A food blog from Chicago about keeping it simple in the kitchen
If you love pizza, love recipes that are ready in minutes and love Mediterranean food, then this Mediterranean breakfast pizza recipe is one to try. The secret behind this Mediterranean pizza recipe is whole wheat flatbread pita. There’s a great Middle Eastern bakery called Sanabel here in Chicago that makes […]
This mediterranean chopped salad is bursting with fresh flavors from the vegetables and has a protein punch with the lentils
Hummus is something that we make at least once a week. Everyone loves it and it’s a great healthy snack. This week I wanted a little bit more flavor, and since I was already going to roast some red peppers, I reserved one to make this awesome Roasted Red Pepper […]
Being a really easy thing to make, couscous has been a staple ingredient in my kitchen since college. However, it’s always been rather, well, plain, and typically mixed with vegetables. As I do more Mediterranean meal planning these days, I was looking for ways to bring in different spices and […]
Of all of my favorite, intensely flavored, Mediterranean style dishes, anything containing shawarma has to be a favorite. While traditionally seen as grilled chicken shawarma, this grilled tofu shawarma is an awesome variation for the flexitarians, vegetarians and anyone else hungry for great meatless options. You might be familiar with […]
Over the past few years, we’ve worked at adding more whole grains, more plant based proteins and more Mediterranean foods in our diet. This wheat berry and roasted red pepper salad also includes fresh basil, black olives and a lot of olive oil. It’s also winning combination for anyone following […]
Hummus is the franchise player for food that’s both simple to make and tastes awesome. I sometimes joke that I could eat my weight in hummus if I had to. That’s how much I love it. So I’ve tried a lot of store-bought hummus and have come to one conclusion […]