Lebanese Spinach Pie (Fatayer)?

msarro
msarro Posts: 2,748 Member
edited September 19 in Food and Nutrition
Just curious, has anyone else had these things? I've fallen in love with them recently since there is a Lebanese farmers market a little down the road. Only 114 calories according to most recipies I can find too! AND they're big! One makes a whole meal for me on average.

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  • msarro
    msarro Posts: 2,748 Member
    Just curious, has anyone else had these things? I've fallen in love with them recently since there is a Lebanese farmers market a little down the road. Only 114 calories according to most recipies I can find too! AND they're big! One makes a whole meal for me on average.

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  • Mmmm... Those do look good! I'm not sure about the 114 calories. If that is the case, then there must be more than one serving in the picture. Thanks for the food find!
  • msarro
    msarro Posts: 2,748 Member
    Yeah, I'm trying to find out more. Think they'd tell me if I asked them for the recipe? Sadly its kind of a family deli so I can't really so much get nutritional info.
  • bluroses
    bluroses Posts: 90 Member
    You could tell them about sites that would let them calculate calories. like sparkrecipes.com or recipezaar. That way, if they didn't want to share the rcipe, maybe they would be willing to plug it in and get the info for you! Let us know if they do, because I love those, too, but try to stay away!
  • astridfeline
    astridfeline Posts: 1,200 Member
    I love these spinach pies!! I used to eat them all the time when I was overseas--now there's a turkish place that makes them here at home. Yummy!! I bet they are more than 114 cal though :noway:
  • msarro
    msarro Posts: 2,748 Member
    Found a recipe for fatayer sabanegh (the triangle pies) that seems a bit more realistic. 233 calories!
    http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Spinach-Triangles-Fatayer-Sabanegh/Detail.aspx
  • tennetubbie
    tennetubbie Posts: 312 Member
    sadly --223 seems more in line for ONE!! One hundred calories for each side of pastry! :frown:
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  • bluroses
    bluroses Posts: 90 Member
    Yeah, but when I buy them, I eat one with a side salad and it's plenty filling, so I am willing to still have those once in a while! Thanks for finding that info!
  • msarro
    msarro Posts: 2,748 Member
    Yeah, but when I buy them, I eat one with a side salad and it's plenty filling, so I am willing to still have those once in a while! Thanks for finding that info!

    Same here, I usually have them as a main course with either a salad, or with a soy dog :)
  • bluroses
    bluroses Posts: 90 Member
    FWIW, I *just* got a Lebanese cookbook I had ordered (Kibee 'n' Spice and Everything Nice) and it has a recipe for Spinach Pie Triangles (Fatayer Sabanigh). It lists the nutritional info as 137 calories each. These are small-ish, though, since they say to cut dough into 3-4 inch rounds before filling and folding...
  • newmom312
    newmom312 Posts: 24 Member
    Calories per Ingredient

    Here are the foods from our food nutrition database that were used for the nutrition calculations of this recipe.

    Calories per serving of Lebanese Spinach Pie

    69 calories of Wheat flour, white, bread, enriched, (0.14 cup)

    34 calories of Crisco Pure Vegetable Oil, (0.28 tbsp)

    21 calories of Canola Oil, (0.17 tbsp)

    7 calories of Spinach, frozen, (0.11 package (10 oz) yields)

    2 calories of Milk, 1%, (0.14 fl oz)

    2 calories of Onions, raw, (0.03 large)

    1 calories of Lemon juice, (0.17 fl oz)

    0 calories of Parsley, dried, (0.08 tbsp)

    0 calories of Baking Powder, (0.08 tsp)

    0 calories of Salt, (0.02 tsp)

    0 calories of Water, tap, (0.28 fl oz)
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