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January 14th, 2008 — Meal ideas, Med Diet Info, Recipes for weight loss
Rice with sardines - Arròs amb sardines
by Núria Roig
This rice dish is not only delicious but very healthy as sardines are oily fish that contain healthy omega 3 fatty acids. Moreover, the combination of rice and fish increases its benefits.
This sardine rice is a traditional Catalan rice dish that represents the Mediterranean diet very well. From beyond the French border down through Barcelona and further south, the Catalan fishermen and their families created many simple and health-promoting dishes like this one.
Ingredients - Serves 4
- 8 to 12 fresh sardines depending on the size
- 4 cups (1 l) hot water
- 1¾ cups (400 g) short or round-grain rice is best, but long-grain also
- works fine
- 1 cup (250 g) shelled sweet peas (use frozen peas if fresh aren’t available)
- 4 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 onion
- 2 ripe tomatoes
- 4 cloves garlic
- 1 sprig flat parsley
- 4 threads saffron
- 1 teaspoon salt or to taste
Preparation method
Cooking time: About 40 minutes
- Clean and wash the sardines. Remove the head and the bones and season them with some salt.
- Peel and finely chop the onion. Peel, seed and finely chop the tomatoes. (Seeding the tomatoes is optional.) Peel the garlic cloves and mince two of them. Shell the peas.
- Add the olive oil to a casserole, and when it’s hot add the onion. Stir and cook for about 5 minutes over low heat or until it’s golden. Stir often. Add the 2 cloves of minced garlic, and stir for a few moments. Add the tomato and the sweet peas. (If you are using frozen peas, add them 5 minutes later.)
- Cook for 15 to 20 minutes, stirring a few times. The tomato juice should evaporate slowly, but the mixture shouldn’t dry up. You can add a little water halfway into the cooking, but only if your tomatoes don’t have a lot of juice and you really feel it’s needed.
- In the meantime, make a Catalan picada by adding 2 cloves of garlic, the parsley leaves, saffron and a pinch of salt to a mortar. Crush and pound these ingredients until you get a smooth paste. The best method is to begin with the first ingredient, use the pestle for a few moments, add the second, pound a little bit more, and so on.
- Later, dissolve it with 2 or 3 tablespoons of the rice cooking juice. This is the traditional Catalan picada that is added to a myriad Catalan Mediterranean recipes towards the end of the cooking time. It gives a special texture to this rice with sardines that you wouldn’t get without it.
- Bring the water to a boil.
- When the sofregit or tomato mixture has caramelized, add the rice and the salt. Stir briefly and add the hot water.
- When the rice begins to boil, add the picada you just made and stir briefly and gently. Cook uncovered for about 10 minutes. Distribute the sardines over the rice, and cook for 8 more minutes. Your rice with sardines is now ready to be served.
At Mediterranean Diet Aromas Núria Roig helps you explore delicious Mediterranean recipes, undiscovered Catalan cuisine, and the relaxed Mediterranean lifestyle from the inside.
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October 14th, 2007 — Foods Menu, Meal ideas, Med Diet Info, Nutrition facts, Pasta, Recipes for weight loss, Review of cookbook and books, Salad recipes
Tomato is 1 of the best sources of lycopene
Everybody of us knows the health benefits of the Mediterranean diet. It’s so healthy not for the fact that it’s a “Weight loss diet” but for the benefits of the foods in its pyramid.
Today we’ll discover all the info about Tomatoes: 1 of the best foods with high lycopene content that helps us prevent cancer and aging effects.
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September 29th, 2007 — Current news, Diet blogs and resources, Diet pyramid, Foods Menu, Health benefits, List of fad diets, Meal ideas, Nutrition facts, Recipes for weight loss
Med diet pyramid increases your health
Here a list of the recent buzz I’ve found on the web this week…so let’s talk about:
General
- Is the Mediterranean diet really what we need?
- What is a Mediterranean pyramid diet?
Health effects
- Interview with world heart scan authority, Dr. John Rumberger
- How to fight Prostate Cancer and blindness
- Causes mortality after myocardial infarction
Foods
- More Omega-3s essential
- Diabetic Diets and Wine
- Lower Cholesterol by eating tomatoes
- Why You Should Make Extra Virgin Olive Oil Part of Your Diet
- Spinach and Eggs Can Help Your Vision
Cooking
- Some cooking advices on how to cook some Med foods
Not so good info…
- Greek diet fuels heart problems
- Binge Drinking On The Rise In Mediterranean Countries
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September 9th, 2007 — Breakfast ideas, Diet blogs and resources, Med Diet Info, Mediterranean chicken salad recipes etc..., Pasta, Recipes for weight loss, Salad recipes
August 26th, 2007 — Foods Menu, Health benefits, Med Diet Info, Recipes for weight loss
There is a lot of misinformation about cholesterol. It’s important to consider that the 75% of the cholesterol is produced by your body. Now let’s examine 10 simple recipes for Mediterranean diet from Sicily to lower the remaining 25%.
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August 19th, 2007 — Foods Menu, Health benefits, Med Diet Info, Nutrition facts, Recipes for weight loss
(Thanks to Alejandro)
Who needs oysters and champagne when we can use the Mediterranean diet?
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August 18th, 2007 — Foods Menu, Health benefits, Meal ideas, Med Diet Info, Modified Mediterranean diet, Nutrition facts, Recipes for weight loss
July 15th, 2007 — Miscellaneous, Nutrition facts, Recipes for weight loss
Forums are my best source to find info and real advices by other people. They are a very democratic mean to help you in your diet and give you all the support to achieve your goals.
Recently i read a research from the University of Texas Medical School at Houston about the value of the Diet forums to support internet users and give true advices.
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July 14th, 2007 — List of fad diets, Meal ideas, Med Diet Info, Nutrition facts, Recipes for weight loss
If you have tried all type of diets and feel frustrated with your weight performances, then read this “easy to read” article where i compare all “real” effects and benefits of the most know diet plans.
Recently i follow some forums, news magazines and other social media on the web about what people think about the different types of diet.
So i decided to write this post to help you choose and compare the different diets and verify what is the best.
It’s amazing to see how much misinformation there is on the net.
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July 7th, 2007 — Foods Menu, Med Diet Info, Recipes for weight loss
Recently i read an article about a list of so called “Fat burning foods” and I’ve decided to write this post.
I’m surprised to see how much disinformation there is on the net and how many people try to “tricks” other people promising them fast and definite weight loss results…
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