Mediterranean Diet Recipes

This Mediterranean salmon recipe is the one-pan dinner I make when I want something that tastes like a vacation and cleans up like a weeknight. Salmon fillets roast on a sheet pan with cherry tomatoes, zucchini, red onion, and kalamata...

Every Greek grandmother has a version of this, and none of them are wrong. Greek lemon chicken and potatoes is one roasting pan of chicken thighs and potato wedges in lemon, garlic, oregano and olive oil, cooked until the chicken...

Mediterranean stuffed peppers solve the stuffed-pepper problem, which was never the pepper — it was the filling. Swap the white rice and mystery sauce for turkey, quinoa, tomatoes, olives, and feta, and the edible bowl finally earns its dinner slot...

The chicken gyro bowl is what I make when I want gyro flavor without the drive-through pita. Seasoned chicken thighs seared in a hot skillet, a quick tzatziki, a cucumber and tomato salad, and a scoop of brown rice, all...

This shrimp orzo recipe borrows its soul from Greek shrimp saganaki — tomatoes, garlic, and feta melting over seafood — and puts it on a weeknight schedule. One deep skillet, and the orzo cooks right in the sauce. A serving...

Greek turkey meatballs solve the lean-meat problem the Greek way: crumbled feta and grated onion inside the meatball, oregano and dill doing the aromatics, and a hot oven instead of a splattering pan. Five meatballs and a generous share of...

A Greek salad with chicken done right is a complete dinner, not a starter with ambitions. The difference is treating the chicken like the main event — marinated in lemon and oregano, grilled, and sliced warm over everything else. Each...

Chicken souvlaki is proof that the Mediterranean way of eating was never about restriction. Lemon, garlic, oregano, olive oil, a hot grill — that's the whole marinade, and it's been working for a few thousand years. With the homemade tzatziki...

This Mediterranean baked cod with tomatoes and olives is the dinner I cook when I want something that looks like effort and isn't. Cherry tomatoes burst in the oven with garlic, olives and capers, the cod bakes right on top...

It's noon, your stomach is growling, and you've got exactly ten minutes before your next task. Sound familiar? On days like that, it's so tempting to grab whatever's fast and processed — but what if eating well could be just...