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Dive into the vibrant world of longevity and health with my series of recipes that cater to the world's Blue Zones. Blue Zones are regions known to live longer, healthier lives based on their diets rich in whole grains, beans, fruits, and veggies.

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Blue Zone

A plated dish featuring salmon topped with herbs and seeds, served on a bed of rice and vegetables. Fresh basil leaves garnish the meal. In the background, candles and decorative items add a cozy ambiance.

Sheet Pan Herb Crusted Salmon + Oven Baked Rice

A colorful platter featuring grilled meat, vibrant pickled pink onions, olives, zucchini, cucumbers, roasted tomatoes, herbs, yogurt, and pita bread. Its arranged in a large dish, garnished with sprigs of mint and parsley.

Shawarma Chicken Sheet Pan Dinner

A person holds a bowl filled with a vibrant salad, featuring cherry tomatoes, fresh greens, and grains. A spoonful of the salad is being scooped from a dish below. Various kitchen items are blurred in the background.

Sheet Pan Gnocchi

A hand holds a spoon over a bowl filled with vibrant ingredients: beetroot, roasted chickpeas, leafy greens, seeds, and grains. The background shows kitchen items and an orange.

Roasted Chickpea Salad with Beets and Blackberry Dressing

A vibrant Greek salad with tomatoes, cucumbers, olives, onions, and feta cheese sits in a bowl. Two hands are holding the dish on a neutral tabletop, surrounded by small bowls of dressing and herbs.

How to Make the Perfect Greek Salad

Hands holding a platter with crispy fried chicken topped with herbs served over a bed of sautéed green beans. In the background, a blurred kitchen setting with bottles and a vase.

Easy Pan Fried Cod

A bowl filled with ingredients like roasted potatoes, pomegranate seeds, pistachios, greens, and salmon. Theres a spoon in the bowl, a hand adding more ingredients, and kitchen items, including a lit candle, in the background.

Roasted Beet + Salmon Salad (Blue Zone Recipe)

A person tosses a colorful salad with wooden salad tongs in a white bowl. The salad includes kale, yams, seeds, nuts, and pomegranate seeds. The person is wearing a white sweater with a visible button.

Kale & Roasted Sweet Potato Salad with Sunflower Seed Brittle

A close-up of a bowl of creamy hummus swirled with olive oil, topped with a small pile of black olives and sprinkled with chopped parsley. The dish has a smooth texture and a warm, inviting appearance.

Taramosalata (Greek Fish Roe Dip)

Greek Yogurt Chicken Marinade

Crispy Pork Gyro Recipe

Shrimp, Feta + Spinach Stuffed Salmon

10 Ingredients Or Less

Chicken gyros on a plate with a hand reaching for the wrap

30 Minute Meals

Appetizers

Blue Zone

Yummy loaded vegan everything bagel sandwich being cut by a knife for serving.

Breakfast

Budget Friendly

Comfort Food

Vegan Cinnamon Bun Bread sliced on cutting board

Desserts

Dips, Sauces & Spreads

Gluten Free

Greek Recipes

Close-up of BBQ salmon kebabs

Grilling and Smoking

Holidays

How To's

Kid Friendly

Main Dishes

Greek chicken souvlaki on skewers on a plate

Meat

One of the many vegan comfort food recipes - creamy orzo - in a bowl.

Pasta Dishes

Raw Food

Salads

Sandwiches, Burgers & Toasts

Seafood

Smoothies & Drinks

Soups

Stuffed

Sweet potato casserole in a casserole dish that is perfect for vegan easter dinner

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🧿 Welcome to Episode 1 of Sheet! That’s gooooood. A short series where I’ll be sharing Sheet Pan Recipes that will change your whole life. Today, we’re making a Shawarma Chicken Sheet Pan Dinner! 🧿

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Make this dish if you’re ever in a pinch—it takes minutes to put together and will satisfy the whole family. It is inspired by the flavors of the Middle East and the Mediterranean. Craving Shrimp instead of chicken? Perfect, do that! Want potatoes instead of peppers? Perfect, add baby potatoes, slice them up, and add them! Want more beans? Add them! You get my point—this dish is versatile and FORGIVING!

The star of the show in this recipe is the Marinade, which uses the @betterthanbouillon Roasted Chicken and Roasted Garlic Bases to transform the spice blend into something magical! It perfectly coats the cut-up boneless, skinless chicken thighs and turns them into tiny, tender flavour bombs!

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I like to serve this sheet pan dinner with toum, hummus, and some pita! YUM!

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🧿Today we are making Mantolu 🍆 Patlican, also known Eggplant Kofte — a Turkish delicacy.

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When you roast aubergine and then wrap it in aromatic ground beef, and cheese and then bake with potatoes and serve it with a tomato sauce and zesty yogurt something dramatic happens and @onurwoodart made it look so good I just had to try it myself! Wow!

Today we’re making a Turkish delicacy! Since eggplant is the most disliked nightshade, I knew I needed to get creative with this unfortunately underrated veggie! The beef exterior consists of high quality ground beef, lots of my families olive oil, salt, pepper, grated onion, and spices. Once the eggplant is super jammy, I coated it with the beef and cheese and baked it till it’s caramelized, sweet and juicy. When you serve it with the warming tomato sauce, the beef soaks up every bit of flavour. If you’re in love with all things Mediterranean be sure to click that follow button so you never miss a delicious recipe!

Eggplant is inexpensive and so delicious to cook with and add into recipes. This Roasted Eggplant recipe isn’t just a plain, boring eggplant. This recipe wraps the eggplant in beef and is served with a tomato sauce. It’s a yummy comforting food, and only takes 20 minutes to prep.

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🧿 Welcome to Episode 6/20 Greek Blue Zone. A series where I’ll be sharing recipes for longevity. Today we are making a Roasted Chickpea + Beet Salad 🧿

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This delicious Roasted Chickpea Salad is the perfect comforting salad for the winter months. It combines the earthiness from beets, sweetness in the blackberry dressing, and freshness from the herbs on top, and it’s seriously so good. This salad is a great meal prep dish for a healthy, hearty salad for lunches, an awesome side dish, or a great, lighter dinner.

Make this salad if you’re looking for the perfect recipe to meal prep and enjoy all week long — it’s so hearty, filling and packed with flavor. Inspired by the flavours of Greece and Blue Zone Citizens who eat meals packed with at least 50% veggies, plenty of beans and limited amounts of animal protein per day. Salads can get a bad reputation for just being a bowl of veggies that may taste good at the moment but leave you hungry in 30 minutes. The key is creating a salad that has filling, hearty ingredients like barley, chickpeas, beets and that delicious Homemade Blackberry Dressing! I would slather this on everything if I could (but my husband won’t let me..).

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🧿 Welcome to Episode 5/20 Greek Blue Zone. A series where I’ll be sharing recipes for longevity. Today we are making Almond Crusted Cod with a Green Bean Salad & Herb + Feta Gremolata ! 🧿

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Fried Cod is such an easy dinner to make in just 35 minutes. Whip up this dish for a healthy meal that delivers flaky, moist fish, with a crispy exterior, and a flavorful feta and herb gremolata. This dish is a great one for your new year goals to eat healthier, and it’s perfect for a quick, weeknight meal that is packed with nutrients.

This combination is so fun and so JUICY! Because let’s be honest, a crunchy piece of cod and green bean is the best! To bread the cod, I used @bobsredmill superior quality California grown Super Fine Almond Flour instead of just using breadcrumbs - and it was so worth it!

I’ve made this recipe before , but I wanted to try it with Bob’s Red Mill Super Fine Almond Flour this time and, ya’ll, I have to say, I am SO impressed with the quality/how much better it tastes with Bob’s Red Mill!

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Welcome to Episode 4/20 of Greek Blue Zone. A series where I’ll be sharing recipes for longevity. Today we are making a Family Style Meal - Citrus Garlic Rainbow Trout Sheet Pan!

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Meals filled with nutritious, homegrown vegetables, pesticide free grains, wild caught fish and homemade goats feta are believed to increase your longevity and lower rates of chronic diseases. This meal is inspired by the Greek way “tapas-style” - but in Family Meal form. It forces you to sit down with your family and share a big, colorful sheetpean meal. Inspired by the idea of sharing, chatting, laughing, being together in wholesome love and eating till your 80% full. I really think you are going to love this recipe!

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