The Mediterranean diet is often misunderstood as just a set of dietary guidelines, but it is truly a lifestyle that emphasizes traditional practices developed over centuries. It prioritizes fresh, seasonal, and local foods, often grown and harvested without modern preservatives. Traditional agriculture and food preparation techniques ensure that ingredients remain fresh, and meals are balanced with a mix of proteins, fats, and carbohydrates.
A great little guide to quickly see proper refrigerator and freezer storage times of various meats and fish.
A quick video showing you some amazing and clever ideas that you can do with chocolate. Super simple and easy to do at home alone or as a fun team activity!
We were lucky to grow up surrounded by great cooks in our family and neighbors and friends. Our mom Maria was one such great cook. One of the many things she was known for were her salads because honestly, she made the best salads! And while we thought it was all about her dressing, we realized that it also had to do with these key guidelines that mom would follow:
We can't stress this enough! Olive oil is the greatest thing to come from Greece (we will gladly argue this opinion with mathematicians, doctors, political scientists, etc.). We hope that just the mention of olive oil brings Greece to mind. Why? Because Greeks use it on just about every dish. They dip their bread in it, mix it into salads, cook their meat with it, and put it on their cheese. Olive oil isn’t just an amazing and delicious add-on, but has an enormous range of health benefits, from reducing your risk of heart disease to reducing oxidative stress!
