Wondering how to make food that's healthy and delicious? These Mediterranean diet recipes are for you! Whether you're looking for a quick recipe or ready to make a big change, we've got you covered. We are sharing over 60 Mediterranean diet recipes from breakfast to salads, seafood and vegetarian dishes all packed with wholesome ingredients.
Table Of Contents:
- About Mediterranean diet
- What to eat
- Mediterranean breakfast recipes
- Mediterranean salad recipes
- Mediterranean dips and spreads
- Mediterranean recipes with chicken or beef
- Mediterranean seafood recipes
- Mediterranean vegetarian recipes
- Mediterranean soups and stews
- Step-by-Step Recipe
- 60+ Best Mediterranean Recipes
About Mediterranean diet
The Mediterranean diet has been the top ranked diet for several consecutive years. However, it's important to know that it's more than a diet, it's a lifestyle followed by people of the Mediterranean region who tend to live longer and healthier lives.
Mediterranean way of eating focuses on consuming more traditional ingredients such as fruit, vegetables, legumes and a moderate amount of fish, poultry and healthy fats such as olive oil. Moreover, it encourages people to be active and spend more time with their families and loves ones and share meals together which would reduce stress and make you feel better.
What to eat
When it comes to food, Mediterranean diet offers all the good things! From fresh fruit and vegetables to lean proteins such as chicken and seafood, this lifestyle is all for using real and wholesome ingredients and keeping it simple. Here is what you need to know about what to eat on the Mediterranean diet:
- Use more olive oil: Instead of store-bought salad dressing, opt for some extra virgin olive oil and lemon juice. Use olive oil for cooking and roasting instead of vegetable oil.
- Eat more vegetables and plant-based food: Ingredients such as legumes, whole grains, nuts, vegetables, fruit and leafy greens such as lettuce and spinach are consumed on a daily basis when following the Mediterranean diet.
- Lean protein: Chicken, eggs, seafood and fish are the main protein to cook with.
- Red meat and sweets: Red meat is used very occasionally in Mediterranean cooking, about once a week or even less, and usually lean cuts of meat or ground meat is consumed. As for sweets, an occasional dessert is all fine.
- Leave out: Sugary drinks and sodas and processed food with too many unnecessary ingredients.
Mediterranean breakfast recipes
Menemen (Turkish scrambled eggs and tomatoes)
Creamy oatmeal with nuts and honey
Gozleme (Turkish stuffed flatbread)
Borek (Turkish stuffed filo pastry)
Manakish Zaatar Recipe (Manakeesh)
Mediterranean breakfast hash with tahini sauce
Mediterranean spinach omelette
Spanish Tortilla (Tortilla de patatates)
Cilbir (Turkish poached eggs in yogurt sauce)
Italian baked eggs in marinara sauce
Mediterranean salad recipes
Turkish white bean salad (Piyaz)
Gavurdagi Turkish tomato salad
Mediterranean three bean salad
Mediterranean dips and spreads
Baked feta with honey and zaatar
Melitzanosalata (Greek eggplant dip)
Skordalia Greek potato and garlic dip
Mediterranean recipes with chicken or beef
Soutzoukakia Greek baked meatballs
Greek one pan chicken and rice
Mediterranean seafood recipes
Spanish garlic shrimp (Gambas al ajillo)
Oven baked salmon with olives and capers
Mediterranean style shrimp recipe
Sauteed shrimp Mediterranean style
Mediterranean vegetarian recipes
Mujadara (Lebanese lentil and rice)
Spanakopita (Greek spinach pie)
Briam (Greek roasted vegetables)
Mediterranean soups and stews
Mediterranean green lentil soup
Turkish yogurt soup (Yayla corbasi)
TURKISH RICE PUDDING RECIPE (SUTLAC)
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Step-by-Step Recipe
60+ Best Mediterranean Recipes
Ingredients
- 3 Persian cucumbers
- 3 roma tomatoes
- ½ red onions sliced
- 1 cup pitted Kalamata olives
- 1 cup marinated artichokes
- 1 cup fresh parsley chopped
Dressing
- ÂĽ cup olive oil
- 1 lemon juice of
- 1 teaspoon sumac
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ÂĽ teaspoon black pepper
Instructions
- Slice the cucumbers and chop the tomatoes into small pieces. Place them in a large bowl. Add in the sliced red onions, olives, artichokes and parsley. Stir to combine.
- Make the dressing by mixing the olive oil with lemon juice, sumac, garlic, salt and black pepper.
- Pour the dressing over the salad and mix to combine. Serve immediately.
Notes
- You can make the dressing ahead of time and mix it with the salad right before serving.
- Store the leftovers in an airtight container and refrigerate for up to 3 days.
Marisa Franca
What a treasure trove of recipes. Who needs a Mediterranean cookbook when I can pin this post and have all of these recipes at my disposal. Since the New Year we've been following the Mediterranean diet and we feel so much better. I can't wait to start making some of these recipes.
Michelle
What a delicious round up of Mediterranean recipes! Bookmarked 🙂
Pam
What a great comprehensive collection of recipes! We love all things Mediterranean so this is perfect.
Dannii
I could eat Mediterranean food all day every day. There is so much amazing choice here.
beth
The lentil meatballs sound delicious. So many great recipes!