Mediterranean

Mediterranean ingredients or influences

  • Chai Latte Panna Cotta Slices

    thedizzydieter

    Chai is one of my new favourite things. I think most people of my generation and older are familiar with the term “cup of chai”, referring to a cup of tea but I have only recently discovered the particular blend of chai spices, and more specifically, chai latte. Oh my god, it’s like a warm spiced hug in a mug! I’m not usually a great fan of milky drinks as I don’t really like milk. I’ll have it in my coffee and tea, and occasionally indulge in a hot chocolate or a milkshake but you’ll never catch me drinking just…

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  • Baked Feta and Cherry Tomato Pasta

    thedizzydieter

    I don’t use Tik-Tok. It’s not my kind of thing – if I’m honest I’ve only learned how to use Instagram and X since doing the Dizzy Dieter. I’m really glad I am on Instagram because it’s like a scrolling feed of inspiration. Whenever I’m stuck on writing an article,…

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  • Sausage Gnocchi Florentine

    thedizzydieter

    Sausage Gnocchi Florentine is a recipe born from difficult times! The difficult time in question was July 2022. We spent the last 3 and a half years living in a lovely flat in Plymouth when, without much warning, our landlady decided to sell up and we found ourselves looking for…

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  • Feta, Courgette and Aubergine Pasta

    thedizzydieter

    Say hello to one of my Feta, Courgette and Aubergine Pasta. This has it all – fresh, flavourful and packed with veggie goodness but so tasty and filling that you don’t feel that you’re eating something that’s really pretty good for you! It’s also something I can happily eat on…

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  • How To Make: Spaghetti Bolognese

    thedizzydieter

    As a household we seem to eat less and less meat as time goes on, not through any conscious decision or financial constraint but through learning to use and enjoy vegetables, pulses and particularly fish. A few years ago, we were eating a meat-based meal 6-7 days a week; nowadays…

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  • My Kind-of Traditional Pizza Margherita

    thedizzydieter

    Cooking is individual to the cook – we all follow recipes from other people but, as we learn we start to develop our own methods and techniques for doing things and our own ideas about flavour combinations and what tastes good and that’s when you become a “fully fledged cook”.…

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