Delicious Mediterranean is focused on teaching you how to cook – fresh, simple, and Fast (whenever possible, sometimes it’s not) Eastern Meditteranean recipes. The food of the Mediterranean has so many beautiful regions to explore and foods so profoundly steeped in culture and history, it’s easy to be inspired by the cuisine of this magnificent region.
Most people tend to think of France, Italy, Greece, Israel, and Spain when hearing Mediterranean food, but often forgetting, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, Syria, Turkey, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Alegria and Morrocco are also a part the Mediterranean, but often referred to the Middle East or the Eastern Mediterranean. I tend to focus on dishes from these regions because their recipes don’t usually include wine and pork, but still follow the principals of Mediterranean cooking and living.
My intention is to guide you through an exploration of these cuisines and how you can live like the people of the Eastern Mediterranean.
Why explore the Eastern Mediterranean? because we want to inspire you with bowls of delicately steamed couscous topped with tender meats, vegetables and cinnamon-spiced onions to rich tagines filled with ruby red sauces coating little savoury balls of kaftas and topped with eggs that have yolk as golden as the sunset. Savoury, fruity, soul comforting stews and sensational seafood. Perfect pilav with beautiful warming spices of the Orient, intoxicating smells that pleasantly embrace you as you open the lid, only to be greeted by juicy meats, dried fruits and toasted nuts. That the eastern side of the Mediterranean we want to invite you to explore.
Fresh meals made from scratch with seasonal real foods are the secret to eating simple foods and achieving maximum flavour. Meanwhile staying on a budget and watching your waistline without sacrificing amazing taste (what more could you ask for?).
Simple new ideas and fresh takes on Mediterranean favourites to shorten preparation time, cut down on cost and create recipes that you can be proud to share. We want you to be able to learn how to cook this delicious way so that you don’t sacrifice taste just because you’re short on time and budget. I’ll show you how to get amazing flavours out of budget ingredients and how you can get organized so, it’s a breeze to serve up nourishing meals. You will have your family feeling like they are sitting on the coastline of the Mediterranean sea.
And also fast meals for busy weeknights or creative prep idea’s to speed the traditional slow cooking methods in most Eastern Mediterranean and Middle Eastern. Let’s be honest, who has time to be cooking for 2+ hours every day?
My recipes are cost-conscious, made using everyday ingredients and (mostly) healthy. But sometimes I feel the need to unleash the sugar monster within. Hello, BAKLAVA!
