CIAO, BUON ANNO & HAPPY NEW YEAR! 🥰 🎉 cheers to a fantastic 2023!!! THIS IS THE YEAR! Big things are happening all thanks to YOU ❤because of YOU i am able to say you’ll be seeing a lot more than just videos this year to help you live a Modern Mediterranean Lifestyle! And please share any suggestion or things you’d like to see from me! It helps more than you could imagine 🤗 I hope you create a zestful year 🌞
Hi Caroline! Thank you for this great video! It’s easy to see how passionate you are about food and healthy eating and I find your recipes and perspective so unique! I would LOVE to see more of your fish recipes because I love fish and I am constantly looking for ways to incorporate different types of fish into my diet and new ways to make it! I completely agree that most fish recipes out there are focused on salmon, tuna, whitefish, and shrimp and would love to see your spin on other kinds of fish like halibut, swordfish, etc. Thanks again for such a great video!
Jeslyn, thank you SO much for all your kind words and encouragement!! I absolutely will try my best to include more variations of seafood and fish recipes because it is so important! Thank you 🤍love suggestions so much!
Happy New Year sweetheart! You look awesome! I have decided to begin the Mediterranean Lifestyle today! This is my new goal for my life. So much I can say comes from you and your Lifestyle. Love you!! ❤️
I'm so looking forward to making everything you made in this video. I'm glad you were in my feed. Definitely subscribing. Since I am on this journey with my Mediterranean Diet I'm now excited to try your recipes. Thank you for posting this although I'm a year late. Lol
Oh my goodness I truly hope it all turns out delicious! Thank you SO much for deciding to click on my video and subscribing - means the world to me! You are NEVER too late and I'm so grateful you joined our Zestful Med Diet Community :)
Thank YOU Jennifer, not only that you tried a recipes but that you came back to share with me that it worked out!! These comments fill my heart so much, I really appreciate you trying a recipe! 🥰
Happy New Year ! Found you because I need to make healthier choices and find new recipes. 😍. I will continue to binge watch and I can’t wait to try all the recipes.
Oh Debra you are so so so sweet! I'm overjoyed that you not only found my channel but are enjoying it so far, thank you for sharing this with me!🤍🤍 please let me know if you try any of the recipe and what you think! Always open to honest feedback, helps me out a lot!
❤👍🏽😁😋😋 tyfs I'll be making these delicious looking recipes! Happy New Year 2024 Here in February 2024 your channel popped up and I'm loving your recipes! So informative! I love different seasonings courtesy of my Mom RIH👸🏾🕊❤😁 She loved good seasoned food and taught me how to cook💯👍🏽😁 I'm so thankful and am using the various herbs and spices she had on hand. You're helping me in knowing how to mix and match the vast variety!💯😁👏🏾👏🏾❤ I'm not ashamed to say I'm binge watching you 😁🤣🍅🍋🥕 Happy Cooking!
Awe Cynthia thank you SO much for the kind words! How wonderful that your mom taught you a love for cooking! I'm grateful you not only found my channel but that you're actually enjoying the videos as well! 💕🫶🏼🥰 hopefully I continue to make videos you enjoy!
Thank you so much for the fish recipe! I have been, over the past six months, moving toward the Mediterranean diet. My plan for this year is to increase my fish intake so that I’m eating fish at least three dinners out of the week. Sardines are something I want to add to my diet because they are so healthful. Can’t wait to try these cakes. Please more fish knowledge and recipes.
I am so happy to know the fish and seafood recipes have been helpful! I agree they are so great and love how you're incorporating more throughout your week and promise to come up with more ideas!
I love feta. I eat it by itself. That and goat cheese. My two favorites. So delicious. I’m not vegetarian but I love veges. Thanks for the recipes because my mind goes blank when I try to think of cooking Mediterranean. I could live off hummus.
Happy New Years! These are really beautiful recipes, Caroline! Your carrot salad looks delish and I am so obsessed with Spanakopita, it is on my current meal rotation. I have a ton of carrots that I need to use up. I think try out your recipe this week. :) Edit: More Vegetarian recipes please!
More vegetarian recipes coming your way Mandy 🥰 thank you so much for the ask!!!! And your kind words mean so much to me, can't wait for you to try out the carrot salad! Thank you for your support🤍
My family and I love salmon cakes and you’ve convinced me to try the sardine cakes. I’ve only ever had sardines once a very long time ago but I’m ready to try again.
Fish cakes were a huge hit. Followed recipe exactly but I love that you suggest substitutions so I can use what I have on hand. Also thanks for the links to printable recipes, great that they print on one page. So many online recipes print on multiple pages (even printable versions).
I just love seeing your GORGEOUS smile as you prepare this WONDERFUL food... love your vids--- keep up the EXCELLENT work!!!! (all us fat old folks- like me- NEED them!!!)
My husband and I made the spanakopita tonight. It turned out great! My hubby did the prep, and we had it with fattoush. Just a comment: He got frustrated with the recipe bc there was no unit of measure for the Parmesan or the feta, but he figured cups for the Parmesan and ounces for the feta. He also wasn’t sure when to combine the spinach with the feta/herb mixture, but we figured it out. He’s a scientist, so these things matter to him.
I’m so sorry my directions weren’t super precise, I need to work way harder on that. Unfortunately I explain much better by talking than writing but from now I’ll try my best to be as direct as possible and apologize for his frustration!! Thank you so much for trying the recipe 🙏🏼 I appreciate it!
Order an apron! Maybe one with your name \ logo or something. I cross mine in the back then tie it in the front. Has two pockets as well. I love them !!
While I am a big vegetable eater, I don’t seem to eat a lot of food when I’m starting to count calories! And after recent medical tests, I need to up my protein and my calcium, so I’ve looked to go toward the Mediterranean diet to be healthier. After watching dozens and dozens of videos, I was really confused on how I could eat all this food and how do I get my protein up and my calcium up! Last couple days I’ve been watching your videos and I really enjoyed them. As a single person I do freeze a lot of foods, but it would be really helpful when you’re making dishes to do you let us know how long it can last in the refrigerator or freezer. I’m interested in the spanakopita (I think I spelled that right). Can you freeze that and if not, how long would it last in the refrigerator? And just a note I use canned fish all the time! Just find high-quality canned fish! Glad to see somebody using them in recipes!
I am SO delighted to hear that you’ve found my video helpful Vicky!! So many of my recipes are freezable! I think I talked about it in the following video, I can’t quite remember but for the spanakopita all you need to do is cut it into desired portions then freeze them individually then when you’re craving it just toast it up in the oven at 300 F for 20 or so minutes or until the center is warm. You may need to lower the oven even more because you don’t want it to burn as it’s reheating. I recommend the oven though because in the microwave the texture would totally change
Hi :) great question, honestly I don't have a particular one that i love, the brand i used was the Filo Factory which turned out great! I think they are all pretty comparable though since it's just a dough...
Buono Anno Bella ❤🎆 these recipes sound delicious and great timing. I really need to get my iron levels up so I think I’m going to try your spanakopita. Looks sooo good! Question- I got a cast-iron skillet for Christmas and I’ve never had one before. How do I “ season “ it 🤷🏻♀️?? Anyway 2023 is going to be an awesome year! Last night we sat by the fire and tossed in things we were leaving behind and not taking it into 2023 ( just wrote it down and tossed it into the fire) and replaced it w things we are going to manifest in the new year. I hadn’t done that before but felt like a fresh start was in order 😅 Don’t forget to speak positivity over yourself.. positive affirmations etc. Be kind to yourself ❤I can’t wait to see what God has in store for u this year!!!!😘
Thank you so much for the kind and encouraging words!!! 🤗🥰 I know it’s time consuming but i think you’d love the spanakopita! 🤤😋 For seasoning a cast iron i’m pretty sure you put it over the stove a take and damp towel with oil and coat the pan then bake off the oil in the oven! I’m no pro so you might want to research but that’s what i did with mine! I love the throwing things in the fire concept…letting go is absolutely CRUCIAL and I’m still trying my best to learn how too more often!😬 Be so kind to yourself as well, you are an amazing human who deserves to know how loved and special you are!! Thank you thank you 🤍🤍🤍
Hi 🙂 ! I didn't catch one of the last Spices, it sounded like "Harrissa Picks"??? Sorry to bother you, I replayed the video several times but you're SO QUICK ☺️☺️☺️, I couldn't read the jar/bottle. TYFS! 🥰 HAPPY NEW YEAR 😍!
Hi Abigail, so sorry it all went to fast but is was Harissa Paste - a north African condiment made of chili's and other spices! I hope you have a wonderful year!!
I need more vegetarian high protein receipes and egg free breakfast 🫶🫶 i am not a vegetarian i don't have any restrictions but i am interested in this type of meals
High protein, vegetarian, no egg breakfast ideas - I got you!! I have a few already on my channel and website but i'll make sure to focus on coming out with more😋
CIAO, BUON ANNO & HAPPY NEW YEAR! 🥰 🎉 cheers to a fantastic 2023!!! THIS IS THE YEAR! Big things are happening all thanks to YOU ❤because of YOU i am able to say you’ll be seeing a lot more than just videos this year to help you live a Modern Mediterranean Lifestyle! And please share any suggestion or things you’d like to see from me! It helps more than you could imagine 🤗 I hope you create a zestful year 🌞
Wow!.. Impressive.. Definitely subscribed..
Spending this weekend binging your old videos so I can make my grocery list and start 2023 off on a healthy, Mediterranean start
Such a great idea, I really hope they are a help with a great start to 2023!
I love your creativity and the recipes look awesome. I can’t wait to try them all.
Thank you do much Murielle, I hope you do!! And let me know if you do - always love honest feedback :)
Your introduction was the perfect description of the Mediterranean Diet.
You’re so sweet Sharon! Thank you so much!!
Hi Caroline! Thank you for this great video! It’s easy to see how passionate you are about food and healthy eating and I find your recipes and perspective so unique! I would LOVE to see more of your fish recipes because I love fish and I am constantly looking for ways to incorporate different types of fish into my diet and new ways to make it! I completely agree that most fish recipes out there are focused on salmon, tuna, whitefish, and shrimp and would love to see your spin on other kinds of fish like halibut, swordfish, etc. Thanks again for such a great video!
Jeslyn, thank you SO much for all your kind words and encouragement!! I absolutely will try my best to include more variations of seafood and fish recipes because it is so important! Thank you 🤍love suggestions so much!
Thank you! My family is from Greece and they add pine nuts or walnuts to their spanakopita. So good!
YUMM 😍I have to make it again just to include some pine nuts bye cause that sounds absolutely delicious! Thank you for sharing that with me
Happy New Year sweetheart! You look awesome! I have decided to begin the Mediterranean Lifestyle today! This is my new goal for my life. So much I can say comes from you and your Lifestyle. Love you!! ❤️
Can’t wait to make! You introduced me to so many new fruits and spices! it's been truly awesome. Thank you!! Happy New year!!
Awe, this makes me SOO happy to hear Teresa! Thank you for sharing this with me - happy new year to you as well!
Yum! Looks delicious. Can't wait to make these!
Thank you so much Bobbie 😊 I hope everything turns out great for you!
I'm so looking forward to making everything you made in this video. I'm glad you were in my feed. Definitely subscribing. Since I am on this journey with my Mediterranean Diet I'm now excited to try your recipes. Thank you for posting this although I'm a year late. Lol
Oh my goodness I truly hope it all turns out delicious! Thank you SO much for deciding to click on my video and subscribing - means the world to me! You are NEVER too late and I'm so grateful you joined our Zestful Med Diet Community :)
@@CarolineLFranco Thanks so much
Just made the spanakopita tonight. Absolutely delicious and a pleasure to make. Thank you.
Thank YOU Jennifer, not only that you tried a recipes but that you came back to share with me that it worked out!! These comments fill my heart so much, I really appreciate you trying a recipe! 🥰
First time watching you. Love the Mediterranean way of eating with all the vegetables and spices.
Welcome Gale 🌞🤍so happy you found my channel and you’re enjoying so far! Thank you for your comment!!
Happy New Year ! Found you because I need to make healthier choices and find new recipes.
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I will continue to binge watch and I can’t wait to try all the recipes.
Oh Debra you are so so so sweet! I'm overjoyed that you not only found my channel but are enjoying it so far, thank you for sharing this with me!🤍🤍 please let me know if you try any of the recipe and what you think! Always open to honest feedback, helps me out a lot!
I love Spanakopita and sardines. Great recipes!
I love hearing that Traci! Thank you so much 😋 🤗
❤👍🏽😁😋😋 tyfs I'll be making these delicious looking recipes!
Happy New Year 2024 Here in February 2024 your channel popped up and I'm loving your recipes! So informative! I love different seasonings courtesy of my Mom RIH👸🏾🕊❤😁 She loved good seasoned food and taught me how to cook💯👍🏽😁 I'm so thankful and am using the various herbs and spices she had on hand. You're helping me in knowing how to mix and match the vast variety!💯😁👏🏾👏🏾❤ I'm not ashamed to say I'm binge watching you 😁🤣🍅🍋🥕
Happy Cooking!
Awe Cynthia thank you SO much for the kind words! How wonderful that your mom taught you a love for cooking! I'm grateful you not only found my channel but that you're actually enjoying the videos as well! 💕🫶🏼🥰 hopefully I continue to make videos you enjoy!
First timer here..enjoying your Med diet recepies.
I am SO happy to hear that Leslie!! 🥰 thank you for sharing that with me
So excited for this years potential of amazing meals to make!!! Need to get into sauces ASAP!
You and me both Leah, thank you so much! Can't tell you how much it warms my heart to read your words!
Thank you so much for the fish recipe! I have been, over the past six months, moving toward the Mediterranean diet. My plan for this year is to increase my fish intake so that I’m eating fish at least three dinners out of the week. Sardines are something I want to add to my diet because they are so healthful. Can’t wait to try these cakes. Please more fish knowledge and recipes.
I am so happy to know the fish and seafood recipes have been helpful! I agree they are so great and love how you're incorporating more throughout your week and promise to come up with more ideas!
I need meal prep ideas! Thank you!
Thank you Angela!!! I am so happy i can help!
I love feta. I eat it by itself. That and goat cheese. My two favorites. So delicious. I’m not vegetarian but I love veges. Thanks for the recipes because my mind goes blank when I try to think of cooking Mediterranean. I could live off hummus.
Feta and goat cheese are both AMAZING! I'm not vegetarian either but I do love my veggies and love hearing that I've given you a few more ideas!!
Happy New Years! These are really beautiful recipes, Caroline! Your carrot salad looks delish and I am so obsessed with Spanakopita, it is on my current meal rotation. I have a ton of carrots that I need to use up. I think try out your recipe this week. :)
Edit: More Vegetarian recipes please!
More vegetarian recipes coming your way Mandy 🥰 thank you so much for the ask!!!! And your kind words mean so much to me, can't wait for you to try out the carrot salad! Thank you for your support🤍
My family and I love salmon cakes and you’ve convinced me to try the sardine cakes. I’ve only ever had sardines once a very long time ago but I’m ready to try again.
Fingers crossed you like!! Thank you so much for watching and wanting to give them a try🤗😋
Fish cakes were a huge hit. Followed recipe exactly but I love that you suggest substitutions so I can use what I have on hand. Also thanks for the links to printable recipes, great that they print on one page. So many online recipes print on multiple pages (even printable versions).
Im so so delighted to hear the recipe turned out well for you! This positive feedback helps me so much 🥰 you are amazing Annemarie!
I just love seeing your GORGEOUS smile as you prepare this WONDERFUL food... love your vids--- keep up the EXCELLENT work!!!! (all us fat old folks- like me- NEED them!!!)
This was a good video. Thanks.
Thank you Renee, so happy you enjoyed it!!
My husband and I made the spanakopita tonight. It turned out great!
My hubby did the prep, and we had it with fattoush. Just a comment: He got frustrated with the recipe bc there was no unit of measure for the Parmesan or the feta, but he figured cups for the Parmesan and ounces for the feta. He also wasn’t sure when to combine the spinach with the feta/herb mixture, but we figured it out. He’s a scientist, so these things matter to him.
I’m so sorry my directions weren’t super precise, I need to work way harder on that. Unfortunately I explain much better by talking than writing but from now I’ll try my best to be as direct as possible and apologize for his frustration!! Thank you so much for trying the recipe 🙏🏼 I appreciate it!
@@CarolineLFranco Thank you for sharing your time and talent! Can’t wait to try some more of your recipes :-)
What a great idea to make Spanakopita for meal prep!! I'm definitely going to try that next week for breakfasts :)
Thank you so much Silène Alice, I'm so excited for you try it out and I hope you love it - let me know what you think! :)
Order an apron! Maybe one with your name \ logo or something. I cross mine in the back then tie it in the front. Has two pockets as well. I love them !!
You are so so right, great idea Karen, definitely something I want to do asap!
While I am a big vegetable eater, I don’t seem to eat a lot of food when I’m starting to count calories! And after recent medical tests, I need to up my protein and my calcium, so I’ve looked to go toward the Mediterranean diet to be healthier. After watching dozens and dozens of videos, I was really confused on how I could eat all this food and how do I get my protein up and my calcium up! Last couple days I’ve been watching your videos and I really enjoyed them. As a single person I do freeze a lot of foods, but it would be really helpful when you’re making dishes to do you let us know how long it can last in the refrigerator or freezer. I’m interested in the spanakopita (I think I spelled that right). Can you freeze that and if not, how long would it last in the refrigerator? And just a note I use canned fish all the time! Just find high-quality canned fish! Glad to see somebody using them in recipes!
I am SO delighted to hear that you’ve found my video helpful Vicky!! So many of my recipes are freezable! I think I talked about it in the following video, I can’t quite remember but for the spanakopita all you need to do is cut it into desired portions then freeze them individually then when you’re craving it just toast it up in the oven at 300 F for 20 or so minutes or until the center is warm. You may need to lower the oven even more because you don’t want it to burn as it’s reheating. I recommend the oven though because in the microwave the texture would totally change
love the channel!
Thank you so so much Emma, so happy to hear that!!
@@CarolineLFranco I plan on making the Spanakopita tomorrow!
Hi, did you drain the oil from the sardines or kept the oil for your fish cakes?
I would suggest draining the oil because they seemed to fall apart and be too greasy with the extra oil!
Hi Caroline, can you recommend a phyllo dough brand? Do you get at Trader Joes?
Hi :) great question, honestly I don't have a particular one that i love, the brand i used was the Filo Factory which turned out great! I think they are all pretty comparable though since it's just a dough...
Buono Anno Bella ❤🎆 these recipes sound delicious and great timing. I really need to get my iron levels up so I think I’m going to try your spanakopita. Looks sooo good! Question- I got a cast-iron skillet for Christmas and I’ve never had one before. How do I “ season “ it 🤷🏻♀️?? Anyway 2023 is going to be an awesome year! Last night we sat by the fire and tossed in things we were leaving behind and not taking it into 2023 ( just wrote it down and tossed it into the fire) and replaced it w things we are going to manifest in the new year. I hadn’t done that before but felt like a fresh start was in order 😅
Don’t forget to speak positivity over yourself.. positive affirmations etc. Be kind to yourself ❤I can’t wait to see what God has in store for u this year!!!!😘
Thank you so much for the kind and encouraging words!!! 🤗🥰 I know it’s time consuming but i think you’d love the spanakopita! 🤤😋
For seasoning a cast iron i’m pretty sure you put it over the stove a take and damp towel with oil and coat the pan then bake off the oil in the oven! I’m no pro so you might want to research but that’s what i did with mine!
I love the throwing things in the fire concept…letting go is absolutely CRUCIAL and I’m still trying my best to learn how too more often!😬
Be so kind to yourself as well, you are an amazing human who deserves to know how loved and special you are!! Thank you thank you 🤍🤍🤍
Happy New Year
Happy new year beautiful! I hope you have the most amazing year yet Caroline!
Ok, I have a few tins of Fishwife smoked trout that I need to use. Could I just replace the fish?
Yes that would be delicious!!
Hi 🙂 ! I didn't catch one of the last Spices, it sounded like "Harrissa Picks"??? Sorry to bother you, I replayed the video several times but you're SO QUICK ☺️☺️☺️, I couldn't read the jar/bottle. TYFS! 🥰
HAPPY NEW YEAR 😍!
Hi Abigail, so sorry it all went to fast but is was Harissa Paste - a north African condiment made of chili's and other spices! I hope you have a wonderful year!!
@@CarolineLFranco NO WORRIES 😍. I was close ☺️. ThnQ SO very much. HAPPY NEW YEAR!! 👍👍.
Do you have a video strictly sauces and dressings?
No but I think that could be an ABSOLUTELY genius recipe video concept, I appreciate the suggestion Denice!
@@CarolineLFranco cool I cant wait! I’m starting my Mediterranean eating today and that will be very helpful. Thanks😊
Your recipes seem ok when you finally get to them but I would appreciate less giggly chattiness
Thank you for your feedback Sheila!
Omg…quit talking so much and cook more!
You do realize I’m a human being? I appreciate feedback but you don’t have to be mean.
I need more vegetarian high protein receipes and egg free breakfast 🫶🫶 i am not a vegetarian i don't have any restrictions but i am interested in this type of meals
High protein, vegetarian, no egg breakfast ideas - I got you!! I have a few already on my channel and website but i'll make sure to focus on coming out with more😋
@@CarolineLFranco yes I think i have watched them all and I really enjoyed some of them I'm so greatful already