Caesar salad is one of those timeless dishes that seems to show up everywhere, but when you grill the romaine and make the dressing from scratch, it transforms from a side salad into a smoky, crave-worthy main dish. This Grilled Caesar Salad recipe adds a Mediterranean twist to the classic with charred romaine, crispy grilled…
Pollo al ajillo (which literally translates to garlic chicken) is one of the most traditional recipes in Spanish gastronomy. It’s also an integral part of Latin American cuisine, as it was brought to Latin America by Spanish colonists back in the day. In Spain, this chicken al ajillo recipe is usually paired with a salad…
We’re not new to hummus recipes on Mediterranean Living. In fact, we’ve already shared recipes for traditional Lebanese hummus, Egyptian hummus, beet hummusand red pepper hummus. But today I’m introducing you to my roasted butternut squash hummus recipe. As the name suggests, it includes delicious roasted butternut squash blended with garlic, lemon juice, tahini paste,…
You can’t go to Tenerife and the Canary Islands and not eat Wrinkled potatoes (Canarian wrinkled potatoes with spicy sauce). Whoever visits the islands cannot resist this typical dish, for which you don’t use just any type of potato. Instead, you use products that have their own denomination of origin, such as the famous Ancient…
Check out this video of Bill Bradley, RD making this delicious heartwarming soup. Another way to eat cauliflower is roasted in the oven or on a barbecue. All the sweetness from this vegetable will come out and the wonderful Maillard reaction will color the white surface of the vegetables with nice brown roasted spots. Anyway,…
In the history of Italian culinary tradition, many dishes still cooked today — such as Parmigianalasagna, and the rice timbale, sartu — were prepared and invented at the time in centuries past when royal families lived in the country. It is well-known that during the reign of the Borboni, skilled chefs had an important role…
Many years ago, in the Tuscany countryside, among hills lush with olive trees, women from small villages used to go hunting for wild chickens on horseback or by bicycle. This tradition, which involved the mothers and firstborn daughters of Tuscan families, was a real ritual, during which they could spend time together in the open…
We have shared many Italian pesto recipes on Mediterranean Living. To name just a few: Kale Pesto, Oregano Pestoand red pesto. But have you ever heard of arugula pesto (or rocket pesto/rucola pesto, depending on where in the world you are)? It’s basically Basil Pestobut instead of fresh basil, we use fresh arugula. When combined…
Arnabit with tarator is the Arabic name for cauliflower with tahini or lemon garlic sauce. Now, cauliflower is not as popular as broccoli. However, this shy vegetable shines when it’s done the way we prepare it in this fried cauliflower recipe. It’s golden brown and crispy on the outside and tender and juicy on the…
This Sicilian eggplant caponata is a classic vegetable dish from the Mediterranean. One of the things I like the most about Sicilian gastronomy is the abundance of sweet and sour preparations that are not very common in the rest of the country. This is because the Italian island had been an Arab colony for almost…
