Cuisine: Mediterranean Recipes

Moroccan Chickpea Tagine with Tomatoes

Cooking Time: 1h

Moroccan Chickpea Tagine with Tomatoes is one of my favorite recipes that I picked up on my travels in North Africa. Tagine is a typical Morrocan stew that is cooked in a clay pot of the same name. Most tagines consist of a rich mixture of meat, poultry, or fish...

January 21, 2021

Healthy Baked Falafel

Cooking Time: 1h 5m

This Healthy Baked Falafel recipe is in my lunch and dinner meal rotation for years now. Falafel is a great source of high-quality vegetable protein, especially when you cut out meat from your diet. Traditionally, falafel should be deep-fried, which results in a crispy and crunchy exterior. No doubt it’s...

January 7, 2021

Cranberry Apple Pecan Wild Rice Pilaf

Cooking Time: 1h

This Cranberry Apple Pecan Wild Rice Pilaf creates a perfect side dish to serve with any main course at Christmas dinner. Needless to say, Christmas dinner is the showtime for the main dish. But even a meaty main needs a side dish support, and I do believe it should be...

November 23, 2020

Lemon Beet Hummus

Cooking Time: 5m

This easy Lemon Beet Hummus is extremely good for health. High in fiber and packed with protein, it is also a rich source of minerals and vitamins. Make this effortless, healthy and delicious recipe and take your hummus up a notch with steamed beets, cumin and garlic. It’s not only...

November 5, 2020

Easy Shakshuka with Feta

Cooking Time: 18m

This Easy Shakshuka with Feta is one of my family’s favorite midweek meat free meals. Shakshuka is a classic Mediterrannean dish in which eggs are poached in a spicy savory tomato sauce. The beauty of this dish is that it works for brunch, lunch or dinner too! Start by toasting...

September 23, 2020

Mediterranean Vegetable Rice

Cooking Time: 36m

Mediterranean Vegetable Rice is such a quick and simple dinner recipe. I use the same pan to make this dish which cuts down on the number of pots and pans I need to wash up. I serve this rice dish with tapenade which I make by destoning and finely chopping...

September 18, 2020

Grilled Lemon Mediterranean Chicken Salad

Cooking Time: 45m

I always ask what makes a salad so tasty and with this Grilled Lemon and Herb Mediterranean Chicken Salad, I’m pretty certain it’s the tangy dressing drizzled over a Mediterranean chicken salad composed of lettuce leaves, cucumber, plum tomatoes, red onion slices, avocado slices and pitted olives. Do you feel...

August 19, 2020

Greek Corfu Chicken and Bucatini

Cooking Time: 1h 10m

These days, I am dreaming of vacations more than ever and this Greek Corfu Chicken and Bucatini helps somewhat with my wanderlust! This recipe is inspired by Mediterranean holidays in Italy and Greece. It’s super easy to make this dish too. You simply need the ingredients and some time. Start...

August 9, 2020

Classic Apricot Chicken

Cooking Time: 45m

This Classic Apricot Chicken brings me back to a memorable trip to Morocco a few years ago. Part of the trip was spent in the Atlas Mountains where the food was rustic and wholesome and the air was fresh and clean. This sweet apricot stew was one of my favorite...

July 27, 2020

Whole Wheat Pita Bread

Cooking Time: 1h

I make this Whole Wheat Pita Bread recipe regularly when I feel like making healthy lunches or to accompany hummus or baba ganoush dips. You don’t have to fear making your own pita bread – it’s actually really simple and fun too! Plus, you get to enjoy the bread once...

June 9, 2020

Moroccan Stuffed Chicken

Cooking Time: 30m

This Moroccan Stuffed Chicken transports me right back to Marrakech where I first tasted stuffed chicken many years ago. My memory of that meal was so clear even though it was so long ago. None of the Moroccan stuffed chicken recipes I’ve tried since have come close. Until this one!...

May 6, 2020

Sun-Dried Tomato and Cheese Stuffed Chicken

Cooking Time: 15m

Take your chicken dinner to the next level with this Sun-Dried Tomato, Spinach, and Cheese Stuffed Chicken. Say goodbye to dry, bland chicken with this delicious recipe bursting with Mediterranean flavor. The recipe serves two as it’s written here, but it is easy to double or triple if you are...

April 22, 2020

Moroccan Chicken Bowl

Cooking Time: 32m

This Moroccan Chicken Bowl is a healthy and nutritious lunchtime salad that is flavorsome and filling and does the job, whether it be in an office or a work from home environment! With an arugula salad base, topped with Moroccan spiced chicken breasts, a cherry tomato and scallion salad, a...

April 16, 2020

Beetroot, Cumin & Coriander Soup

Cooking Time: 1h

This Beetroot, Cumin & Coriander Soup with Yogurt is the soup recipe you need if you are entertaining guests at lunch. The recipe serves 4, but you can easily double (or triple!) it if you are feeding a crowd. As it happens, whenever I make this soup, I always make...

April 12, 2020

Greek Chickpea Salad

Cooking Time: 30m

This Spring season I have decided that this Greek Chickpea Salad is a necessity so I opted to add it to our list of healthy spring salad recipes. Nutritionally balanced with all the right bells and whistles from canned chickpeas, cherry tomatoes, onion, bell pepper and cucumber to give you...

April 4, 2020

Greek Millet with Tofu Feta

Cooking Time: 2h

Greek Millet with Tofu Feta is vegan and gluten free, so obviously it goes as on of my top choices for a great lunch time meal. Have you ever heard if tofu feta? It’s awesome! Made from extra firm tofu with coconut vinegar, dried oregano and sea salt, giving you...

April 2, 2020

Chickpea and Celery Soup with Chili

Cooking Time: 27m

This Chickpea and Celery Soup with Chili-Garlic Oil is one of my favorite healthy, springtime soup recipes because it is light and fresh and great for days when you feel like soup but it’s not really cold enough outside for a winter soup. With a chickpea and celery base and...

April 1, 2020

Millet with Roasted Tomatoes and Chickpeas

Cooking Time: 45m

This Millet with Roasted Tomatoes and Chickpeas is vegan and gluten free and everything that I personally look for in a healthy, nutritionally balanced and tasty dinner idea for me and my family. Perfect for four people, I roast onions with red tomatoes and some salt and pepper then toss...

March 25, 2020

Moroccan Carrot Salad with Millet

Cooking Time: 30m

This Moroccan Carrot Salad with Millet is colorful, fresh and vibrant and I think your sophisticated palate is going to love it! Millet is a world-grown whole grain and in this recipe I have added roasted carrots and red onion slices, almond slices, pomegranate seeds, minced parsley and cilantro tossed...

March 25, 2020

Tsoureki

Cooking Time: 1h

Tsoureki is a Greek braided bread traditionally eaten on Easter. A sweet holiday dough made with flour, milk, butter and sugar and seasoned with lemon zest, and anise seed. It is customary to place dyed red eggs in between the braid to crown this traditional bread. Nothing is better than...

March 18, 2020

Healthy Mediterranean Tuna Salad

Cooking Time: 5m

This no-fat Healthy Mediterranean Tuna Salad is great for a quick, low fat lunch to prepare for yourself, even on those busy days. It’s always best to not skip a meal and that is why this recipe just works to fit into your busy schedules. Just toss some tuna meat...

February 19, 2020

Moroccan Baked Fish Tagine with Vegetables

Cooking Time: 1h 30m

This Moroccan Baked Fish Tagine with Potatoes, Carrots, Tomatoes and Peppers has everything a baked fish should have. Cooked in a baking dish, I use 2 whole fish to feed my family, along with potato slices, tomato slices, green pepper rings and whole chilis and an absolute array of herbs...

February 14, 2020

Orzo with Creamy Sun-Dried Tomato Basil Sauce

Cooking Time: 20m

This Orzo with Creamy Sun-Dried Tomato Basil Sauce is a promise to deliver the perfect vegan dinner in under 20 minutes. Replacing cream with coconut milk is a great way of cutting out dairy in a meal and in my opinion, its healthier and tastier. A Mediterranean inspired dish using...

February 12, 2020

Mediterranean Pork and Orzo

Cooking Time: 16m

Get dinner done with this extremely easy to make Mediterranean Pork and Orzo recipe. Simply grill your pork tenderloin chunks on the stove top or a grill pad, if you have, and serve them with a delicious Mediterranean-style orzo pasta filled with fresh baby spinach, grape tomato halves and some...

February 12, 2020

Greek Baked Bonito With Herbs & Potatoes

Cooking Time: 1h 45m

Greek Baked Bonito With Herbs & Potatoes is inspired by a dish I ate in a taverna in Rhodes one evening. I was part of a group of 6 and the restaurant suggested that we share a whole fish between the table. I will never forget the simple yet exquisite...

February 11, 2020

Veggie Mediterranean Quiche

Cooking Time: 1h 30m

I am trying to get my family to eat more vegetables and this Veggie Mediterranean Quiche has turned out to be a real winner in my home. I love it because it’s so easy especially because I buy a prepared pie crust. This recipe uses sun-dried tomatoes. In the store,...

January 15, 2020

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