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One-Pot Lemon Asparagus Pasta with Shrimp with large shrimp, asparagus and linguine — Mediterranean recipe

🌊MediterraneanAdvanced

Fish and Seafood Dishes

One-Pot Lemon Asparagus Pasta with Shrimp

Pasta cooked directly in broth with lemon, garlic and white wine, so the starch that normally washes down the drain becomes the sauce. Asparagus and shrimp go in at the very end — two minutes, no more — so they stay bright and barely cooked. The whole thing comes together in one pan in half an hour. Works just as well with salmon or scallops if shrimp isn't your thing.

30 min520 kcal4 serves

⚡Quick🌶️Spicy💪High protein

Lemon Marry Me Chicken with chicken thighs, heavy cream and sun dried tomatoes in oil — USA recipe

🇺🇸USAAdvanced

Meat Dishes

Lemon Marry Me Chicken

The original Marry Me Chicken gets a lemon treatment — zest and juice cut through the cream sauce and make the whole thing taste lighter than it has any right to. Sun-dried tomatoes, parmesan, garlic, a splash of white wine, fresh thyme. One skillet, one sauce, chicken thighs that stay juicy because they finish in the oven. Serve it over pasta, rice, or just with bread to drag through the sauce.

35 min550 kcal4 serves

💪High protein🌾Gluten-free🌶️Spicy

Classic Homemade Lemonade with fresh lemon juice and granulated white sugar — USA recipe

🇺🇸USAEasy

Beverages

Classic Homemade Lemonade

Three ingredients and a pitcher. Freshly squeezed lemons, sugar dissolved into a proper syrup so it actually blends, and cold water added gradually until the balance is exactly right.

15 min115 kcal6 serves

⚡Quick🌱Vegan🌿Vegetarian

Grilled Whole Fish (Mediterranean Style) with whole fish, olive oil and lemon — Greece recipe

🇬🇷GreeceMedium

Fish and Seafood Dishes

Grilled Whole Fish (Mediterranean Style)

Grilling a whole fish over live fire is the defining seafood technique of the Mediterranean — practised from the Greek islands to the Spanish costa, from Turkey to Morocco — and it is dramatically simpler than it appears. A whole fish holds its moisture better than fillets (the skin and bones act as a self-basting, self-insulating shell), cooks more evenly, and has infinitely more flavor from the bones. The keys are three: the scoring (diagonal cuts through the skin so heat penetrates the flesh without waiting for it to tunnel in from the ends), the stuffing (fresh herbs and lemon slices that steam the interior with aromatic vapour as the fish cooks), and leaving the fish undisturbed for 7 to 8 minutes before the first flip so a full char crust forms and the fish releases cleanly from the grates. Sea bass (branzino), sea bream, red snapper, and whole trout are the best candidates: white-fleshed, mild, firm-skinned, and sized for individual portions.

40 min320 kcal4 serves

🌾Gluten-free🌶️Spicy💪High protein

Branzino al Sale (Italian Salt-Crusted Whole Sea Bass) with whole branzino, coarse sea salt and egg whites — Italy recipe

🇮🇹ItalyMedium

Fish and Seafood Dishes

Branzino al Sale (Italian Salt-Crusted Whole Sea Bass)

Branzino al sale is the classic Italian salt-crusted sea bass — a whole fish buried under coarse sea salt mixed with egg whites, baked at 200°C for 30 minutes, then cracked open at the table. The salt forms a hard dome that turns the oven into a sealed steam chamber: the fish cooks in its own moisture and the aromas of lemon, thyme, and rosemary. Despite the dramatic amount of salt, the flesh emerges perfectly seasoned, never salty — the scales act as a natural barrier. Restaurant-style Mediterranean seafood in its simplest form: high-protein, gluten-free, keto-friendly, and entirely hands-off once in the oven. Active work 10 minutes, bake 30 minutes. Serves 4 from two 700 g fish.

40 min280 kcal4 serves

💪High protein🌾Gluten-free🥑Keto

Pesto al Limone (Ligurian Lemon Basil Pesto) with basil, pine nuts and parmesan — Italy recipe

🇮🇹ItalyEasy

Sauces and Dips

Pesto al Limone (Ligurian Lemon Basil Pesto)

Pesto al limone is Genovese pesto with lemon zest and juice worked in: the acid lifts the basil and holds the sauce emerald green for days instead of hours. It comes from the Ligurian coast, where the basil is small-leaved and the olive oil is mild rather than peppery. Everything is pulsed cold and briefly, never blended smooth — the heat of a running motor is what turns pesto brown and bitter. Fifteen minutes of work, about 250 ml, enough sauce for 500 g of pasta or a week of sandwiches.

15 min210 kcal6 serves

🌿Vegetarian🌾Gluten-free⚡Quick

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lemon asparagus chicken thighs heavy cream sun-dried tomatoes in oil fresh lemon juice garlic fresh thyme egg whites fresh thyme sprigs basil parmesan