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    Home » Recipes » Main Dishes

    Mediterranean Legume Recipes

    Lentils, beans, chickpeas and other legumes have a special role in Mediterranean cuisine. Here you'll find many Mediterranean legume recipes, which can be served as a main course. Many of them are vegan or vegetarian but others can also contain meat.

    Don't miss these Greek baked giant beans (Gigandes plaki), these traditional Greek baked chickpeas in a Dutch oven and this easy Mediterranean lentil soup (fakes).

    • Pasta salad with beans.
      Mediterranean Pasta Salad with Beans
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      Greek Fava (Yellow Split Pea Recipe)
    • Greek chickpeas in a Dutch oven.
      Simple Greek Chickpeas Recipe (Oven Revithada)
    • Mujadara with crispy onions in a plate.
      Lebanese Mujadara (Lentils and Rice Recipe)
    • A bowl of pumpkin soup with red lentils and coconut milk garnished with pink peppercorns and Mediterranean hartwort.
      Pumpkin Soup with Coconut Milk and Red Lentils
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      One pot lentil soup with leeks and green apple
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      Buckweat lentil salad with olive oil & lemon dressing
    • Roasted chickpeas thumbnail.
      Roasted chickpeas (oven and air fryer directions)
    • A plate with Greek lentil soup (fakes).
      Greek lentil soup recipe (Fakes)
    • Spanish white bean stew with chorizo sausage f
      Spanish white bean stew with chorizo sausage
    • Two bowls of Italian white bean soup, fresh bread on a cutting board and a towel.
      Tuscan White Bean Soup
    • Pitacos – Pita bread tacos with minced beef and beans featured
      Pitacos – Pita bread tacos with minced beef and beans
    • A plate with falafel with a bowl of tahini sauce and lemon wedges.
      Falafel recipe (all the secrets)
    • Greek baked giant beans on a plate
      Greek baked giant beans (Gigantes Plaki)
    • chickpea salad profile
      Greek Chickpea Salad Recipe (Garbanzo Bean Salad)
    • Yellow split pea & vegetable puree (Greek Fava)
      Yellow split pea & vegetable puree (Greek Fava)
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      Giant white bean (lima bean) salad recipe
    • A small saucepan with white bean risotto.
      Traditional white bean risotto
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      Potato mash with red beans, egg and mustard greens.
    • Quinoa and bean lunch salad
      Healthy Mediterranean Quinoa Salad with Beans
    • Mediterranean skillet gnocchi with white beans & spinach f
      Mediterranean skillet gnocchi with white beans & spinach
    • A tray with lentil and bulgur salad with chopped vegetables.
      Mediterranean Lentil salad with bulgur or quinoa
    • Vegan savory pie with vegetables and red bean puree f2
      Vegan savory pie with vegetables and red bean puree
    • Fresh fava been salad and a fava spread – Vegan
      Fresh fava bean salad and a fava spread – Vegan
    • Greek gumbo with okra, gnocchi & chickpeas (vegan) featured
      Vegetarian Chickpea and Okra Stew in Tomato Sauce
    • Easy Moroccan chickpea stew f
      Easy Moroccan chickpea stew recipe (vegan)
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