Monthly Archives: December 2008

Pesto siciliana

There are many types of pesto. The most known is the pesto Genovese, or simply, pesto. There is a very popular red one, that includes tomato and that is known as pesto Siciliana. The recipe is: 1/2 cup of sun-dried tomatoes, drained … Continue reading

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Pesto

There are many types of pesto. The most known is the green one, known as pesto Genovese. It is a dressing used for many Italian dishes. There is a red one, that includes tomato and is known as pesto Siciliana. … Continue reading

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Daily Diet

The ancient Mediterranean normal day in the south of Spain started with a 6.00 o’clock breakfast containing essentially peasant bread and olive oil (with a little bit of salt or even sugar). To drink, black coffee or coffee whitened with … Continue reading

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Honey Diet

There is no a Honey Diet. Honey is an excellent product, used for thousands and thousands of years. Its main components are glucose and fructose. It has approximately 3 Kcal. per gram. Knowing this, you should manage your honey intake … Continue reading

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How to brine a turkey

Brining a fowl makes the meat tender, enhances its flavor, tenderizes the meat and reduces the cooking time. Learn how to brine a turkey from Natasha Levitan.

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Spanakopita

Spanakopita is a greek spinach pie with feta cheese and phyllo (paper-thin sheets of raw, unleavened flour dough). You can see haw to make it with the pedagogic video of Natasha Levitan. In Turkey, the phyllo is called yufka. Feta Cheese

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Apple Diet

If you read this post you will see that a way to weight loss in Mediterranean Diet is following a plan that includes apples. Fruits are known to be an important source of energy and health and lately, the American … Continue reading

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Apple Cider Vinegar Diet

Apple cider vinegar is a type of vinegar made out of apple juice. Vinegars are acidic solutions produced by fermenting fruits and all have in common its percentage of acetic acid, between 3% and 5% . Its name derives from … Continue reading

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Churros

Churros, known is some places as a Spanish doughnut, are deep fried dough made out of wheat flour, salt and water. There are basically two types of churros, the thinner ones and the fatter ones, being the seconds called in … Continue reading

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Hummus

Hummus is a very popular dish all over the Mediterranean Basin and Middle Eastern region made out of chickpeas (hummus in Arabic). Other ingredients are tahini (sesame paste), olive oil, lemon juice, garlic and salt. Ingredients: • 16 oz of … Continue reading

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Tahini

Tahini, is a paste of ground sesame seeds used in Mediterranean cooking. It is one of the ingredients of hummus. In Middle Eastern tahini is made of hulled white seed. East Asian tahini is made of unshelled seeds. For this … Continue reading

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Dieta Mediterrânica

A couple of videos in Portuguese, for our colleges “de Expressão Portuguesa”:

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Pita Bread

Photo from “La casa del Pan Arabe”, Fuengirola, Málaga, Spain. Pita bread is a brown round, flat bread made with wheat flour and yeast. It is very common in Mediterranean cuisines, specially in Middle East, North Africa and South of … Continue reading

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What is the Euromediterranean Diet?

Recently, I came to know that the Mediterranean Diet model that is going to be submitted as Human Heritage to UNESCO will not content neither wine nor any meat pork product. We have always consider the Mediterranean Diet as a … Continue reading

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Mediterranean Diet and Diabetes

This is an AOL videl called “Mediterranean Diet Helps Those with Diabetes” Watch more Voxant Newsroom videos on AOL Video

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Mediterranean Diet and Nuts

The magazine “Annals of Internal Medicine” has published the second set of conclusions of a Spanish macro study called “La Prevencion con Dieta Mediterranea” (PREDIMED). The study will last more than four years. It has been developing in more than … Continue reading

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Sea Food Buffet

See video about Sea Food Buffet:

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Ajo blanco

Ajo blanco (White garlic) is a delicious variant of the Andalusian gazpachos. It is a dish coming from the Andalusí kitchen inherited from the Arabs. The protagonists are the almond, the garlic and the olive oil. The most genuine recipe … Continue reading

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Couscous

Couscous is a very popular dish known as kuskus in the whole Maghreb (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia), Egypt and Libya. The name in Lebanon and the Palestinian territories is maftoul. Kuskus is a dish consisting of semolina granules coated with finely … Continue reading

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Christmas Diet

Christmas is coming but that days don’t have to be sad. If you are trying to reduce weight, plan your important meals, and during these events, take a breath. Think of Christmas just as a few special lunch and dinner occasions, … Continue reading

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