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Italian meal structure is typical of the European Mediterranean region and differs from that of Northern, Central, and Eastern Europe, although it still often consists of breakfast (colazione), lunch (pranzo), and supper (cena). [1] However, breakfast itself is often skipped or is lighter than that of non-Mediterranean Europe. [2]
The Mediterranean diet is a concept first invented in 1975 by the American biologist Ancel Keys and chemist Margaret Keys. The diet took inspiration from the eating habits and traditional food typical of Crete, much of the rest of Greece, and southern Italy, and formulated in the early 1960s. [1]
The potato has become a major starch plant in the diet of Europeans and their diaspora since the European colonisation of the Americas. Maize is much less common in most European diets than it is in the Americas; however, corn meal (polenta or mămăligă) is a major part of the cuisine of Italy and the Balkans.
This meal plan incorporates the principles of the Mediterranean diet by including a wide variety of plant-based foods, such vegetables, legumes, fruits, nuts, seeds and whole grains. You’ll also ...
This meal plan incorporates the principles of the Mediterranean diet by including a wide variety of plant-based foods, such vegetables, legumes, fruits, nuts, seeds and whole grains. You’ll also ...
The definition of a high-protein diet is somewhat subjective, but generally researchers consider a high-protein intake to be about 25% or more of total calories, which is what this meal plan provides.
Hors d'œuvre in French literally means 'outside the work', that is "not part of the ordinary set of courses in a meal". In practice, it is a dish which stands on its own as a snack or supports the main course.
A multicourse meal or full-course dinner is a meal with multiple courses, typically served in the evening or late afternoon. Each course is planned with a particular size and genre that befits its place in the sequence, with broad variations based on locale and custom. American Miss Manners offers the following sequence for a 14-course meal: [3]