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Persimmon Bread

This persimmon bread recipe yields a moist, warmly spiced quick bread made with sweet persimmon purée, olive oil, and toasted walnuts. It’s the perfect way to enjoy fall’s most underrated fruit. If you’ve ever noticed the vibrant red-orange color of persimmons at the grocery store or farmers market and been curious to sample their honey-sweet…

Meat and Poultry

Maqluba

This traditional Middle Eastern Maqluba is a rice dish as beautiful as it is delicious. With layers of spiced chicken, tender vegetables, and fragrant basmati, it’s the perfect centerpiece for a gathering.

Sides and Small Plates

Sautéed Broccoli Rabe (Rapini) 

Sautéed broccoli rabe is a simple, flavorful side that balances the vegetable’s natural bitterness with mellow garlic, olive oil, and a bright squeeze of lemon. It’s a fast, healthy Italian side dish to serve with roasted meats or pasta dishes.

Meat and Poultry

Sheet Pan Beef Kofta

This sheet pan beef kofta recipe is an oven-ready twist on my classic kofta kebabs, no need to fire up the grill to make them! 

Desserts

Date Caramel Apple Slices

Caramel apple slices are an easy, no-bake treat made with crisp apple rounds, soft and sweet date caramel, crunchy nuts, and a drizzle of chocolate—a perfect healthy way to satisfy your sweet tooth!

Mediterranean Diet Recipes

Blitva (Croatian Potato and Swiss Chard)

Blitva is a rustic coastal dish from Croatia of garlicky Swiss chard and tender potatoes sautéed in grassy extra virgin olive oil. This hearty vegetarian side dish is simple and satisfying, a great way to round out any spread. 

Appetizer and Mezze

How to Make Garlic Confit

In this simple Garlic Confit recipe, whole garlic cloves slowly cook in olive oil with herbs until they become soft, sweet, and spreadable. The infused oil is just as delicious—perfect for drizzling over roasted vegetables, swirling into pasta, or using in dressings.

Desserts

Umm Ali (Egyptian Bread Pudding)

Umm Ali is Egypt’s traditional bread pudding made with flaky puff pastry, milk, nuts, and coconut. So easy and so cozy!

Salads

Persimmon Salad with Spiced Vinaigrette

This Persimmon Salad combines sweet Fuyu persimmons, crunchy pepitas, and pomegranate seeds with a spiced apple cider vinaigrette—fresh, colorful, and perfect for fall!

Entree

Skillet Lasagna

Skip the oven and make this comforting Skillet Lasagna right on your stovetop! With sausage, veggies, marinara, and creamy ricotta, this one-pan meal is hearty, simple, and full of Mediterranean flavor.

Sides and Small Plates

Spanish Mushroom Rice (Arroz con Setas)

Arroz con Setas is a Spanish rice dish packed with earthy mushrooms, aromatic garlic, and fresh thyme. Simple to make in one pan, it’s hearty, comforting, and perfect for sharing around the table.

Entree

Butternut Squash Pasta Sauce

In this butternut squash pasta sauce recipe, woodsy fresh sage and the warm nuttiness of nutmeg round out the sweetness of roasted squash, onion, and garlic. Grated Parmesan adds savory umami, while a spritz of lemon juice brightens the sauce, ensuring it’s complex and not cloying.

Breads

5-Ingredient Yogurt Flatbread

Made with Greek yogurt, these quick stovetop yogurt flatbreads require no yeast! They’re perfect for wraps, dips, or soaking up stews.

Meat and Poultry

Chicken Scallopini 

Quick, comforting, and full of flavor! This Chicken Scallopini is pan-seared until golden, then finished in a zesty lemon-herb pan sauce. It’s perfect for an easy weeknight dinner.

Soups and Stews

Roasted Pumpkin Soup with Crispy Garlic and Aleppo Pepper Oil

Pumpkin soup is fall coziness in a bowl. Sweet roasted pumpkin blends with caramelized shallots, roasted garlic, and warming spices, finished with Aleppo pepper-infused olive oil and garlic chips for a little crunch and heat. Perfect for weeknights or the holiday table.

Entree

Spanish Migas

Migas is Spain’s rustic way of turning day-old bread into something delicious. Slowly toasted with chorizo, pancetta, and sweet paprika, then finished with grapes, it’s a hearty and flavorful dish that’s simple yet special.

Soups and Stews

Chicken Tortellini Soup

A hearty chicken tortellini soup loaded with vegetables, chicken, and tortellini that you can have ready in just over 30 minutes! This hearty chicken tortellini soup recipe was inspired by tortellini en brodo, the Northern Italian soup that’s the very definition of simplicity. The original is just rich broth with fresh tortellini bobbing in it.…

Sides and Small Plates

How To Cook Quinoa

Quinoa is versatile, easy to make, and so good for you. Learn how to cook this healthy whole grain at home.

Fish and Seafood

Lemon Pepper Salmon

Lemon Pepper Salmon is a quick, wholesome dinner that’s bursting with bright citrus, fresh herbs, and just the right kick of black pepper heat.

Breads

100% Whole Wheat Bread

This beginner-friendly whole wheat bread recipe is made with 100% whole wheat flour. It yields a soft, tender loaf that’s perfect for sandwiches or toast.