Mediterranean recipes from the Longstreth kitchen — the olive oil, vegetables, seafood, and whole grains Jason eats every day, cooked so the whole family still wants to eat them. The full story and the pantry staples live together in The Terrace.
I Think I Just Made Salmon for People Who Don’t Like Salmon These maple Dijon salmon bowls started out as a fish dinner for my husband and turned into the one everybody at the table asked about. Jason eats Mediterranean, so I set out to make something that fit the way he eats — and…
When You Want to Eat Healthier but Dinner Still Has to Be Dinner These lemon garlic chicken thighs are what I reach for when I want to eat a little healthier but my family still wants dinner to be dinner. I sear the thighs until they’re golden, then let them braise in a thick, glossy…
The Side Dish That Disappears First This herb lemon rice is proof that sometimes it’s not the main dish everybody remembers — it’s the side that disappears first. It’s bright, aromatic, and so flavorful, and the best part is I make the whole thing right in my rice cooker. I dump in the rice, butter,…
The Version I Made So My Husband Could Have It Too This greek yogurt chicken salad is the lighter, no-mayo version of my curried chicken salad — the one I make so my husband can eat it too. He’s been eating Mediterranean-diet style for a couple of years now, and it’s genuinely changed his health,…
The Pizza That Lets My Husband Keep Pizza Night This Mediterranean Garden Pizza is how pizza night stays on the calendar at our house now that my husband eats Mediterranean — it’s basically your favorite Greek salad piled onto a crispy whole wheat crust. We start with a thin layer of regular tomato sauce, then…
We Never Actually Made These Over a Campfire Campfire potatoes are thin-sliced potatoes, sweet onion, and a couple pats of butter sealed up in a little foil packet and baked until everything is tender and buttery — and here is my confession: I have never once made them over an actual campfire. Growing up, my…
If Spinach Dip and Cheese Tortellini Got Married This spinach artichoke Boursin tortellini is what happens when spinach dip and a bowl of cheese tortellini fall in love — creamy, garlicky, a little bit fancy, and somehow done in one pan in under 30 minutes. I couldn’t find a recipe like it anywhere, so I…
The Mediterranean diet for beginners can sound like a big project — a whole new way of shopping, cooking, and eating, all at once. It is not, at least not the way we do it in my house. I am a home cook, not a doctor, and I came to this the way a lot…
The Crispy Cutlet I Make for My Husband — No Flour, No Breadcrumbs Mediterranean chicken cutlets are how I make a crispy, golden cutlet without a speck of wheat flour — almond flour and Parmesan stand in for the usual breadcrumbs, and nobody at my table can tell the difference. My husband Jason has been…
If a Salad Has Chow Mein Noodles in It, I’m In This Asian chicken salad is what I make on a warm Florida day when I am not turning on my oven for anybody. Crisp romaine, sliced almonds, shredded carrots, mandarin oranges, green onions, sliced chicken, and a generous handful of chow mein noodles —…
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