The Mediterranean diet is not a diet, but a healthy lifestyle paired with good food. Here you will find Mediterranean inspired recipes, as well as articles on a sustainable approach to healthy eating and well being for the whole family.
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This moreish chocolate and walnut filled baklava, drenched in a honey syrup, has to be one of my favourite versions of the classic Greek dessert. This healthier recipe uses only honey as a sweetener and a few ingredients with big flavours, such as walnuts, 70% dark chocolate, cinnamon, rose water, and lemon.
Read MoreThese easy mini pancakes are a treat for the whole family. Serve with a variety of seasonal fresh fruits and honey or maple syrup for a healthy breakfast.
Read MoreDazzle your guests with an elegant and simple Greek mezze board, or follow our advice on how to prepare one for your next dinner party.
Read MoreThis recipe for slow roasted leg of lamb makes for a delicious, healthy and homemade festive meal together with your favourite sides and vegetables.
Read MoreWhat better way to start off the festive season with these honey dipped beauties – Melomakarona. They are often baked at Christmas time and have all the flavours of Christmas – cinnamon, orange zest and honey.
Read MoreQuinoa is one of the staple carbohydrates in a “free-from” diet. On its own, it’s not the most interesting food to eat, its flavor sits somewhere between couscous and brown rice but when paired with other ingredients and whole foods, it makes a wonderful base for pilafs, a side dish for stews and roasts and an excellent ingredient in salads.
Read MoreNutritious soups make everything better. Having a few homemade soup recipes is an easy way to get your five a day and make the most of the seasons’ vegetables. This recipe is a delicious Greek Cypriot soup made with yellow split peas called Louvana.
Read MoreFor chocolate lovers, the struggle between balancing your cravings for more versus what you really should eat can be a little frustrating. Since my boys discovered the enchanting world of chocolate, it’s been a constant challenge to try and make all things chocolate a little healthier.
Read MoreThey say learning something new is good for your brain as well as your self-confidence. In celebration of World Food Day, I decided to learn a new recipe using as many locally or regionally sourced ingredients as I could find. The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization hopes to achieve zero hunger by wasting less, eating healthier and adopting a more sustainable lifestyle. The recipe, Ratatouille, is ideal as the ingredients are very simple and inexpensive. Fortunately one of my neighbour’s, whose family lives in South of France, was willing to teach me her family’s version of this classic dish.
Read MoreAn old school orange olive oil bundt cake with a few modern ingredients. This dairy-free cake has plenty of flavour and yet still moist inside.
Read MoreOne of my favourite Cypriot meat-free meals from my childhood, is Fages. This humble dish, also known as Moutzentra or Fagi as my mother called it, is a Greek pilaf traditionally cooked with green lentils and white long grain rice. Some families add other vegetables to the dish like carrots, others make it saucier (with more water or stock).
Read MoreWhole almonds, dried figs and a hint of sweet vanilla balance out the flavours in this easy and healthy granola recipe.
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