I have been in the trucking industry since 2014 now I am 40 years old 6'3 300 pounds and needing to make some healthy life style changes really hoping exercise and a good Mediterranean diet will help me ❤
@JuliLindsey-lp9tfАй бұрын
Congrats on taking steps to improve your health! You can do it!
@alittaxАй бұрын
Well done on taking steps to better your life! :) I wish you all the best.
@Realitycheck2025Ай бұрын
I feel you I'm like 305 lbs but I'm shorter, really think this food is the answer! Super excited
@cathimummery6873Ай бұрын
I’m proud of you trying to get healthy
@NicoleLeBeauАй бұрын
Just wanting to try is the most important part! Treat every day as its own. Some will go great, others not so much. But every day is a new chance to get back on track. You've got this!
@reginasemenenko14829 күн бұрын
I love greek salad! I could eat it every single day.
@PhilC-i5vАй бұрын
Just started learning how to eat a Mediterranean diet, I made your pasta al a puttanesca for dinner tonight...Fantastic!! I stuck to the recipe as I do whenever I try something for the first time, but my wife and I both thought that next time we might add in some mushrooms...not that the dish needs it, but we both love mushrooms. Thanks for the recipes and the videos on how to make the dishes, they're making a big difference.
@TopoGigio555Ай бұрын
I love all types of roasted vegetables. Roasting just brings out a whole other level of flavor. I love the addition of white beans to the Zuppa Toscana. I’m going to try the hummus and tzatziki! I’ve always been interested to learn more about the Mediterranean diet. Thanks for these recipes!
@cheriehammond5287Ай бұрын
One of my new favorite channels for living my best life. ❤
@patriciasalem360629 күн бұрын
I've made all but one of these, and a half dozen of them are on my regular menu rotation, along with margherita pizza made from scratch, lemon spaghetti, Greek potatoes with grilled lemon slices, and grilled cheese sandwiches made with feta and tomato slices (I might add some homegrown herbs and olives too). I would say I eat a mostly Mediterranean diet, with a nod to the Caribbean (blackened fish), Scandinavia (salmon, berry dishes), and Asia (various vegetarian stir fries). I'm hoping to move to Greece in the next year or two, and I'd like to grow some of my own veggies there.
@melaniemitchell383921 күн бұрын
Wow that all sounds so delicious
@jimbrennan1181Ай бұрын
All of these recips look great but I think the Quinoa Tabbouleh will be the next one that I make. Thanks!
@MediterraneanlivingАй бұрын
Enjoy!
@jennadanielescobar4440Ай бұрын
Thank you for these recipes. I only like to cook easy recipes since I have a family. Making Meal time easy for me is a must!!!
@beverly5504Ай бұрын
I just realized I’ve never had a fish stew (beyond a clam chowder) - this looks good I’m going to try it! 😊
@Cata.w176Ай бұрын
Thank you for the recipes. As you say, I always tought they had difficult recipes. So this is great news.
@MediterraneanlivingАй бұрын
A lot of the best Mediterranean recipes are actually very simple.
@AngelaValentineАй бұрын
So happy to see a video from you!
@MediterraneanlivingАй бұрын
Thank you!
@doveandolive1153Ай бұрын
Great video of you sharing simple yet delicious Mediterranean recipes. I'm going to try out the Quinoa Tabboulah, Fish Stew and the Roasted summwr Veggies and get back to you on how we liked it.
@Michele.3142Ай бұрын
I love the Greek Salad and used to make Puttanesca a lot, but now I have to be careful of too many tomatoes, onions and garlic and oils 😢. But there’s plenty of ways to modify. Will be trying many of these!
@bethiekenney1889Ай бұрын
Thank you for your clear presentation of these healthy & simple to make recipes. Like that almost all ingredients are within one’s household or easy to get. My grandfater&grandmother came to America from Italy & cooked like this, healthier than all this processed food! Will look @ your site.
@emre28oz79Ай бұрын
Great video, Heart of the Mediterranean culture and philosophy of life is derived from Anatolia . I would highly suggest trying Anatolian food and ancient grains dishes as well . History knowledge is also gives lots of clues , tomato’s not used in Mediterranean diet till late 18 th century for example.👍
@fCLEF007Ай бұрын
Nice to see a new video at last! Can you do a series focussing on single ingredients? Like, meals to make if you have a ton of parsley, or stuff to make if all you have is lentils, etc, etc?
@happychick6318Ай бұрын
Made the tabboula the other day but added some Greek yogurt to make a creamy version. It was delish!
@Yardena2222 күн бұрын
Thank you 😇💯
@LurkerSmurfАй бұрын
I've bookmarked the briam recipe to try. Looks like a great side for roast chicken.
@MediterraneanlivingАй бұрын
It is one of my all time favorite vegetable recipes from Greece!
@janfesta57689 күн бұрын
The first 2 recipes so typical in the south of Italy, here in Avellino we eat it with buffalo mozzarella. This goes on throughout the summer😊. Just the other day I was thinking how such simple dishes are so quick to make, in just under 45 mins it's all ready, whether it's salads or pasta dishes. Love living here in the campania region half an hour from the Amalfi coast. Oh and what about a pesto of zucchini, almonds and yellow tomatoes? I could go on forever about the recipes and the vibrant colours of the dishes😂
@teristeger168028 күн бұрын
so happy to find you, good info and recipes to help my journey to better health.
@aprils9084Ай бұрын
I have made a lot of these dishes. The fish stew and white bean chicken sausage soup are my absolute favorite dishes! Mmmmm! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
@maryalbert45388 күн бұрын
Love the recipes and please continue gifs and meems so entertaining lol😂
@keithdow8327Ай бұрын
Thanks!
@MediterraneanlivingАй бұрын
Thank you so much!
@tammybambaСағат бұрын
I don't understand...where are the recipes? It's nice that your describing them and how to eat them but I want to make it.
@pattyk10125 күн бұрын
All the recipes sound wonderful! Love the T-rex hands you've got going there, too! 😝😝😝
@Mediterraneanliving24 күн бұрын
Thanks!
@thetowertarot1319 күн бұрын
I’ve yet to try quinoa. Can’t bring myself to try it 😅. That soup looked delicious 🤤!👍🏻
@charlottar040315 күн бұрын
love this
@SusanQ-wn1gn4 күн бұрын
A variety of countries make up the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), including Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestine Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen,
@msandyford8988Ай бұрын
The edits 😂👌
@exoticspeedefy7916Ай бұрын
It's really only a healthy diet when using organic, home grown or spray free ingredients. And that is why it gets expensive for some families, who have to buy their food from the supermarket using chemically sprayed vegetables..
@selbst105Ай бұрын
hey thank you for sharing all the wonderful recipes! .. i think it is only attainable with fresh vegetables and fruits from the garden. don't you think so? and there lies the difficulty. we people (or many) in big cities, who live in rental apartments do not have that. we have the vegetalbes and fruits from the supermarket only. these products often lack these valuable nutrients, which are very very important for all the meals. they make the meals what they are!
@shetaz905Ай бұрын
It can be done! I live in a city in an apartment and grow tomatoes and herbs on my balcony. Also, we have several farmer's markets that have fresh produce. I live in Minnesota, though, so in the winter, I rely on frozen veggies and fruit quite a bit. Wishing you all the best!
@tamaramacginty1623Ай бұрын
Investigate joining a CSA, community supported agriculture. You can get organic food, freshly harvested often delivered to your home or from a pickup location. Not only will you be supporting your own needs for good health but you’ll support farmers and the environment.
@kittyexotica5635Ай бұрын
Nonsense. I have been on this program for months and make these recipes every day using fresh organic veggies I buy at the grocery store. I try to buy organic if I can but dont obsess about it. Farmers markets are great but are usually way more expensive than the store and arent always fresh from the farm. Many sellers buy from stores in bulk and resell. Went to the doctor yesterday for a 4 month follow-up and was down almost 15lbs.
@tamaramacginty1623Ай бұрын
@@kittyexotica5635 Congratulations on the weight loss! Out of curiosity, have you been following the diet recipes or the standard ones.
@tamaramacginty1623Ай бұрын
@@kittyexotica5635Not sure what the nonsense is?
@fjordhellas407725 күн бұрын
And i’m a Norwegian American and partly Greek, who got to discover Lebanon 9 years ago.. what a revelation that was! I have to say that the Phoenicians ( modern day Lebanon) founded half of our Mediterranean cities Lisbon, Palermo, Antibes, Cádiz , Málaga, Cagliari… and brought us their Mediterranean diet starting with olive oil , wine and food preservation.
@Xiroi879 күн бұрын
@fjordhellas 4077 Olive oil was all over the Mediterranean, the Egyptians predate the Phoenicians and they used olive oil. It's ridiculous to claim the Phoenicians invented the Mediterranean diet.
@fjordhellas40772 күн бұрын
@@Xiroi87 before blabbering learn History! The Phoenicians were contemporary to the ancient Egyptians and the Mesopotamians. Not only they introduced olives to the Iberian Peninsula, Sicily and North Africa, they taught us food conservation, they gave us the Alphabet ( which is an Aramaic word by the way, not Greek, the Greeks adopted the Phoenician Alphabet because the Egyptian Hieroglyphs were too complicated) and they gave us the name of our continent Europe. If you want to be schooled about ancient history, read the historian Sanford Holst, a specialist on Ancient Civilizations.
@ddaniel105717 күн бұрын
We do not get the authentic olive oil like those in the Mediteraean.
@PeggiandSteve21 күн бұрын
Recipes 10 best southern dishes
@SGG140Ай бұрын
In your book, Foods of Crete, the recipe "Chicken with Green Peas" (p. 85), please tell me if you mean fresh shelled garden peas, or is this a dried pea?
@roddunneАй бұрын
They all look and sound delicious. Sole error - puttanesca with tuna should not be finished grated parmesan unless the tuna is being left out for a veggie option.
@tamaramacginty1623Ай бұрын
Why is that, re the parm and tuna?
@MediterraneanlivingАй бұрын
I thought it was quite tasty with some parmesan.
@desireedoan9267Ай бұрын
So I ran downstairs I had had lunch no dinner and had everything the greek salad it was very good I'm still trying to like the feta it's extremely salty I'm gonna keep trying maybe you can give me a substitute or convince me of its healt benefits or tell me I can skip it 3 choices 😅 thank you
@jimbrennan1181Ай бұрын
Were they eating "farm raised fish" or wild caught fish?
@MediterraneanlivingАй бұрын
Traditionally, all the fish was wild caught.
@shetaz905Ай бұрын
I'm going to make Greek Briam today but need to divide the recipe in half since there's just me. I wonder if I should reduce the cooking time?
@MediterraneanlivingАй бұрын
You probably would reduce the cooking time. You can check it as you go. You want the vegetables to be soft and the liquid should be bubbling.
@shetaz905Ай бұрын
@@Mediterraneanliving Thanks!
@judimac9943Ай бұрын
Curious why you said they ate farm raised fish in the past. I read the transcript to confirm. Did they?
@judyw4701Ай бұрын
I wondered that same thing, too, as soon as I heard him say it. I think that fishing is a major occupation around the Mediterranean.
@juliapinchez5310Ай бұрын
Looks good, but how can I prepare each dish.
@MediterraneanlivingАй бұрын
The recipes are all in the description box.
@irislorikeet428729 күн бұрын
You could have given a quick cooking demonstration of the meals.
@user-jb9dj7os4x7 күн бұрын
How do we know if we are eating real tuna
@Darlene1GoodwinАй бұрын
GUYS has anyone used Normotim for weight loss??
@kevinjorgensen1046Ай бұрын
I just looked at the populations of these so called healthiest countries. Nowhere near as big as I would have expected.
@MediterraneanlivingАй бұрын
Small countries and most of the healthiest people live in small villages.
@svgilkog818112 күн бұрын
Hummus is not Lebanese, it's a very popular dish in the middle East
@alanwr37213 күн бұрын
not for me don't like cheese or care that much for olive oil but like vegatables and fruits
@innerwestie144611 күн бұрын
There is a big mis representation about what people in the Mediterranean actually it. A Western myth that people make money off. I have lived in the Mediterranean for many years. While people there do eat what this fellow is covering, it is far from the whole story. These people eat loads of white bread products every day. In Greece, family eats a loaf of white bread a day, every day, They have a lot of fillo pastry (read white flour) frequently in savoury and sweet pies. To my horror in Athens, those pies are deep fried. Pasta and rice dishes are consumed several times a week. Desserts are popular and many people have them several times a week. A lot of those are absolutely dripping with sugar syrup , such baklavas. No one in the Mediterranean uses wholemeal pasta., That is the real Mediterranean diet.
@fran-js8ve20 күн бұрын
Firstly, frittata is not a southern dish and secondly, it's not eaten at easter. The usual rubbish from an American who thinks he knows it all.
@ginogiori528528 күн бұрын
These diets are totally impractical. We are in the USA here. It's called the Mediterranean diet for a good reason. Veggies and fresh fish products are still very cheap around the Mediterranean, that's why poor people and peasants eat these simple diets. Here in the USA, these same products cost an arm and a leg, are bland in comparison, or contain tons of sodium because they come in a jar
@TheShadowMan.Ай бұрын
why the heck can't you pronounce Tzatziki correctly?
@MediterraneanlivingАй бұрын
I am horrible with pronunciations. I do know the proper pronunciation, but used the Americanized version. Sorry!
@dennissturgill963Ай бұрын
Why the heck can’t you spread kindness instead of toxicity…..it’s his video pretty sure he can say it how he wants. If you don’t like his pronunciations turn off the video but what’s the point of being mean.
@fjordhellas407725 күн бұрын
Taboulé isn’t really Middle Eastern, it’s actually native to Mount Lebanon and Quinoa Taboulé is totally inappropriate as I was taught to use fine bulgur for taboulé.
@Mediterraneanliving24 күн бұрын
Yes, I realize that quinoa tabouli is not traditional, but it is great for people who are gluten free.
@SusanQ-wn1gn4 күн бұрын
A variety of countries make up the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), including Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestine Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen,
@fjordhellas40772 күн бұрын
@@SusanQ-wn1gn we know that! What’s your point?
@蓮実夏希-u5t10 күн бұрын
All of these recips look great but I think the Quinoa Tabbouleh will be the next one that I make. Thanks!