Prepare healthy Mediterranean meals in just 30 minutes or less and feel more energized, lose weight, and be healthier! You won't even feel you are on a diet!Choosing the Mediterranean diet is one of the healthiest choices you can make. Losing weight is not the only benefit of this style of eating; there are plenty of others. For example, the Mediterranean diet helps protect you against type 2 Diabetes, against Alzheimer's and other forms of mental decline, and even helps keep your muscles limber. Even better, it dishes out plenty of antioxidants to protect from certain cancers, and wards off heart disease, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol. It's a lifestyle you can live on easily, forever, just like the people living around the Mediterranean have been doing for centuries. Best of all, studies have shown that it can possibly add years to your life.The Mediterranean diet consists of eating healthy unprocessed food that includes fish, seafood, poultry, vegetables, nuts, whole grains, fruits, and healthy fats and limits red meats and sugar.Are you always pressed for time when it comes to preparing meals?We all live busy lives and don't always have time to make elaborate meals that take hours to prepare or we just don't have the energy to make dinner after a long day at work and find ourselves eating more processed food than we should. The recipes in this cookbook take care of all this. They are quick and easy to make and, most of all, healthy and nutritious. All it takes is to have on hand simple ingredients and 30 minutes to prepare delicious Mediterranean meals. After reading this cookbook, you will: Know everything you need to know about the Mediterranean dietThe guiding principles of the Mediterranean dietThe many health benefits of following a Mediterranean lifestyle.The essential pantry and fresh ingredients for Mediterranean cooking.What makes a Mediterranean breakfast, lunch, or dinner.What to eat and the recommended serving sizes for each food group.How to quickly prepare meals from kitchen to table in 30 minutes or less.Lots of recipes that are easy to prepare from breakfast to dessert such as: Spinach Egg BakeMediterranean OmeletProvolone and Tomato SandwichesSweet Greek Avocado ToastGreek-Style Herb Roasted OlivesMediterranean ChickenChicken ShawarmaChicken with Sun-Dried Tomatoes and ArtichokesSalmon with Spinach and White BeansStuffed-Olive CodSalmon with Root VegetablesShrimp and Leek pastaGreek Stuffed Portobello MushroomsQuinoa Sal