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    Healthy Mediterranean Recipes

    Here you'll find my best Italian & Mediterranean-style family meals, like satiating breakfast ideas, traditional pasta recipes (all gluten-free), nourishing soups, filling salads, hearty sides, and all, of course, with a healthy twist!

    Need a suggestion? Start with this Nutritious Stracciatella Soup, which you can make with or without noodles. The Cast-iron Roast Chicken and the Tender Italian Meatballs in Tomato Sauce are our favorites. Finally, for sharing or family pizza night, you can't go wrong with the Thick Crust Sicilian-style Sheet Pan Pizza.

    • Glasses filled with mascarpone mousse, types with cacao powder and garnished with blackberries and mint leaves.
      Mascarpone Mousse (Light, Creamy & No-Bake)
    • A large Dutch oven pan filled with sausage and broccoli rabe pasta.
      Easiest-Ever Sausage Rapini Pasta with Potatoes
    • Cheesy egg muffins assorted on a wooden board with fresh parsley leaves.
      Italian Umami-Flavored Pumpkin Mini Frittatas For Breakfast
    • Two wooden spoons resting in a large plate filled with a healthy chicken salad with olive oil.
      Easy And Healthy Chicken Salad Recipe (No Mayo)
    • Olive oil coated mini potatoes and green beans on a serving plate.
      Italian Potatoes and Green Beans Salad
    • A garlic spinach pasta recipe with peas in a large Dutch pan topped with Parmesan Cheese.
      Easy Spinach Garlic Pasta With Peas
    • A fresh healthy cucumber salad in a serving bowl.
      Cilantro Cucumber Salad With Avocado & Pickles
    • Anchovy starters served on a wooden board.
      Creamy Anchovy Bruschetta Recipe With Parsley
    • Two bowls filled with Straciatella soup with tortellini next to a large pot of soup, extra Parmesan cheese and wooden spoons on the side.
      Nourishing Stracciatella Soup (Italian Egg Drop Soup)
    • One whole roasted browned chicken in a cast-iron pan with pan juices.
      Juicy Cast-Iron Brie Stuffed Roast Chicken
    • Whole roasted chicken leg, squash and pears in a cast-iron skillet.
      Roasted Chicken With Pears And Butternut Squash
    • A fork lifting a bite out of a plate with spaghetti noodles drenched in a red tomato sauce with beans.
      Sweet and Spicy Spaghetti Sauce With Creamy Cannellini Beans
    • An open Focaccia Sandwich with pan-fried cod fish in red tomato sauce.
      Cod Focaccia Sandwich With A Red Tomato Sauce
    • A cast iron skillet with glazed peach chicken legs.
      One Skillet Peach Glazed Chicken Legs
    • Cucumber quinoa salad with a creamy dressing tossed in. a wooden bowl.
      Cucumber Avocado Quinoa Salad With Creamy Lemon Dressing
    • Sliced lupin bread on a table.
      Grain-Free Lupin Bread
    • A piece lifted and taken out of a large ricotta pie.
      Easy Honey Ricotta Pie (No-Roll Gluten-Free Pie Crust)
    • Pan seared chicken thighs with a pesto sauce in a skillet.
      One Skillet Spanish Pesto Chicken Thighs
    • Picada pesto in a small bowl.
      Easy Picada Recipe (Spanish-Style Pesto)
    • Keto hummus with lupini beans surrounded with fresh veggies and crackers.
      Lupini Bean Hummus (Keto Hummus Recipe)
    • A close-up of a small bowl with prepared Lupini beans displayed on a charcuterie board.
      How To Cook And Prepare Lupini Beans
    • A meatball salad bowl with fresh cucumber slices, lettuce, greens, mini tomatoes, cheese and dressing.
      Italian Meatball Salad With A Simple Dressing
    • An assortment of Mediterranean plates on a grazing board.
      An Italian-Inspired Grazing Board With 7 Antipasto Ideas
    • A spoon resting in a Kalamata olive and fig tapenade in a ramekin served with pieces of toast.
      Easiest Kalamata Olive And Fig Tapenade Recipe
    • A large mozzarella and dried tomatoes appetizer plate on a table.
      Mozzarella And Sun-Dried Tomato Appetizer
    • Whipped ricotta with honey in a bowl, topped with pistachios and served with crostini.
      Seasoned Whipped Ricotta With Honey
    • An Italian red pepper spread in a ramekin next to cucumber slices and toast.
      Spicy Italian Red Bell Pepper Spread
    • Oven-roasted garlic crostini toasts topped with garlic and fresh herbs.
      Easy Garlic Crostini With Olive Oil
    • A large plate filled with three roasted chicken drumsticks, sweet potatoes, and a green salad with romaine lettuce, cucumbers, and cherry tomatoes.
      Healthy Baked Chicken Drumsticks (Easy Sheet Pan Dinner)
    • A slice taken out of a baked fig cake.
      Best Dried Fig Cake (Yeast Leavened)
    • A large pot containing an Italian red sauce with beef meatballs.
      Tender Italian Meatballs In Tomato Sauce (No Breadcrumbs)
    • A large serving plate with a tuna cucumber salad with ricotta cheese.
      Fresh Tuna Cucumber And Ricotta Cheese Salad
    • Thick-crust Sicilian pizza with onion-based toppings on a cutting board.
      Homemade Thick Crust Sicilian Pizza
    • Gluten free turkey burger topped with slices of tomato, thinly sliced red onions, pickles in a bun next to a dollop of ketchup.
      Turkey Burgers on The Stove (Juicy & Flavorful)
    • ROASTED ASPARAGUS WITH BUTTERED SHALLOTS & GARLIC SCAPES
      Roasted Asparagus with Buttered Shallots and Garlic Scapes
    • Cilantro parsley chimichurri sauce in a glass container.
      Cilantro parsley chimichurri
    • A hand grabbing an Italian doughnut from a large stack topped with sugar powder.
      Zeppole: Italian doughnuts (with air fryer option)
    • Easy Italian Spiced Zucchini-Pork and Potato Bowl
      Easy Italian Spiced Zucchini-Pork and Potato Bowl
    • A fork resting on a plate with a piece of baked salmon and a bit of baby broccoli, arranged next to a slab of the pierced in baked salmon and baked broccoli with a sprig of baked thyme on the side.
      Buttery Baked Salmon with Baby Broccoli
    • A closeup of a large skillet filled with sauteed shrimp and leeks.
      Easy and Healthy Garlic Shrimp with Leeks

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    • Two bowls filled with Straciatella soup with tortellini next to a large pot of soup, extra Parmesan cheese and wooden spoons on the side.
      Nourishing Stracciatella Soup (Italian Egg Drop Soup)
    • Two black plates filled with a hearty potato and beef stew.
      How To Make An Amazing Instant Pot Beef Stew
    • A large pot containing an Italian red sauce with beef meatballs.
      Tender Italian Meatballs In Tomato Sauce (No Breadcrumbs)
    • A beautiful dish with a whole chicken and potatoes topped with a healthy gravy.
      Slow Cooker Chicken And Potatoes With A Healthy Gravy

    Easy Weeknight Dinners

    • Chunky swede soup with chicken legs in a large pot.
      Swede Soup (Rutabaga) With Chicken Legs
    • A large plate filled with three roasted chicken drumsticks, sweet potatoes, and a green salad with romaine lettuce, cucumbers, and cherry tomatoes.
      Healthy Baked Chicken Drumsticks (Easy Sheet Pan Dinner)
    • Creamy paprika chicken with plantain chips.
      One Pan Coconut Chicken With Plantain Chips
    • Two plates of bock choy soup with pork and noodles and garnished with chili peppers, peanuts, and hard-boiled egg.
      Easy Ginger Bok Choy Noodle Soup With Pork

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