Calamari

The easy calamari recipe ditches the usual heavy batter and deep frying in favor of a light and flavorful Mediterranean twist. Calamari rings are quickly sauteed with garlic and finished with a zesty sauce of fresh lime juice and white wine. Most people's experience with calamari is limited to heavy-battered fried calamari rings that are served at many restaurants of Mediterranean food. But, in Mediterranean cooking, you'll find so many more ways to cook and enjoy calamari.

The Spanish add calamari to paella and other rice dishes. In Italy, you'll find it incorporated in pasta dinners. Calamari is delightful in a beautiful Provençal salad. And in Greece and parts of the Easten Mediterranean like Egypt, you'll find many simple applications like saucy calamari, too.