Ikarian recipes

November 15, 2019–“Timing is everything.” It is amazing how that phrase fits in so many different situations. I wanted to cook a meal for my birthday weekend in the Shenandoah Valley. It had to be something that could feed 12 people while also being hands-off. This preparation did not necessarily completely fit the hands-off criteria...Read More

This Longevity Ikarian Stew is a savory pot of stew infused with the flavors of Ikaria, a Greek island in the Aegean Sea, and a delicious BlueZone discovered soup.

Try this eggplant casserole recipe by Diane Kochilas, award-winning author of 18 cookbooks and the host of the PBS show “My Greek Table”.

This gluten free winter minestrone soup is packed with healthy, nutritious vegetables but is still rich and indulgent. Perfect for chilly winter nights!

This Mediterranean quinoa salad is full of FRESH summertime flavors! #quinoasalad #mediterranean #quinoarecipe #summerrecipe

Slow Cooker Ikarian Stew is a delicious and hearty mixture of black-eyed peas, vegetables, and spices slowly cooked, and perfect for a chilly day.

Soufico is one of my favorite summer dishes, and it comes from my family’s native island, Ikaria. To make it the traditional way requires patience. You salt each of the vegetables individually and let it drain. Then you sauté each vegetable separately in olive oil, before layering them all together in a large stew pot, Dutch oven, or another heavy pot. People cheat by cooking everything together or by using a deep fryer, but the results pale in comparison to the real thing, a dish of…

Mediterranean Chickpea Salad Recipe with Za'atar and Fried Eggplant | The Mediterranean Dish. A flavor-packed Mediterranean peasant salad with chickpeas, chopped vegetables, eggplant and Za’atar. A meal in its own right! Get the step-by-step tutorial.

From: Ikaria: Lessons on Food, Life, and Longevity from the Greek Island Where People Forget to Die. Sfouggato is the name given to various egg-based dishes throughout the Greek islands; some are essentially omelets, while others are more like croquettes. But among older Ikarians, sfouggato was a dish that called for quite a different egg than that of the hen: fish eggs, or roe, called tarama in Greek. According to Myrsina Roussa, a sharp-witted woman well into her 80s, who recalled her…

This delicious Greek recipe for pumpkin comes from my native Ikaria and I can happily say that it’s one of the many longevity recipes that are plant-based and delicious and that people still cook today. This Greek pumpkin recipe is one of many Greek dishes in which vegetables make for a satisfying, craveable delicious meal. For more great Ikaria longevity recipes, pick up a copy of my book Ikaria: Lessons on Food, Life and Longevity from the Greek Island Where People Forget to Die…