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Mediterranean cuisine is reknowned for being  so simple, fresh, tasty and rather tomato-oriented!  So this week we bring  you a selection of easy to prepare, delicious meals from this region that are sure to satisfy. Bon Appetit!

Plus, don’t forget to enter our giveaway to win two new-look blocks of Mainland Butter and Alexa Johnson’s baking bible ‘Ladies, a Plate: Traditional Home Baking’.

Monday: Green Tomato Pasta
Pasta, rocket and some fresh green herbs are the base if this light, delicious and easy to prepare meal.
Main ingredients: Pasta, rocket, basil, olive oil
Ready in: 15 minutes
Make it: healthyfood.co.nz

Tuesday: Elysium Paella
A Spanish classic. Fresh seafood, saffron and tomato proves to be a winning combination.
Main ingredients: Saffron, rice, seafood selection, tomato
Ready in: Around 30 minutes
Make it: agfg.com.au

Wednesday: Easy Tomato Tortilla
This Spanish staple is one of the easiest meals to create. A perfect on-the-go  summer dish.
Main ingredients: Eggs, onions, potatoes, cherry tomatoes
Ready in: 20 minutes
Make it: healthyfood.co.nz

Thursday: Roasted Ratatouille Fusilli
This fusilli is packed to the brim with delicious Mediterranean vegetables. Perfect on its own or as an accompaniment to grilled meat or fish.
Main ingredients: Pasta (Fusilli), courgettes, capsicum, cherry tomatoes
Ready in: 30 minutes
Make it: healthyfood.co.nz

Friday: Spanakopita
Light, healthy, quick and delicious – this Greek dish is perfect accompanied with a green salad.
Main ingredients: Spinach, fresh herbs, feta, filo
Ready in: Approximately 30 minutes
Make it: freshinthekitchen.co.nz

WIN MAINLAND BUTTER AND GORGEOUS NEW COOKBOOK!

For quality home baking that tastes great, you need to use premium butter – Mainland Butter. Now Mainland Butter looks as good as it tastes with all new gold foil packaging - a first for New Zealand butter.  Although it has a new ‘outfit’, inside is still the same fresh butter taste we know and love, made of all-natural and 100% New Zealand ingredients.

Mainland Butter is available at supermarkets nationwide. To celebrate the new-look we have five packs to giveaway to our readers, including vouchers for two new-look blocks of Mainland Butter and Alexa Johnston’s baking bible ‘Ladies, a Plate: Traditional Home Baking’.

To enter, just answer the question below. Competition closes 30 November, 2009.