soldiers and are looking forward to continuing to do so in the coming weeks. My hosts in other villages will also be joining in very soon.
We paid for the raw materials through donations we have collected. In order to continue, we need more donations so they can keep cooking. Everything helps.
https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=9PYUJ8CGBQZ44

19/12/2023

Amidst this strange, terrible time we have had some interesting events this month...Selling meals at a Meta/FB event, a couple of workshops and catering. Our hosts will be happy to host guests or leave their homes to supply great Galilean food.
בתוך התקופה הנוראית שכולנו עוברים, יש ניצנים ראשונים של חזרה לפעילות. כמה סדנאות, מכירת אוכל במשרדים של מטא/פייסבוק וקייטרינג של אירוע.
המארחים של גלילאיט מחכים לארח אתכם בבית או לצאת ולהביא את האוכל הגליל המדהים שלהם, אליכם