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Easy and Quick Salsa Rojas

Quick and Easy Salsa Roja

If you enjoy Mexican or Mexicali food than you need a quick and easy salsa roja recipe. Salsa Roja is a fancy way to say red sauce or enchillada sauce. It is something that you can easily pick up already prepared at your local grocers. The problem with store bought is you lose control of […]

Whole Wheat Sourdough Pretzels

Whole Wheat Sourdough Pretzels

Searching for the perfect whole wheat sourdough pretzel recipe has become a new favorite pastime. Prior to being on the Mediterranean Diet, I can’t say that I ever made homemade pretzels. That is just one reason why it is funny I have spent so much time creating a Mediterraneanized recipe for delicious whole wheat sourdough […]

Simply Scrumptious Scottish Salmon

Simply Scrumptious Scottish Salmon

It is rare that dinner is so easy and so tasty that it causes me to use alliteration, but this Simply Scrumptious Scottish Salmon provokes poetry. Three ingredients and 20 minutes, including grill time, is all it takes to make magic. The only challenge to this perfect dinner is finding a fresh piece of Scottish […]

Bucatini Pasta Pomodoro with Shrimp 10 recipes

Bucatini Pasta Pomodoro with Shrimp

Bucatini Pasta Pomodoro with Shrimp is my favorite pasta dish that I make with store-bought pasta. Bucatini Pasta Pomodoro with Shrimp is an amazing dish and super simple. Just a few ingredients create magic in your mouth beginning with pasta cooked just to al dente and tossed with a tangy Pomodoro. It is even tastier […]

Bucatini Pasta Pomodoro with Shrimp 10 recipes

Bucatini – A Controversial Pasta: My Journey

Who knew that Bucatini could be a controversial pasta? Or that Olive Sunshine’s Bucatini Pasta Pomodoro with Shrimp is a controversial recipe. So controversial in fact that I am writing a blog about my decision to share this recipe. It is the Bucatini that makes it controversial. Let me start by saying, this dish can […]

Perfect Greek Scrambled Eggs

Perfect Greek Scrambled Eggs

Perfect Greek Scrambled Eggs are simple and fast and just perfect to enjoy on the Mediterranean Diet. Spinach, creamy feta and scallions makes this a simple, but tasty, breakfast that can be steaming next to coffee within minutes. Eggs in the Mediterranean Diet Eggs are allowable in the Mediterranean Diet; however, eggs are higher up […]

The Mediterranean Diet Weight Loss Julene Stassou

5 Must-Have Cookbooks: How to Be Successful on the Mediterranean Diet

For the third year in a row, the U.S. News once again ranks the Mediterranean Diet as the best overall diet in 2020. This blog will outline 5 must-have cookbooks to learn how to be successful on the Mediterranean Diet. A question I often see posed on any Mediterranean Diet social media page is, “What […]

Ahi Tuna Tacos with Mango Avocado Salad

Ahi Tuna Tacos with Mango Avocado Salad

Have I ever mentioned fresh tacos are perfect to enjoy on the Mediterranean Diet? Ahi Tuna Tacos with Mango Avocado Salad is perfection and a perfectly healthy choice for the Mediterranean Diet. I love tacos so I have Mediterraneanized all of my favorite Mexicali dishes. Taco Tuesday should be a weekly celebration, but Tuesdays can […]

Shrimp Tacos

Cumin Shrimp Street Tacos

I love tacos and these Cumin Shrimp Street Tacos are a perfect example of why. The blend of flavors in these tacos make you close your eyes, shake your head and say a long “yum”. Shrimp tacos is a quick and easy Tuesday Night meal (who doesn’t love Taco Tuesday?). Now I know cumin can […]

Lessons Learned Tuna Casserole

Healthy Tuna Noodle Un-Casserole

Olive Sunshine’s Healthy Tuna Noodle Un-casserole is not your grandmother’s calorie laden dish. This dish is Mediterranean Diet friendly, and the ingredients are easily stored in the pantry. It is quick, simple and tasty. Fresh lemon is the only fresh produce I used, but you could use bottled-lemon juice. I always have frozen peas in […]

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