Category Mediterranean Recipes

Cava Brown Rice Recipe

Plate of egg fried brown rice with scrambled egg and green and red pepper, a Cava brown rice variation

Want the chewy, nutty rice from your favorite CAVA bowl? This CAVA style brown rice recipe shows you how to cook it at home. CAVA brown rice is a chewy, nutty brown rice. It is the base of many Mediterranean…

Cava Roasted Eggplant Dip

Cava Roasted Eggplant Dip Served With Crispy Chips

Cava roasted eggplant dip is smoky, creamy, and full of fresh parsley. It is a Mediterranean dip inspired by the version at Cava restaurants. You can make a close copycat at home with one eggplant and a few pantry staples.…

CAVA Cabbage Slaw Recipe

A bowl of copycat CAVA cabbage slaw made with shredded red cabbage, green cabbage, carrots, and Mediterranean herbs.

This CAVA cabbage slaw is crunchy, tangy, and full of fresh flavor. It uses sumac, red wine vinegar, lemon, and parsley. There is no cooking involved at all. It comes together in about 15 minutes. Then it rests for 10…

CAVA Braised Lamb Recipe

CAVA braised lamb in a speckled ceramic bowl with shredded meat in a red spiced tomato sauce

Craving CAVA braised lamb without the line? This homemade CAVA braised lamb recipe is easy and mostly hands-off. You sear seasoned lamb shoulder, then braise it covered in stock and a spiced tomato sauce. Garlic, shallot, turmeric, chili, and warm…

Cava Spicy Lamb Meatballs Recipe

Baked Cava spicy lamb meatballs in a rustic ceramic bowl with harissa, parsley, garlic, and feta

Cava Spicy Lamb Meatballs are hand-rolled lamb meatballs seasoned with harissa and warm spices. They also have garlic, parsley, cilantro, cumin, coriander, smoked paprika, turmeric, and cinnamon. You usually eat them in bowls or pitas with rice, greens, hummus, tzatziki,…