I almost didn’t want to share this recipe because it brings up such special memories of my grandma. I still use her handwritten recipe to make this soup. It warms me up every time, physically and in the soul. So, I hope you enjoy this recipe as much as I do and it gives you… Continue reading Grandma’s Armenian Kufta (Meatball) Soup: Kololak | Weeknight Armenian Dinners | Healthy Low-Fat Armenian Recipes
Category: mediterranean diet
Mediterranean Grain Bowl with Lemon Tahini Herb Sauce | Blue Zones Mediterranean | Weekly Meal Prep Ideas
Do you need NEW healthy bowl ideas? Maybe for meal prep? This recipe has made it on my meal prep list. It’s a Mediterranean Grain Bowl with a Lemon-Tahini Sauce. I love the sauce and think I’ll make more as a dipping sauce for crudité! Hope you enjoy this recipe. Roast a few more veggies… Continue reading Mediterranean Grain Bowl with Lemon Tahini Herb Sauce | Blue Zones Mediterranean | Weekly Meal Prep Ideas
Ikarian Baked Beans (Greece)
Beans don’t get enough credit! In places in the world where they live long, healthy lives, they eat ½ cup to 1 cup of beans a day. “They’re the cornerstone of every longevity diet in the world: black beans in Nicoya; lentils, garbanzo, and white beans in the Mediterranean; and soybeans in Okinawa. People in… Continue reading Ikarian Baked Beans (Greece)
Lebanese Green Bean Stew (Lubyi) by Danielle | Vegan, Gluten-free, Mediterranean Diet
Today, Lebanese Green bean stew or « Lubyi» 🇱🇧 by @edithandherbert . Thank you Danielle for this delicious, vegan and gluten free dish. Danielle made hers low FODMAP which is something new I learned today 😄. See her version at @lowfodmaplebanese . This is a very special recipe because Danielle’s mom would make this at… Continue reading Lebanese Green Bean Stew (Lubyi) by Danielle | Vegan, Gluten-free, Mediterranean Diet
5-Ingredient Hummus | Mediterranean Diet
Too hot to cook? Make cool appetizers for dinner instead. Make one the most world-loved dipping sauces from Middle East, hummus. You’ll stop buying pre-prepared hummus in plastic cartons and make it yourself once you see how easy it is. . This is hummus from scratch with all her summer friends. Marta and I decided… Continue reading 5-Ingredient Hummus | Mediterranean Diet
Baked Eggplant Parm Sheet Dinner: Vegetarian Family Recipes
Night 1 of the 4×1 meal plan! Learn how to Shop once, make 4 dinners! This is a simple, recipe that doesn’t have you standing over a frying pan, frying eggplant! The eggplant is baked in the oven and then layered with tomato sauce and cheese. It is delicious and the clean up beats cleaning… Continue reading Baked Eggplant Parm Sheet Dinner: Vegetarian Family Recipes
Moroccan cooking: Caring for your first Tagine
Vegetable tagine cooking Getting your first Tagine is a moment to be remembered. But, it is a bit like a pet and needs to be cared for. First, soak the tagine overnight in enough water to cover it like a big bucket. Season tagine. This means brushing it with oil and baking it to seal… Continue reading Moroccan cooking: Caring for your first Tagine
Moroccan cooking: Caring for your first Tagine
Vegetable tagine cooking Getting your first Tagine is a moment to be remembered. But, it is a bit like a pet and needs to be cared for. First, soak the tagine overnight in enough water to cover it like a big bucket. Season tagine. This means brushing it with oil and baking it to seal… Continue reading Moroccan cooking: Caring for your first Tagine
Moroccan recipes: The Best Couscous
Ingredients (Serves 4): 1 cup couscous 1 cup water 1 teaspoon olive oil ½ teaspoon salt Mix olive oil and salt with couscous in a large shallow pan or bowl. Rub like sand so oil coats all couscous granules. Make a sand like texture. Add a little water, about ¼ cup just until it soaks… Continue reading Moroccan recipes: The Best Couscous
Moroccan desserts: Flourless Orange Cardamom-Ginger Cake
Oranges from Morocco Every breakfast you could be sure to be offered fresh mint tea and orange juice. But, it wasn’t until we hiked the Atlas mountains that we saw how abundant oranges were. They made them look so good and refreshing in their natural mountain refrigeration system. The waterfall and streams cut through the… Continue reading Moroccan desserts: Flourless Orange Cardamom-Ginger Cake