Dr Bailey Mosley claims her Mediterranean dish is ‘wonderfully rich’ in flavour – here is everything you need to know
Dr Bailey Mosley was married to the late Michael Mosley (Image: Maureen McLean/REX/Shutterstock)
Dr Clare Bailey Mosley has shared her simple method for creating a flavoursome Mediterranean stew, packed with healthy ingredients. The GP, widow to the late Michael Mosley, took to Instagram to reveal the recipe for two portions of her dish.
“What I Eat In a Day: Dinner Easy Mediterranean stew,” she wrote. “Perfect nutritious comfort food. High in protein thanks to the chicken, and lots of fibre as well as the protein in the cannellini beans. This easy stew is also wonderfully rich in Mediterranean flavour.”
For anyone keen to explore Dr Bailey Mosley’s recipe for themselves, she outlined 10 key ingredients. These included:
Olive oil, one or two tablespoonsHalf a diced onionTwo medium-sized chicken thighs, trimmedTwo tins of chopped tomatoesOne can of cannellini beansHandful of olivesOne sliced red pepperThree or four crushed peeled garlic clovesDried oregano or thymeHalf a stock cube (optional)
To start her recipe, Dr Bailey Mosley warmed a casserole dish on the hob at a medium temperature before adding the tablespoons of olive oil. She then simmered the diced onion for a couple of minutes until slightly golden, followed by the chicken, chopped tomatoes and red pepper.
In a video about her dish, she explained: “This is a Mediterranean stew—chicken stew, and as you can see, it is bubbling away. There are two lovely chicken thighs, juicy and full of protein, and I have sweated some onion and added a tin of tomatoes.
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“And I then, to add some extra flavour to it, I’ve added some cannellini beans. And I’m just going to put in some crushed garlic, some olives to give it a more Mediterranean flavour, and this is actually some oregano fresh from the garden, but you can use any flavours that you have at home.”
A sprinkle of pepper was added as a final touch to her dish. She then allowed it to cook for between 20 and 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Dr Bailey Mosley continued: “And just get that bubbling away, and I will have one of these this evening and have another one tomorrow.
“So, it’s a great, simple, easy comfort food. I’m just now putting in half a stock cube to give extra flavour, but you don’t need to do that. Add plenty of pepper, and there you go, that is a lovely stew ready to be eaten in about 15 minutes. Looking forward to it.”
Dr Bailey Mosley’s dish comes amid a wealth of praise for the Mediterranean diet, which has been associated with numerous possible health perks. Last year, research from the Autonomous University of Barcelona singled out key ingredients like garlic, olives, and rosemary as potentially advantageous for heart health.
This comes at a time when heart-related conditions are causing over 170,000 deaths annually in the UK, as per figures from the British Heart Foundation – that’s one death every three minutes. Meanwhile, another recent study saw that people who regularly consume more than half a tablespoon of olive oil per day have, on average, a 19% lower chance of dying from heart disease than those who don’t.
Dr Gareth Nye, a Biomedical Science lecturer at the University of Salford (@dr.gareth.nye), previously told the Mirror: “There are [also] strong suggestions that it improves risk factors like obesity, high blood pressure, and diabetes and may lead to better cognitive function.
“Ultimately, olive oil will bring with it extra calories, and the benefits of the oil can be easily offset by a poor diet and lack of exercise elsewhere. [But] as a part of a healthy diet and lifestyle, olive oil can provide a boost to the body, but taken in isolation as a quick fix, a shot of olive oil will not be tremendously useful to you.”