5 Easy Meals to Make After Work
After a long day, the thought of cooking dinner feels like a weight on your shoulders. That’s even more true these days when you might be juggling work calls with Zoom-schooling (and doom-scrolling). However! We are here to tell you that if you muster up just the smallest amount of energy, a healthy home-cooked dinner […]
Read More →What’s in season: August
August is the fruitful season for everyone’s favorite fruits and vegetables. If you don’t grow your own, visit grocina.com to enjoy all that summer has to offer. Vegetables to harvest or buy Aubergines Beetroot Broccoli Cabbage Cauliflower Carrots Celery Chard Courgettes and summer squash Cucumbers Fennel French beans Lettuce and other salad leaves Potatoes Peas […]
Read More →What is Tahini?
Tahini may be a condiment made up of the toasted, ground, and hulled sesame seeds. It’s utilized in many cuisines, like Lebanese, Armenian, Iranian, Greek, and Israeli. In Turkey, tahini is mixed with pomegranate molasses to make a dish called “tahin-pekmez”. due to its high-caloric number, it’s served for breakfast, as a selection of dip with Turkish or Arabic bread. But you’ll serve it with any sort of bread. Tahin-pekmez is […]
Read More →Magnificent Sumac
Sumac is that the dried and powdered fruit of a tree that grows within the Anatolian peninsula. When ground into a powder it’s a stunning burgundy hue and provides foods with a rather tangy, lemony flavour. It’s wont to bring an upscale acidity to a dish that needs some bite. I usually use it in hummus, but in Turkish cuisine, it’s sprinkled on grilled meat, fish, dumplings with yogurt, […]
Read More →Mediterranean Vegetables Recipe
These easy delicious Mediterranean Vegetables can be cooked right away grill or stove-pinnacle for a mild and tasty aspect dish option. Ingredients 2 tablespoons + 2 teaspoons extra virgin olive oil, divided 2 medium zucchini, cut in eighths lengthwise, then halved crosswise (about 3 inches long) 1 medium yellow onion, cut into 1/4-inch wide strips 1 small red bell pepper, cut into 1/4-inch wide strips 2 […]
Read More →Greek Beef Pitas
1 serving: 407 calories, 11g fat (4g saturated fat), 74mg cholesterol, 851mg sodium, 40g carbohydrate (5g sugars, 2g fiber), 34g protein. Ingredients 1 pound lean ground beef (90% lean) 1 small onion, chopped 3 garlic cloves, minced 1 teaspoon dried oregano 3/4 teaspoon salt, divided 1 cup reduced-fat plain Greek yogurt 1 medium tomato, chopped […]
Read More →Farro Salad
This Mediterranean Farro dish with Spiced Chickpeas is filled with flavour, texture, and nutrients. INGREDIENTS 1/3 cup Ebru light tahini 1/3 cup water 1/4 cup lemon juice 2 cloves garlic, minced 1/2 tsp ground cumin 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper 1/2 tsp salt SPICED CHICKPEAS 1 15oz. can chickpeas 1 Tbsp olive oil 1/2 tsp smoked paprika 1/4 tsp garlic powder 1/8 tsp cayenne pepper (optional) Freshly cracked black pepper (10-15 cranks of a mill) Salt to taste ($0.02) SALAD 3 cups cooked farro […]
Read More →Amazing 3 Ingredient Mediterranean Salad
This simple Mediterranean salad, we call Salata, may be a staple of the Eastern Mediterranean kitchen. it’s as traditional as they come–so representative of the regions agricultural roots. And it’s the one from which other Mediterranean salads like, fattoush; tabouli; or this Israeli couscous salad, derive inspiration. from The Mediterranean Dish
Read More →Eggs Poached in Spicy Tomato Sauce
People are always asking me for Mediterranean Diet breakfast recipes. Of any meal, breakfast is the most variable from country to country. In Italy and France, you would possibly have croissants and coffee; in Spain, there’s the Spanish tortilla (potato omelette); Egyptians enjoy Ful Medames (stewed beans with vegetable oil, vegetables and eggs), Greeks often eat bread with vegetable […]
Read More →Pea salad with herbed salmon
This brain-boosting salmon dish has carbs, omega 3s and lots of minerals, vitamins and antioxidants. INGREDIENTS 400g frozen broad beans 200g green round beans, halved diagonally, blanched 150g snow peas, halved diagonally, blanched 150g frozen peas, blanched 100g baby spinach leaves 50g snow pea sprouts 1/4 cup fresh mint leaves 1 tablespoon chopped fresh rosemary […]
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