Mediterranean Diet Cookbook For Dummies by Meri Raffetto & Wendy Jo Peterson

Author:Meri Raffetto & Wendy Jo Peterson
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781119404453
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2017-09-06T00:00:00+00:00

In addition to the health benefits, soups and stews are economical. The ingredients are usually inexpensive, and each recipe yields a plentiful amount of food. They also freeze well, so you can create your own healthy frozen dinners for those busy days.

Use these recipes as they are or feel free to celebrate the way the people of the Mediterranean live by substituting vegetables and herbs according to your taste and what you have on hand.

Warming Up with a Great Cup of Soup

Peasants originally created soups as a way to put together a meal from the scraps of food they had on hand. Finding eggs or cheese was a great way to enrich soups to add more protein, but the cooks often depended on vegetables, beans, and lentils to add more bulk to the pot. Herbs were easy to find, so soup-makers used plenty of them as seasoning.

Today, soups are used as a starter or as the entire meal in itself and are a great way to add a variety of nutrients to your diet. In this section, you can find soups that include the bountiful crops and unique flavors of the Mediterranean. The soups in this section fall into two basic categories:

Vegetable soups: Vegetable soups are a great way to get a variety of vegetables into your diet each day. Remember, the more vegetables you eat, the more disease-fighting nutrients you’re consuming on a daily basis. These soups are a perfect accompaniment to your meal, either as a starter or as your main vegetable. (Remember: “Vegetable soup” doesn’t necessarily mean “vegetarian soup.”)

Soups with beans, lentils, and meats: Adding beans, lentils, and meats to your soups creates a heartier soup that can often serve as a complete meal. Serve these soups in a bowl with some crusty whole-wheat bread to make a one-pot meal on a cold day.

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