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    Home » Recipes

    Mediterranean Food

    A plate with meatballs, salad and yogurt dip with pita bread.

    Za’atar Meatballs

    A plate with three cabbage rolls garnished with a lemon slice.

    Albanian Cabbage Rolls (Sarma)

    A leeks and cornmeal casserole or savory pie, shown in the baking tray, sliced already. Some slices have already been served so there are missing spots in the tray.

    Leeks, Cornmeal Casserole with Feta Cheese (Pispili me Presh)

    Skillet with onions casserole and eggs. garnished with parsley.

    Onions & Eggs Casserole (Albanian Kimë me Vezë)

    A pot of cooked orzo with tomatoes, parmesan and spinach. Dish is garnished with fresh parsley.

    One Pot Orzo with Spinach

    Chicken thighs cooked in a Dutch oven with veggies, broth and garnished with greens.

    Braised Chicken Thighs

    A soup plate with a green soup, garnished with chopped cucumbers, chopped mint and dill.

    Cucumber Gazpacho with Grapes

    A soup bowl with tortellini soup where you can see sausage slices, spinach, carrots in a clear broth.

    Tortellini Soup with Spinach and Sausage

    A glass baking dish showing a phyllo pie, just baked, cut in squares.

    Phyllo Pie with Onions and Tomatoes

    A platter with stir fried bell peppers of different colors, cut in strips. Peppers are then topped with crumbles of feta cheese.

    Stir Fried Bell Peppers

    A tomato salad platter with sliced tomatoes and a parsley marinade on top.

    Tomato Salad with Parsley Marinade

    Round lemon ricotta cake, sliced in 8 and has a slice of lemon in the middle of the cake. Cake is dusted with powder sugar.

    Lemon Ricotta Cake

    A plate showing star shaped (stelline) soup with veggies and is next to toasted bread and other garnishes.

    Easy Stelline Soup

    Spiral phyllo pie shown baked in a round baking dish.

    Phyllo Spinach and Feta Pie – Byrek me Spinaq

    Poached pears shown over a plate with syrup, with a cinammon stick as garnish on the side.

    Poached Pears

    A platter showing a beets and oranges salad over greens. It's a vibrant and beautiful salad.

    Beets and Oranges Salad

    A pot with cooked gigli pasta and green peas.

    Gigli Pasta with Peas

    Tomatoes confit on a baking dish just finished cooking. There's a ladle bringing some of them still with stems on out of the oil for better view.

    Tomatoes Confit with Garlic

    Piled up zucchini and corn fritters on a plate.

    Zucchini, Corn Fritters with Cottage Cheese

    A baking dish showing a baked casserole made with spinach and rice and topped with eggs.

    Albanian Burani – Spinach, Rice and Eggs

    A skillet with ground beef, peppers, tomato sauce and herb garnishes!

    Unstuffed Peppers with Ground Beef

    A round blue bowl with cottage cheese and feta dip, topped with olive oil, olives and marinated red peppers.

    Whipped Cottage Cheese Dip with Feta

    A white round plate with lots of yellow rice with veggies.

    Saffron Rice with Veggies

    A white serving tray showcasing grilled eggplant slices topped with a parsley and za'atar sauce!!

    Grilled Eggplants

    A serving of bucatini cacio e pepe on a round, bluish plate. Pasta is arranged in a nest shape.

    Bucatini Cacio e Pepe Pasta

    A family salad platter with lettuce and dill salad, shown garnished with fresh lemon slices.

    Lettuce, Dill and Feta Cheese Salad

    Braised beef cabbage on a pot, garnished with lemon and bay leaves.

    Braised Cabbage with Ground Beef

    A skillet showing cooked chicken in creamy sun dried tomatoes sauce and mushrooms. Dish is garnished with feta cheese and fresh parsley.

    Chicken in Creamy Sun Dried Tomatoes Sauce with Mushrooms

    A phyllo pie, just baked, shown in a round baking tray.

    Albanian Phyllo Meat Pie (Byrek me Mish)

    A sheet pan dinner with chicken and veggies. This dish is Mediterranean style with feta cheese and kalamata olives.

    Mediterranean Sheet Pan Chicken and Veggies

    A muslin straining cloth with yogurt to make strained yogurt (Albanian salcë kosi).

    Homemade Strained Yogurt (Salcë Kosi)

    Pistachio chocotone sliced in half and picture shows the inside of one of the slices. There's a partial uncut panettone on the side and Christmas decor around them.

    Pistachio Chocottone

    A casserole dish with baked pasta and cheese shown from above. There's a kitchen towel next to the dish and the dish itself is garnished with fresh parsley.

    Turkey Spinach Pasta Bake

    A baking dish showing Albanian sheqerpare cookies just baked.

    Albanian Sheqerpare Cookies

    Crostinis made with baguette and topped with brie cheese, slices grapes, olives and pistachios.

    Brie and Grapes Crostini with Pistachios

    A bowl of chicken pastina soup shown with a spoon next to it. Bowl is garnished with fresh Italian parsley.

    Chicken Lemon Pastina Soup

    A slice of diamond shaped revani cake on a square plate, next to the tray where cake was baked. There's a rose in the background too.

    Albanian Revani Cake

    Braised beef shanks served over yellow rice and garnished with fresh herbs.

    Braised Beef Shanks in Dutch Oven

    A plum almond cake, already baked but not sliced featured on a cake stand in the counter of a kitchen.

    Plum Almond Cake

    A plate with black eyed peas soup, served with bread and garnished bread.

    Black Eyed Peas Soup with Pancetta

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    Sonila Zarate
    Sonila Zarate

    Mom of 2, wife, engineer, food blogger & recipe creator! Sonila was born in Albania, her heritage inspires her Mediterranean recipes while that of her husband the Latin ones. Sonila has 2 degrees in Engineering from University of Miami.

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