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Breads

Healthy Pumpkin Bread

This healthy Pumpkin Bread recipe gets a Mediterranean twist from warming ras el hanout, olive oil, and honey.

Desserts

How to Make Macarons

Make classic French macarons at home! This easy, step-by-step guide teaches you how to get perfect crisp shells, chewy centers, and that signature “foot.” Customize the filling and make any flavor you like!

Sides and Small Plates

Honey Glazed Carrots with Orange and Cumin

Honey Glazed Carrots roast up tender and caramelized with a citrusy honey glaze and a hint of earthy warmth from cumin seeds and Aleppo pepper. They’re simple to make and full of bright, complex flavor; a perfect cold-weather side dish. 

Desserts

Baklava Bark

This baklava bark is a quick and easy twist that’s easier to make than the classic, but delivers the same cinnamon-honey flavor profile along with an irresistible pistachio crunch. 

Entree

Middle Eastern Quinoa Stuffed Peppers

These healthy, vegetarian lentil and quinoa stuffed peppers are both beautiful and satisfying. Topped up with a Baharat-spiced filling, they are finished with a tangy yogurt-tahini sauce.

Entree

How to Make Pita Pizza

Pita Pizzas are a quick and easy dinner that you can make in just 20 minutes, and they’re endlessly customizable. Make this Margarita-style version, then riff with your favorite seasonal ingredients and pizza toppings.

Breads

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.