Explore the benefits of the Mediterranean diet with delicious recipes, nutrition tips, and lifestyle advice - Irini Savva
All in The Little Extras
This incredibly easy recipe for lemonade is sweetened with only honey. Topped with sparkling water, this fizzy version is the perfect drink on hot summer days.
Spread some festive cheer with this warming mulled wine drink, flavoured with citrus, pomegranate, Mediterranean spices, and honey.
One of the most widely used ingredients in both cooking and medicinal purposes, is the sweet and zesty ginger. Originating in Asia, this super plant is now available all year round and across the globe—including the Mediterranean—so it’s no surprise that it has crept into many modern Mediterranean foods.
veryone needs a quick and easy tomato sauce recipe for adding to your favourite Mediterranean pasta, homemade pizza base or even as a dipping sauce for potato wedges or keftedes.
According to The Environmental Working Group (EWG), at least one pesticide remains on 63 percent of commonly purchased produce even after it was washed. Pesticides are chemical toxins which are linked to health risks such a hormone disruption, skin, eye and lung irritation, brain and nervous system toxicity, and cancer. Knowing how to clean excess pesticides off your fruit and vegetables is as important as eating your five a day.
If you like making your own condiments as I do, then you'll need to know how to sterilise your bottles and jars to keep your natural products from spoiling too soon.
Have you ever wondered what ingredients go into your condiments? A product like ketchup is so quick and easy to make, and yet we find it easier to reach for a bottle of the ready made stuff. I made a batch of this aromatic tomato ketchup this morning and you just can't compare store bought quality to the real thing.
A few days before the Orthodox Easter, Greek-Cypriots start their traditional Easter baking and dying of eggs. The eggs are dyed in various colours, red being the most commonly used colour. I wanted to try a few new colours other than the usual red eggs using food as the colouring. Brown onion skins always work very well but you can also use spices and vegetables to create other shades. I tested ground turmeric for yellow eggs, red cabbage for blue eggs (yes blue!) and beetroot for red eggs.
Eggs are not only an inexpensive way to add healthy nutrients and protein to your diet, but are also used in many Mediterranean dishes.
