About Mediterranean cuisine

The food is fresh, simple, fragrant, (and) tasteful and especially healthy, and the Mediterranean cuisine has the tastiest recipes.

The most important and interesting aspect is that fresh ingredients are always used.

        Tomatoes ripened in the Mediterranean sun, greens, eggplants, zucchini, seafood and wholemeal flours turn Mediterranean cuisine into one of the healthiest diets of the day. Some research on the benefits of the Mediterranean diet has shown positive effects on weight loss, blood glucose levels and decreased depression.

Example: spaghetti aldente with a delicious tomato, garlic and basil sauce, or a delicious tzatziki made from fresh yogurt and pitta with wholemeal flour.

Olive oil or the elixir of youth

Rice, pasta and bread

Fish and seafood

Fresh vegetables and inviting spices are the most precious secrets for such a healthy kitchen. Whether we are talking about tomatoes, cucumbers, avocados, olives, chickpeas, lentils, garlic, eggplant, zucchini, or onions, grown as naturally as possible, or spices - basil, oregano, rosemary, tarragon, marjoram, parsley are a delight in any kitchen.

quality dairy products, obtained without too many industrial transformations and from natural ingredients.

Yogurt

Desserts of Mediterranean cuisine - replace the afternoon dessert with a refreshing green tea or a fruit salad consumed 2-3 hours after the meal.

The students found out:

Piramida dietei Mediteraneene

The fruits of the Mediterranean diet.docx

What is Mediterranean cuisine and why is it so healthy?

The aim was to involve more children in the kitchen, the ability to choose healthy foods at the expense of fast food, the benefits of Mediterranean cuisine.

Student activity

Student activity

Student activity

Student activity

Student activity

Student activity

Student activity

Student activity

HEALTHY FOOD / HEALTHY LIFE

Guess what you're eating? - The students were blindfolded by their parents, then they had to guess what foods they have on their plate, using their senses: tactile, olfactory, taste.

Then they had to eat certain foods without using their hands.

Healthy eating / healthy living

Students write on drawing sheets / A4 the names of their favorite foods, which they usually consume; place the food names in a triangle, in levels, as follows: at the base they put the food consumed in large quantities and at the top, the food consumed in small quantities.

● compare the model thus created with the food pyramid; indicates similarities and differences.

● explains what they need to correct in order to have a healthy diet.