The natural sugar in the vegetables caramelizes during roasting, giving this tart an incredible sweet-savory flavor. Roasted garlic adds a mellow note and moistens the filling. This is a very adaptable recipe: experiment with different vegetables - eggplant, bell peppers, zucchini - and cheeses like fontina or Jarlsberg.
This quick, easy remake of the Provencal standard turns a couple of cans of tuna into a main-course salad that's just waiting for a glass of crisp Chardonnay.
Portobello caps make excellent mini casseroles. Here, they hold a tomato, cheese and olive stuffing that grills up to a smoky perfection. Serve them with whole-wheat couscous and a mixed green salad for an easy meal.
The Mediterranean flavors of a warm tomato tapenade will brighten all kinds of white fish as well as chicken. Make It a Meal: Orzo and sauteed spinach will round out this meal.
This vibrant summer salad goes well with just about any entree. Be sure to get ultra-fresh beans and corn and blanch them just long enough to tenderize them and bring out their color. If they are available, use salt-cured black olives, which provide the best complement to the crisp vegetables.
An unusual and rich flavor combination; serve this salad with sliced tomato on a bed of lettuce or on French bread.
Sure, orzo is good in soup, but there's no need to stop there. Here it's a base for a bold blend of spices, tomato sauce and flavorful ground lamb. The optional pinch of crushed red pepper will add the heat that many crave.
It’s hard to believe that there once was a time when olives lay hidden away in the gourmet aisle of the supermarket. These flavorful and healthy little morsels are an easy way to bring life to any healthy recipe and are gaining in popularity thanks in part to the health benefits associated with Mediterranean cuisine. Explore the many varieties of olives, like kalamata olives, black olives or green olives for starters; from the strongly flavored to the more subtle, there are characteristics in olives to suit virtually every taste. The only sure guide in sorting out olive preference is your own sense of taste, so we’ve supplied some healthy recipes to help get you started. And whether you find a variety and stick to it, or enjoy them all, these healthy little cured fruits will add to your next meal.