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23 January 2023
What could be more versatile than a potato? Greek potato recipes span the gamut of just about every cooking method. Whether baked, boiled, roasted, pan-seared, air-fried or fried (in EVOO!), there are countless ways to cook and enjoy a potato in the Greek diet. And when combined with great Greek and Mediterranean diet ingredients, they become even more enjoyable. Oregano, lemon, extra virgin Greek olive oil - all of these and more work perfectly in potato recipes.
5 September 2022
WHY SUNFLOWER MICROGREENS? Sunflower microgreens are among the most complete foods you can add to your diet to improve nutrition and they have a wonderful nutty flavor and a crunchy texture. Like most microgreens, they offer excellent nutritional and medicinal benefits. Furthermore, sunflower microgreens are a substantial source of complete protein, meaning that they contain all building blocks needed ...
20 May 2021
Everyone loves a great potato salad and this Greek recipe for potato salad, which calls for Greek yogurt and extra virgin Greek olive oil, plus plenty of herbs, will change your mind about the old-school classics slathered in mayo! Here’s a healthy alternative that’s a perfect fit for the Mediterranean diet!
8 February 2016
POTATO LOVE AND LONGEVITY Like many potato lovers, my earliest memories of the humble spud are linked to Sunday family dinners, to a dark, glistening roast that my mother hovered over, matter-of-factly satisfied by the proper, telling smells of garlic and oregano seeping out of our oven, and to a ricer, which to my child’s eyes was as good ...
14 March 2013
Potatoes au gratin with Greek cheese are a great idea for the Greek pre-Lenten feast called Cheese Sunday, but for any occasion too.
23 February 2023
This lentil-sweet potato soup is an all-weather, all-season Mediterranean diet and Greek diet adaptation of the many traditional lentil soups recipes around Greece. Indeed, both lentils, an Old-World Mediterranean diet ingredient and one of the earliest cultivated native legumes in the Eastern Mediterranean, and sweet potatoes, a New-World tuber, have long been important Ikaria longevity foods, which, as you ...
6 February 2023
A lot of Greek food is keto friendly, even if we don’t stick a label on particular recipes! But this Greek recipe for cauliflower mashed potatoes – without potatoes! – can cover all bases: it’s vegetarian, it’s Mediterranean diet friendly, it contains healthy fats in the extra virgin Greek olive oil, it’s got a sprinkling of tradition in the ...
4 January 2023
QUINOA NUTRITION AND HOW IT ADAPTS TO THE MEDITERRANEAN DIET: Even though quinoa is technically a seed, it is categorized as a whole grain and a good plant protein and fiber source. One cup of cooked quinoa offers about 8 grams of protein and 5 grams of fiber. It’s a complete protein, including all nine essential amino acids that ...
4 January 2023
BEST WAY TO SCOOP OUT BAKED SWEET POTATOES YOU’RE PLANNING TO STUFF: Remove sweet potatoes from oven; set aside to cool. Using two spoons, gently scoop out the flesh from the center first and then the rest of each sweet potato, leaving an ⅛-inch/½ cm shell of flesh and being careful not to tear the skin. Place sweet potato ...
