Take a Mediterranean Culinary Cruise -12 Fresh, Easy Recipes

By Lindsay @ The Café Sucre Farine | Updated on April 12, 2023

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12 of our favorite fresh, easy and delicious Mediterranean-inspired recipes. Perfect for easy entertaining or weeknights!

Looking for some fresh dinner ideas? We've got some of our favorite Mediterranean-inspired recipes for you today. We love the bright flavors in these recipes and think they are perfect for this beautiful spring weather. There are delicious salads, easy dinner recipes and our favorite flatbread. These are recipes our family loves and we think you will too! Switch up your dinner routine with one of these recipes and let us know your favorites in the comments. Enjoy!

Mediterranean Lemon Feta Dip

This creamy, lemony Feta dip is perfect for parties, picnics and potlucks. Serve it with raw veggies or chips for a delicious appetizer or snack!

Lemony Mediterranean Couscous Salad

This Mediterranean Couscous Salad combines pearl pasta, crisp cucumbers, juicy tomatoes, tender corn and ribbons of fresh spinach to create a healthy, delicious salad. A sunny lemon dressing and lots of fresh herbs take it over the top!

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Greek Yogurt Turkish Flatbread (Bazlama)

This delicious, pillowy soft Turkish Flatbread is an easy, one-bowl-no-mixer recipe. It's perfect with hummus, tabouli, for wraps and more!

Oven Roasted Greek Chicken Meatballs

These healthy, delicious Greek Chicken Meatballs come together quickly with lean chicken, lots of fresh veggies and a ton of fabulous flavor! Serve them as an appetizer, in sandwiches, in bowls with Greek salad, hummus and orzo (pictured), in wraps with pita bread and hummus...

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The BEST Grilled Chicken Shawarma

This juicy, tender Grilled Chicken Shawarma is wonderful on its own, in wraps, sliced thin in sandwiches and it's super delicious in salads.

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Israeli Couscous Salmon Salad

Served warm or at room temperature, this Israeli Couscous Salmon Salad is light, fresh and delicious. It comes together in right around 40 minutes!

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Chopped Mediterranean Farro Salad

Love a hearty, healthy, salad that's bursting with bright, fresh flavor? This Chopped Mediterranean Farro Salad is a meal on its own or a great side!

Mediterranean Sheet Pan Chicken Dinner

This delicious chicken sheet pan dinner is a super easy meal that's perfect for busy weeknights, but delicious and pretty enough to serve for a dinner party!

Turkish Tomato Cucumber Salad

Turkish Tomato Cucumber Salad

This Turkish Tomato Cucumber Salad has a short ingredient list, but always has a long list of rave reviews. It's fresh, healthy, delicious and can be prepped ahead!

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The BEST Greek Salad with Fresh Herb Greek Dressing

If salads seem a bit boring to you, you haven't tried this delicious, vibrant Greek salad that's loaded with texture, color and fabulous flavor. The fresh herb dressing is the crowning glory!

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Easy Greek Salad Dressing with Fresh Herbs

This Fresh Herb Greek Salad Dressing is one of those simple, throw-it-all-in-the-blender recipes. The base dressing is delicious on its own, but fresh herbs take it WAY over the top!

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Avgolemono (Greek Chicken Pasta Soup)

This Avgolemono, a lemony Greek chicken pasta soup is healthy and hearty (lots of satisfying protein), creamy (no cream!) and so delicious!

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Best Greek Salad (with Pearl Pasta)

Fresh veggies, Feta, olives, cannellini beans, pearl pasta, and a vibrant, easy dressing - this might be the best Greek salad ever!

Thought for the day:

The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases;
    his mercies never come to an end;
 they are new every morning;
    great is your faithfulness.Lamentations  3:13

What we're listening to for inspiration:

Agnus Dei / King of Kings

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4 Comments

  1. Delicious food, wonderful recipes. I would like to receive the recipes or webpage to see it. Thank you.

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  2. What a great collection of recipes. You have brought so many good meals to our table. Thank you.