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    Home » Recipes

    Mediterranean Recipes with Pasta or Rice

    If you're searching for delicious, comforting Mediterranean recipes with pasta or rice, then you're in the right place! These are the recipes that will save the day whenever you just don't know what to cook.

    Some of them can be made in less than 30 minutes, like this creamy and healthy salmon pasta or this Mediterranean vegetable orzo pasta (orzotto). Others, like this Pastitsio (traditional Greek lasagna) need more preparation. One thing is for sure though, they're all delicious!

    • Creamy lemon orzo in a bowl.
      Lazy Lemon Orzo
    • Creamy orzo pasta with vegetables and feta cheese in a bowl.
      15 Best Orzo Recipes You’ll Make on Repeat
    • Mediterranean orzo salad in a bowl.
      Mediterranean orzo pasta salad
    • Orzo rice in a bowl.
      Quick and Easy Orzo Rice (a.k.a. Turkish Rice Pilaf)
    • Bulgur wheat pilaf in a bowl.
      Easy Bulgur Pilaf (Turkish Recipe)
    • Greek lemon chicken and orzo on a plate.
      Greek Baked Lemon Chicken and Orzo (One Pan Recipe)
    • Greek chicken and orzo pasta in tomato sauce.
      Greek chicken and orzo pasta in tomato sauce (Youvetsi)
    • A plate with tomato pasta and feta.
      Creamy, one pot tomato pasta with feta
    • Pasta salad with beans.
      Mediterranean Pasta Salad with Beans
    • Pasta with sauteed eggplant, tomatoes, feta and basil.
      Quick summer pasta with eggplant, tomato and feta
    • A stuffed tomato and pepper on a plate.
      Easy Gemista: Greek stuffed peppers & tomatoes
    • A mortar and a pestle with ground pistachios and basil leaves.
      5-Minute Pistachio Pesto Recipe with Basil
    • Pastitsio recipe featured image
      Greek Pastitsio (Baked Pasta with Ground Beef & Béchamel)
    • Mujadara with crispy onions in a plate.
      Lebanese Mujadara (Lentils and Rice Recipe)
    • Creamy mushroom risotto without wine, featured image.
      Best creamy mushroom risotto recipe without wine
    • Featured image of Mediterranean vegetable orzo pasta (orzotto).
      Mediterranean orzo with vegetables (one-pot recipe)
    • bacon toamto sauce for pasta
      Pasta with bacon and tomato sauce
    • Cooked fluffy long grain rice, featured image.
      How to cook fluffy long grain rice on the stove
    • Greek chicken risotto featured image.
      Greek chicken risotto (Cretan wedding rice)
    • Featured image for creamy Greek pasta salad.
      Creamy Greek pasta salad (with healthy yogurt dressing)
    • Baked chicken and rice thumbnail.
      Baked chicken and rice (healthier Greek recipe)
    • A bowl with lemon garlic pearled couscous.
      Best Lemon Garlic Pearl Couscous Recipe
    • Featured image for spaghetti sauce with ground beef.
      Best spaghetti sauce with ground beef (ragu Bolognese)
    • Moroccan rice pilaf featured image.
      Best Moroccan rice pilaf recipe
    • Escargots recipe -Greek snail risotto feat
      One pot Greek escargot recipe (easy snails risotto)
    • Salmon pasta profile pic
      Creamy salmon pasta (healthy too!)
    • Greek beef stew with orzo pasta served inside a traditional dish.
      Greek beef stew with orzo pasta (Youvetsi)
    • Healthy brown rice salad with lemon – tahini dressing feat
      Healthy Mediterranean brown rice salad (vegan)
    • Parmesan risotto recipe with ham feat
      Parmesan risotto recipe with ham
    • Paccheri (or manicotti) recipe with feta cheese andpeppers feat
      Paccheri (or manicotti) recipe with feta cheese & peppers
    • Italian toasted breadcrumb and garlic pasta feat
      Italian toasted breadcrumb and garlic pasta
    • spaghetti-with-winter-vegetables-sauce-5
      Spaghetti with winter vegetables sauce
    • A small saucepan with white bean risotto.
      Traditional white bean risotto
    • detox-pasta-with-creamy-spinach-pesto-2
      Detox Pasta with creamy spinach pesto
    • vegetarian fake lasagna casserole
      Vegetarian fake lasagna casserole
    • papardelle a la spanakopita 5
      Pappardelle a la Spanakopita
    • Everything tomato sauce for pasta 3
      Everything tomato sauce for pasta
    • Mediterranean skillet with gnocchi and chicken 1
      Mediterranean skillet with gnocchi and chicken
    • Mediterranean vegetable quinotto featured
      Mediterranean vegetable quinotto
    • Mediterranean skillet gnocchi with white beans & spinach f
      Mediterranean skillet gnocchi with white beans & spinach

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