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    Home » Recipes

    Mediterranean Food

    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

    Grilled beef kebabs in skewers piled up. Skewers have veggies as well as beef in them.

    Mediterranean Beef Kebabs

    Roasted small tomatoes shown still in a baking tray.

    Roasted Cherry or Grape Tomatoes

    A blue, round platter with stuffed grape leaves and lots of lemon slices.

    Stuffed Grape Leaves

    A plate of rigatoni pasta with an orange/reddish creamy sauce. Pasta is garnished with parsley and cheese.

    Rigatoni in Creamy Pepper Sauce with Ricotta

    A blue platter showing cauliflower fritters with a yogurt based dip

    Cauliflower Fritters with Feta Cheese

    A blue, oval Dutch Oven showcasing a baked casserole with lamb and rice.

    Oven Baked Lamb and Rice Dish

    Marinated cherry tomatoes served in a red bowl. Cherry tomatoes are halved and garnished with fresh lemon slices and cilantro.

    Marinated Cherry Tomatoes

    A white plate showing creamy polenta topped with shrimp, sauce and garnish.

    Shrimp And Polenta

    Baked fish cakes served on a platter with a dip, garnished with lemon slices and parsley.

    Cod Fish Cakes

    A white baking dish with roasted mini red peppers.

    Roasted Mini Sweet Peppers

    A grocery spread of fruits, vegetables and herbs from Costco. Few of them are cucumber, tomatoes, olive oil, kalamata olives, beans, oranges, mandarins etc.

    My Favorite Costco Foods for Mediterranean Cooking

    A casserole with baked chicken drumsticks and potatoes arranged in a circular shape.

    Roasted Chicken Drumsticks with Potatoes

    A colorful platter with a dip made with red peppers and feta. Dip is garnished with pine nuts and fresh parsley. There's toasted bread dipped in the platter and more bread on the side!!

    Red Peppers Dip with Feta Cheese

    A frittata brunch: cast iron skillet with frittata in the middle, than surrounding the skillet you see bread, cucumbers, olives, fruits, salad etc.

    Mediterranean Frittata with Spinach and Feta Cheese

    Raisins and candied fruits panettone on a cake holder, garnished with confectioner sugar .

    Panettone with Raisins and Candied Fruits

    A round baking dish with baklava in it, baklava is baked and cut in diamond shapes that radiate from center out.

    Homemade Baklava with Phyllo From Scratch (Bakllava)

    There's a big closed jar with pickled green tomatoes, sliced. You can see a red chili and some peppercorn in the jar too. Next to the jar there's 2 whole green tomatoes, parsley and a red chili.

    Pickled Green Tomatoes (Domate Turshi)

    Bowl of creamy soup, garnished with parsley and lemon.

    Red Lentils Soup with Butternut Squash

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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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