{
  "id": 13366427,
  "title": "A recipe developer with Greek heritage shares her 2 favorite Mediterranean diet recipes",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/10/a-recipe-developer-with-greek-heritage-shares-her-2-favorite",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-10T08:07:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Insider",
    "slug": "business-insider",
    "url": "https://www.businessinsider.com/favorite-mediterranean-diet-recipes-from-greek-recipe-developer-2026-10"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Maria Koutsogiannis, a recipe developer and author of the cookbook Greek Out, shares her favorite Mediterranean diet recipes. Born with Greek heritage, Koutsogiannis spends summers in Greece, where she developed an appreciation for the Mediterranean diet's focus on vegetables, lean protein, and legumes. Growing up in Saskatchewan, Canada, Koutsogiannis' summers in Greece exposed her to classic Mediterranean flavors and dishes.\n\nKoutsogiannis' yiayia (grandmother) would make a special Greek-style spaghetti with meat sauce, or makaronia me kima, for her and her siblings during her childhood summers in Greece. Now a Greek food enthusiast, Koutsogiannis shares two of her favorite Mediterranean diet-style recipes. The first recipe is bifteki (baked beef patties) with Greek-style fries, followed by a refreshing green bean salad with artichokes, goat cheese, and hazelnut brittle.",
  "summary": "Maria Koutsogiannis spends hours every week making, eating, and thinking about the diet of some of the world's longest-living people.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}