A recipe developer with Greek heritage shares her 2 favorite Mediterranean diet recipes

Maria Koutsogiannis is a recipe developer and author of the cookbook "Greek Out."Andrei BarbMaria Koutsogiannis, a recipe developer, draws inspiration from her summers spent in Greece.Koutsogiannis follows a Mediterranean-style diet focused on veggies, lean protein, and legumes.She shared two of her favorite Greek-inspired recipes.Maria Koutsogiannis remembers her yiayia making makaronia me kima — a Greek-style spaghetti with meat sauce — for her and her siblings on repeat as a child