Category Archives: Mediterranean cuisine

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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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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The chickpea, an important Ambassador of the Mediterranean Diet

A very important product in Mediterranean Diet is Garbanzo beans, also known as chickpeas. With independence of their delicious nutlike taste and buttery texture, they provide a good source of protein that can be enjoyed year-round. Used in some countries … Continue reading

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One of the most significant recipes of Mediterranean Diet: Paella

The real name is Rice in Paella, that is the name given to the special flat wide frying pan. In Spain it is the most popular dish and its origin is in Valencia region. There are many ways of doing … Continue reading

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An example of Mediterranean Diet Cuisine: TARAMOSALATA

INGREDIENTS (TO SERVE 6-8) 6-7 Slices of dried bread without the crust (200 g) 200 g Tarama (preserved fish roe) 2 table spoons Onion very finely chopped 3/2 cup Fine olive oil or corn oil 1/3 cup Lemon juice 3 … Continue reading

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