Dinner Recipes for Mediterrenean Diet

If you're looking for dinner recipes for your Mediterranean diet plan, there are two ingredients you should etch into your psyche: fish and vegetables. Typical Mediterranean menus call for nine servings of fruits and vegetables a day and fish served several times a week. If you're following this diet, you will want to eat red meat only one to two times a month, pork only three to four times a month, and poultry only a couple times a week.

These dinner Mediterranean diet recipes are formulated to use healthy fats such as olive and canola oils, encourage you to eat plenty of vegetables and focus on fish, the primary protein source eaten by those who live in the Mediterranean region.

Mediterranean Hearty Dinner Salad Recipe
Ingredients:

• ¼ cup olive oil
• ¼ cup vinegar
• 1 fresh lemon
• 1 cup romaine lettuce
• 1 cup cherry tomatoes
• 1 cup cucumbers, sliced
• ¼ cup olives, pitted
• ¼ cup shredded parmesan cheese

Combine the olive oil and vinegar in a cup. Combine the romaine lettuce (torn into bite sized pieces) with the cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, and olives. Divide into two plates. Mix the olive oil and vinegar vigorously, then drizzle over salad. Squeeze half a lemon on each salad. Sprinkle cheese on top of salad. You can substitute feta cheese for the parmesan cheese if you prefer.

Fish with Charmoula Recipe
Ingredients:

• ¾ cup fresh cilantro, chopped coarsely
• 1/3 cup fresh parsley, chopped coarsely
• 3 cloves of minced garlic, fresh
• Juice from one lemon, freshly squeezed
• ¼ cup olive oil
• 1 teaspoon cumin
• ½ teaspoon paprika
• ¼ teaspoon sea salt
• ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1 pound of fresh fish, preferably grouper, sea bass or red snapper

Process all ingredients (except fish) in food processor until finely ground. Marinate the fish in the ground spice paste overnight in the refrigerator, covered. When ready to eat, broil the fish (with the paste still slathered on the fish) on a slightly oiled broiler for 4-5 minutes, until the fish flakes with a fork. Enjoy immediately.

Stewed Green Beans Recipe
Ingredients:

• 1 pound green beans, ends trimmed off
• ¼ cup olive oil
• 2 cloves minced fresh garlic
• ¾ cup water
• 1 teaspoon sea salt
• ¼ cup chopped fresh mint leaves
• ¼ cup chopped flat leaf parsley

Heat a large skillet over medium heat. Add the olive oil. Toss the beans in the oil and stir as they cook for five minutes. Add the minced garlic and cook three to four minutes longer, stirring often. Add the water, salt, mint and parsley, stir, cover and let simmer for 30 minutes. Enjoy as a tasty side dish.