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Salads
You’ll love this satisfying and delicious farro salad recipe, prepared Mediterranean-style with peppery arugula, fresh veggies, feta and a good handful of walnuts. It makes a light weeknight meal and is even better for lunch the next day! This post is in partnership with California Walnuts in celebration of plant-forward eating. All opinions are my…
Entree
This one-pan Spanish chicken and rice made with onions, bell peppers, chorizo, and a simple seasoning is a fun variation of Arroz con Pollo. It has loads of flavor with all the comfort food vibes!
Sides and Small Plates
Once you learn how to boil potatoes perfectly, you’ll find many delicious ways to use them! I am sharing my go-to tender boiled potatoes recipe with garlic, rosemary, fresh parsley, and a generous extra virgin olive oil. Whether you need a quick side dish to your fish or chicken, or the perfect addition to a…
Mediterranean Diet Recipes
This guide is all you need to learn to how to cook chickpeas on the stovetop, or in your crock pot or pressure cooker! I am answering all your questions from how to soak chickpeas, how to cook them, and how to put them to good use in some easy and delicious chickpea recipes! Chickpeas!…
Vegetarian
A rich and flavorful mushroom pasta without any heavy cream. Full of flavors like garlic, and nutty additions from walnuts and parmesan cheese.
Mediterranean Diet Recipes
You’ll love this quick & easy shrimp recipe, prepared Mediterranean-style! Garlic shrimp cooked in a light white wine and olive oil sauce with shallots, bell peppers, and tomatoes. So much flavor! Serve over rice, pasta or your favorite grain! So much to do with a bag of frozen shrimp! Lately, I’ve taken to buying bags…
Breakfast
You’ll love this easy menemen recipe of soft, perfectly scrambled eggs with tomatoes, peppers, and onions! This simple one-pan dish comes together in 20 minutes or less, and makes the perfect breakfast, lunch, or dinner. Just add your favorite crusty bread to serve along! If you’re into savory, perfectly scrambled eggs for breakfast (and yes,…
Fish and Seafood
Best baked cod recipe out there! Prepared Mediterranean-style with a tasty lemon and garlic sauce. Ready in just over 20 minutes!
Appetizer and Mezze
Ultra creamy, lemony, and just enough garlicy white bean hummus! Serve it plain with a drizzle of good extra virgin olive oil, or dress it up with some nutty dukkah (highly recommended). The perfect bean dip! I don’t have to tell you that plain, classic hummus with chickpeas and tahini is the dip of choice…
Italian
One easy pasta recipe that I make regularly is pancetta pasta and peas, tossed in a simple garlic and olive oil sauce and finished with Parmesan cheese. So good! I love all sorts of sauces to dress up my pasta, and I do make a mean homemade spaghetti sauce that everyone loves. But if there…
Meat and Poultry
Juicy, perfectly-seasoned chicken, nestled in fragrant rice makes the best one-pot chicken and rice recipe in just over 30 minutes! Add your favorite salad and call it good! Be sure to watch the video and read through for some important tips for how to make chicken and rice. Chicken and rice have long been the…
Appetizer and Mezze
Spanish tortilla is a potato and egg omelette served as a tapa in Spain. Thinly sliced potatoes and onions are gently poached in olive oil before being combined with the eggs and finished in a skillet.
Recipe Roundups
This list of all-star Easter Recipes has something for everyone! From fall-apart tender Easter roasts to spring sides, bright salads and scrumptious Easter desserts that are anything but the ordinary pie. And a few Easter brunch recipes for those who love their eggs! Easter recipes with a Mediterranean twist! For my family, Easter dinner will…
Entree
Pastitsio is a comforting Greek lasagna with layers of pasta, a tantalizing cinnamon-spiked meat sauce, and creamy bechamel. I’m sharing my mom’s recipe, and it is easier to make than you think.
Greek
This grilled chicken salad combines marinated chicken, fresh veggies, and bold Greek flavors all in one tasty and easy dinner. There is a reason this Greek chicken salad with the tastiest lemon and olive oil dressing is one of my go-to supper salads! I posted my ladolemono Greek dressing earlier in the week and could…
Greek
This lemon olive oil dressing called ladolemono is so much more than a Greek salad dressing! This simple, bright, and tangy dressing will be your go-to for dressing salads, but you can also use it as a marinade, or as a sauce to finish anything from fish, to chicken and even grilled vegetables. When I…
Fish and Seafood
Don’t miss these pro tips for light, golden brown crust and tender calamari that is not grease-heavy or rubbery. This fried calamari recipe will be your go-to! Be sure to read through and watch the video below. If you’ve done some traveling around the Mediterranean and Southern Europe, you likely encountered some form of calamari,…
Appetizer and Mezze
You’ll love this quick and delicious Greek yogurt dip with spinach, chopped walnuts, lemon juice and fresh herbs. Yes, it’s a nutritious spinach dip with a tasty Mediterranean twist! This post is sponsored by California Walnuts in celebration of American Heart Month. All opinions are my own. Anyone else love a good spinach dip?! If…
Middle Eastern
Perfectly fluffy cauliflower fritters, packed with fresh herbs, cumin and other warm spices. Serve them as an appetizer or snack with a squeeze of lemon juice or mint yogurt! Or pile them into a little pita for lunch. Lots of ideas below. I’ve not met vegetable fritters I did not like, but today’s cauliflower fritters…
Soups and Stews
This easy one-pot chicken and kale soup with creamy white beans both filling and nourishing.
Middle Eastern
You can have your favorite beef shawarma sandwich right at home, this easy recipe is all you need! I’m sharing my family’s secrets complete with the shawarma seasoning, which makes all the difference. Be sure to check out the tips and video below. Like hummus, falafel, and kofta Kebab, shawarma is another popular Middle Eastern…
Fish and Seafood
Ready to make the best steamed clams?! This recipe & tutorial will guide you through everything you need to know. Which clams to use? How to clean them? And most of all, how to prepare them Mediterranean-style in my delicious white wine broth with onions, garlic, bell peppers and fresh herbs! Watch the video below…
Desserts
Tahini chocolate chip cookies are the perfect balance of sweet, salty, nutty, and decadent. No butter needed!
Italian
Crisp, tender baked zucchini with a golden crust of freshly grated Parmesan, thyme and oregano. These Italian-flavored zucchini sticks are a crowed-pleaser. Best served hot out of the oven with a little red sauce or served with red sauce or Tztaziki sauce for dipping. Vegetarian and gluten free. One trick makes all the difference, be sure…
