Mediterranean recipes
Easy Mediterranean Recipes: Lemon Chicken, Baked Cod and Salads
Mediterranean-style cooking at home rests on a few bright flavours: good olive oil, lemon, garlic, dried oregano and fresh herbs, with feta, yogurt, chickpeas, vegetables, fish and chicken doing most of the work. Meals are light on fuss. Protein is seared or baked with lemon and herbs, a grain or salad goes alongside, and a spoonful of garlicky yogurt or crumbled feta finishes the plate.
These recipes are built for weeknights. Watermelon feta salad needs no cooking, lemon butter baked cod bakes in one dish in 25 minutes, and one pan lemon herb chicken is seared on the stove, then finished in the oven with peppers and lemon. The chicken grain bowls pack well for lunches, and you can swap the quinoa for brown rice, farro or couscous (the last two contain gluten). The cod and the spinach and feta stuffed chicken breast are Mediterranean-inspired rather than traditional, and the cod works just as well with haddock, pollock, hake or halibut.
7 recipes · Updated
Quick answer
Savour's Mediterranean recipes include watermelon feta salad, the quickest at 15 minutes with no cooking, lemon butter baked cod (25 minutes), crispy air fryer chickpeas (30 minutes) and one pan lemon herb chicken (35 minutes). Mediterranean chicken grain bowls take 40 minutes and suit meal prep, and spinach and feta stuffed chicken breast takes 55 minutes including resting.
- Recipes
- 7
- Average total time
- 32 mins
- Quickest
- Watermelon Feta Salad (15 mins)
- Rated Easy
- 6 of 7
- Average calories
- 325 per serving
- Newest
- Pan-Seared Lamb Chops with Garlic and Rosemary
All Mediterranean Recipes (7)
Frequently Asked Questions
What do I need in the pantry for Mediterranean cooking?
Extra-virgin olive oil, lemons, garlic, dried oregano and paprika season most of these recipes. Keep canned chickpeas and quinoa in the cupboard, and feta, plain Greek yogurt and fresh herbs such as parsley, mint and dill in the fridge.
Which Mediterranean recipe should I start with?
For a quick weeknight dinner, try lemon butter baked cod. It bakes at 200°C (400°F) for 12-15 minutes and is done when it flakes easily and reads 70°C (158°F) in the thickest part. One pan lemon herb chicken is just as simple and is ready in 35 minutes, once the thighs reach 74°C (165°F). For a no-cook side, watermelon feta salad takes 15 minutes.
Which Mediterranean recipes are gluten-free or vegetarian?
Watermelon feta salad, lemon butter baked cod, air fryer crispy chickpeas, one pan lemon herb chicken, the chicken grain bowls and the spinach and feta stuffed chicken breast are all gluten-free as written. For vegetarian meals, the watermelon feta salad is vegetarian without the optional shrimp, the crispy chickpeas are vegan, and the grain bowls work with roasted chickpeas in place of the chicken.
Which Mediterranean recipes are good for meal prep?
The chicken grain bowls keep for up to 4 days packed in containers; store the yogurt sauce separately so the vegetables stay crisp. One pan lemon herb chicken keeps for 4 days in the fridge or 3 months in the freezer, and cooked stuffed chicken breasts freeze for up to 2 months. Crispy chickpeas stay crunchy for up to 3 days at room temperature in a loosely covered jar.