Mediterranean Diet
: It is Southern European, and more specifically focuses on the eating habits of the people of Crete, much of Greece, and southern Italy (Nordqvist, 2015, para 1). Main ingredients are vegetable, fruits, seafood, legumes, nuts, balsamic vinegar, and olive oil.
My typical daily menus look like
1.
Breakfast : Quinoa with warm milk, sweet potatoes, fried eggs, yogurt
Lunch : Salmon Salad from Chef cafe
Snack : raw Almonds 1/2 cup
Dinner : Fried Salmon with olive oil, steamed rice, salad with blasamic sauce
2.
Breakfast : Sweet potatoes, earl grey tea
Lunch : Apple, veggie sandwich
Dinner : Chicken Pasta (Grazie restaurant)
3.
Breakfast : Apple, yogurt
Lunch : Steamed brown rice, baked salmon, saute green beans
Dinner : Chicken stew, steamed rice, salad with balsamic sauce, saute veggies with olive oil, red wine
Snack : Energy nut bar
This recipe I was trying to make for Mediterranean Dieters.
Aglio e Olio with chopped olive & Pan Fried Salmon
Ingredients
- Spaghetti 200g
- Olive Oil 1/2cup
- Green Olive 5pcs
- Garlic 4cloves
- Red pepper flakes 1/4tsp
- Chopped Italian parsley
- To taste Salt and pepper
Method
- Cook spaghetti in the boiling water (salt, oil) for about 12mins, then drain and transfer to a pasta bowl.
- Combie sliced garlic and olive oil in the pan, cook over medium heat to toast garlic until golden brown, then add red pepper flakes, chopped green olive, and spaghetti.
- Adjust the seasoning with salt and pepper, then sprinkle the italian parsley.
- Preheat the pan with olive oil, seasoning the 1 cut of salmon.
- Pan frying the salmon quickly. (Do not overcooked)
- Plating
Reflect on my experiences.
I've been on a really diverse diet for a long time. Mostly I have been on a diet with pills, the result was good, but if I don't manage it steadily, it start to get fat again. But the Mediterranean diet is the most healthy diet I've ever had, and I could drink a glass of wine a day, so I had less stress on my diet. Now I don't really want to continue this diet, because I love every food so much, but I will start this Mediterranean diet again later when I feel I need to diet. This assignment was really interesting experiment for me.
