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Today is #nationalwineday! Here's how #wine fits into the fabulous #mediterraneandiet...cheers!

This activity from The Mediterranean Table Challenge is a simple and tasty one: enjoy fresh fruit for dessert! 🍒🍊🍇🍏

Choose one of the many Mediterranean fruits – from fresh figs and oranges to pomegranates, grapes and apples—and save sweets for special treats or celebrations.

Learn more about the fun challenge at the link in our bio. It's not to late to enter, we saved you a seat!

@sarabaersinnott just returned from Oldways’ 8th Culinaria in Türkiye, even more smitten than before.

"Each time I return, there is something else that warms my heart. This time, warmth came from a number of special moments..."

Learn about those joyful moments, which included raki, spices, pickles and family connections at the link in our bio & be sure to subscribe to (Always) Hungry for Travel. ✈️🇹🇷

The second post of our new Substack is live: Old Ways, New Mom by @kellyleblancrd — a working mom and Registered Dietitian at Oldways with 10+ years of culinary nutrition experience

This week, Kelly shares her experience navigating complementary feeding, allergens and baby-led weaning...Plus a winning recipe that the whole family loved.

"As an impatient eldest daughter, a “don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good” attitude drives my life and most of my decision making. Do the best you can with what you have, then move on. But when it came to feeding my own child, something that is so ingrained in my life and career, I had a well of perfectionism that I could not shake. I needed to find the fun."

Read the post and subscribe now at the link in our bio!

Every month, you’ll receive:
-Stories from the frontlines of feeding an infant
-Insider nutrition and culinary tips you won’t find in the cookbooks
-Easy weeknight recipes you can make at home
-Opportunities to share your dinner questions, ideas, and wins with a community of like-minded people

The Mediterranean Diet has been named the Best Overall Diet by U.S. News & World Report every year since 2018, and its emphasis is on seafood for a main protein source.

Seafood is brain food; it provides us with DHA, which is essential for brain health!

Here are a few of our favorite kinds of fish, and why we like them.

Comment "Meal Plan" below to get the link to our 4-week menu plan, Make Everyday Mediterranean!

FANtastic...This is how I will remember my friend, Aglaia Kremezi. Sadly, Aglaia’s husband Costas Moraitis wrote me that she is now gone – she died in Athens this morning after a battle with cancer.

For those of you who know Aglaia, you can just hear her saying FANtastic, which is what she always said when she tasted something she loved, or visited a place worth visiting or discovered a product that was perfect.

It’s how I describe her. FANtastic.

In addition to being a friend, Aglaia had an outsized influence on Oldways.

Thank you – efkaristo – Aglaia. FANtastic. I will miss you.

—Sara Baer-Sinnott
May 18, 2026

We welcome you to share your Aglaia memories below

One activity featured in our month-long Mediterranean Table Challenge is to learn about traditional dairy and how it fits into heritage diets.

In the Mediterranean, dairy products were often fermented to prolong their shelf life. Fermentation is process by which "friendly bacteria" prevent the growth of harmful bacteria.

Common fermented dairy products in the Mediterranean include yogurt, such as Greek Yogurt and labneh as well as traditional artisan cheeses, such as Feta, Manchego, Parmigiano Reggiano and Halloumi.

Visit the link in our bio to enter the challenge for a chance to win a $100 prize! Terms and conditions apply.

One activity featured in our month-long Mediterranean Table Challenge is to learn about traditional dairy and how it fits into heritage diets.

In the Mediterranean, dairy products were often fermented to prolong their shelf life. Fermentation is process by which "friendly bacteria" prevent the growth of harmful bacteria.

Common fermented dairy products in the Mediterranean include yogurt, such as Greek Yogurt and labneh as well as traditional artisan cheeses, such as Feta, Manchego, Parmigiano Reggiano and Halloumi.

Visit the link in our bio to enter the challenge for a chance to win a $100 prize! Terms and conditions apply.

One activity featured in our month-long Mediterranean Table Challenge is to learn about traditional dairy and how it fits into heritage diets.

In the Mediterranean, dairy products were often fermented to prolong their shelf life. Fermentation is process by which "friendly bacteria" prevent the growth of harmful bacteria.

Common fermented dairy products in the Mediterranean include yogurt, such as Greek Yogurt and labneh as well as traditional artisan cheeses, such as Feta, Manchego, Parmigiano Reggiano and Halloumi.

Visit the link in our bio to enter the challenge for a chance to win a $100 prize! Terms and conditions apply.

One activity featured in our month-long Mediterranean Table Challenge is to learn about traditional dairy and how it fits into heritage diets.

In the Mediterranean, dairy products were often fermented to prolong their shelf life. Fermentation is process by which "friendly bacteria" prevent the growth of harmful bacteria.

Common fermented dairy products in the Mediterranean include yogurt, such as Greek Yogurt and labneh as well as traditional artisan cheeses, such as Feta, Manchego, Parmigiano Reggiano and Halloumi.

Visit the link in our bio to enter the challenge for a chance to win a $100 prize! Terms and conditions apply.

One activity featured in our month-long Mediterranean Table Challenge is to learn about traditional dairy and how it fits into heritage diets.

In the Mediterranean, dairy products were often fermented to prolong their shelf life. Fermentation is process by which "friendly bacteria" prevent the growth of harmful bacteria.

Common fermented dairy products in the Mediterranean include yogurt, such as Greek Yogurt and labneh as well as traditional artisan cheeses, such as Feta, Manchego, Parmigiano Reggiano and Halloumi.

Visit the link in our bio to enter the challenge for a chance to win a $100 prize! Terms and conditions apply.

One activity featured in our month-long Mediterranean Table Challenge is to learn about traditional dairy and how it fits into heritage diets.

In the Mediterranean, dairy products were often fermented to prolong their shelf life. Fermentation is process by which "friendly bacteria" prevent the growth of harmful bacteria.

Common fermented dairy products in the Mediterranean include yogurt, such as Greek Yogurt and labneh as well as traditional artisan cheeses, such as Feta, Manchego, Parmigiano Reggiano and Halloumi.

Visit the link in our bio to enter the challenge for a chance to win a $100 prize! Terms and conditions apply.

One activity featured in our month-long Mediterranean Table Challenge is to learn about traditional dairy and how it fits into heritage diets.

In the Mediterranean, dairy products were often fermented to prolong their shelf life. Fermentation is process by which "friendly bacteria" prevent the growth of harmful bacteria.

Common fermented dairy products in the Mediterranean include yogurt, such as Greek Yogurt and labneh as well as traditional artisan cheeses, such as Feta, Manchego, Parmigiano Reggiano and Halloumi.

Visit the link in our bio to enter the challenge for a chance to win a $100 prize! Terms and conditions apply.

Now that we’re about halfway through May, we are excited to see that many of you have been trying out the Mediterranean Table Challenge activities, and we hope you’re having fun with them so far!

The 15th activity out of the 31, is a selfless one! To donate something to a food pantry if you can; some ideas include whole grains, canned seafood or canned beans. Anything counts!

Sharing food with others — even if they don’t sit at your table — is acting in the spirit of the Mediterranean lifestyle.

Go to OldwaysPT.org/blog or visit the link in bio for more information on the Mediterranean Table Challenge and how to participate!

At its heart, the Mediterranean diet is a family-centered eating pattern that people of all ages can partake in.

Research shows that eating a Mediterranean diet during pregnancy is linked with beneficial outcomes for babies, including improved neurodevelopment. Once your little one has arrived and is ready to start weaning, the Mediterranean diet is a wonderful jumping off point to steer you towards nutritious foods that can help establish lifelong habits of healthy eating and cultivate a jovial atmosphere of positive dining experiences.

For the top Mediterranean Diet tips that Oldways Dietitian, Kelly LeBlanc, uses when feeding her baby, click the link in our bio.

The Mediterranean Table Challenge: We saved you a seat!

Join us for a month of:

- simple feel-good habits
- more shared meals
- more time outside
- colorful & flavorful meals

We’ll guide you along the way with recipes, tips, tools & ideas to try something new!

Complete fun activities for a chance to win $100! Enter at the link in our bio.

Amaranth is May’s Grain of the Month, and to celebrate, we’ve chosen three of our favorite recipes featuring this healthful addition to any meal.

For these recipes and more information about whole grains, be sure to check out WholeGrainsCouncil.org

#amaranth #wholegrains #grainofthemonth #recipes

Planning an event for International Mediterranean Diet Month or Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month? Want to speak confidently, demo recipes like a pro, and share helpful info?

We have two new demo kits for you! They have everything you need to succeed.

Free downloads at the link in our bio!