Fresh Fridays: Mediterranean Springtime Produce

Dear {First Name},

Spring is in the air! It’s the season of warmer, sunnier days, fresh starts and new beginnings—and an abundance of delicious, fresh fruits and vegetables ﬁlling the markets after a long winter.

Happy cooking from the team at Oldways!

Mediterranean Springtime Produce

The Mediterranean Diet is built upon locally and seasonally available foods. Mediterranean cooks shift with the seasons to make the most of the freshest produce, and spring is the time of year when they embrace bright leafy greens, ruby-red strawberries, and other seasonal treasures. You can, too! Read below for our suggestions for cooking with six Mediterranean springtime staples.

Spinach Lamejun

Lamejun (lah·me·june) is very much like a pizza, only with a much thinner crust. The dough is traditionally topped with minced meat and minced vegetables, but we love Ana Sortun’s recipe featuring spinach, halloumi (a semi-hard, unripened brined cheese from Cyprus made from a mixture of goat’s and sheep’s milk) and labne (lab·neh), made by draining full-fat yogurt.

Recipe by Ana Sortun, for Oldways’ Culinaria in Turkey in 2012; content and photo courtesy of Oldways.

Spring Salad with Strawberry & Farro

A creamy pillow of burrata is balanced by this plant-forward grain salad featuring springtime favorites like strawberries and asparagus.

An Oldways recipe and photo, courtesy of Kelly LeBlanc

Potato Leek Frittata with Swiss Chard

This frittata recipe makes a creamy, delicious and healthy comfort meal. Plus it uses of all of the Swiss chard—stems included!

An Oldways recipe and photo, courtesy of Kelly Leblanc

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