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How To

How to Roast Garlic

Roasting garlic is easy! Learn how to make, store and use roasted garlic. Spread it on toast, add it to hummus, or stir it into soups.

Middle Eastern

Loaded Mediterranean Falafel Bowl

These healthy dinner bowls are loaded with delicious falafel and other Mediterranean favorites like hummus, tabouli salad, feta, and fresh vegetables. With a little bit of prep ahead of time, this falafel bowl dinner is to assemble any night of the week.

Breads

Easy Challah Bread Recipe

This foolproof recipe and tutorial is all you need to make the best braided challah bread. Rich, fluffy, and perfectly aromatic.

Sides and Small Plates

Perfect Pearl Couscous Recipe

Learn how to cook pearl couscous like a pro with my no-fail tutorial! Pearled couscous is an easy, tasty side dish that you can flavor in a variety of different ways!

Meat and Poultry

Easy Turmeric Chicken

Earthy, golden turmeric powder combined with other spices and a citrusy marinade will make this turmeric chicken recipe the star of your kitchen.

Vegetarian

Low-Carb Eggplant Pizza

Tender roasted eggplant rounds are a low-carb, gluten-free vehicle for a variety of toppings. Enjoy this easy-to-make eggplant pizza as a snack or a light meal!

Salads

Marinated Cherry Tomato Salad

Easy marinated cherry tomato salad perfect as a snack with some pan-fried sourdough, or as a no-fuss side dish!

Lebanese

Layered Hummus Dip Recipe

Quick and easy layered hummus dip with perfectly seasoned ground beef, veggies, and fresh herbs. Serve it as an appetizer with pita or as a simple dinner.

Breads

Za’atar Bread Rolls

You’ve never had bread rolls like this! Za’atar bread rolls baked in a cast iron skillet are fluffy, airy, and addictively soft on the inside with just a bit of a crusty edge. Enjoy them as a savory breakfast roll, in the evening with soup or as an afternoon snack! This recipe is from my…

Meat and Poultry

Mozzarella Stuffed Meatballs Recipe

Juicy, tender stuffed meatballs baked in rich red sauce! These chicken meatballs are all the comfort, and you can prepare them ahead.

Dips and Condiments

Easy Basil Vinaigrette Recipe

This easy basil vinaigrette recipe is from my new cookbook, The Mediterranean Dish: 120 Bold and Healthy Recipes You’ll Make on Repeat. It works as a salad dressing or as a sauce, which means you can put it on almost anything. Basically, its everything you love about pesto in a vinaigrette! Drizzle it over vegetarian…

Desserts

Plum Cake Recipe with Pistachios

Say goodbye to summer in the best way with this easy plum cake recipe from my friend Andy Baraghani’s new cookbook, The Cook You Want to Be. You’ll love how light, tender, and moist it is! Perfect for brunch with a little ice cream or even a dollop of labneh.  To me, plum cake is…

Vegetarian

Smashed Chickpea Toast

This easy smashed chickpea toast recipe turns a humble can of chickpeas into a satisfying vegetarian dinner or a high protein breakfast in 10 minutes!

Salads

Mediterranean-Style Cold Noodle Salad with Tahini Dressing

Cold noodle salad with a Mediterranean twist! Chewy rice noodles and crunchy colorful vegetables are tossed in a creamy, nutty tahini dressing with plenty of warm spices to make a quick and easy dinner salad. Plus, learn how to make rice noodles perfectly, so they aren’t clumpy or gummy!

Mediterranean Diet Recipes

Easy Mediterranean Grilled Vegetables

All the tips and tricks you need for how to grill vegetables like a pro! These tender, perfectly charred grilled vegetables finished with a zippy Mediterranean dressing will have you coming back for more.  Easy grilled vegetables, Mediterranean-style! Whenever my husband fires up the grill for chicken kabobs, lamb, or salmon, I survey my fridge drawers…

Drinks

Ouzo Drink with Lemon and Mint

Mix a little ouzo, the Greek anise-flavored liqueur, with some lemon juice, ice, honey, and fresh mint, and you have a refreshing ouzo drink to enjoy with your favorite mezze. You’ll love this simple Greek-style cocktail!Â