Mashed Potatoes with Greek Feta and Yogurt
Everyone loves a great mashed potato recipe, the ultimate comfort food. This one, with Greek feta, yogurt and olive oil added to the potatoes, is a wonderful variation. It goes well with all sorts of comfort foods, especially tomato based stews.
Spanakopita Grilled Cheese
Here’s a “lazy” version of spanakopita, turned into grilled cheese. All you need is a little filling and great bread and you’ve got yourself an impressive lunch, dinner, or snack!
Grilled Chicken Legs with Tomato-Olive Barbecue Sauce
Tender and juicy grilled chicken legs smothered in a rich tomato-olive barbecue sauce. A simple and delicious Mediterranean Diet recipe that everyone will love! I love the idea of a Greek barbecue sauce. The one below is great with chicken legs or any chicken parts destined for the grill, but also works really well with […]
Greek Burgers Stuffed with Spicy Feta
Burgers are called biftekia in Greek and are usually a bit smaller in size than the typical American burger. It’s common to find a little surprise in the heart of a Greek bifteki, typically some cheese, which melts beautifully as the meat cooks. You’ll find a spicy feta center in this bifteki, beautifully balanced by […]
Arugula Salad with Grilled Pears and Grilled Haloumi
The addition of fruit and nuts to savory salads is always welcome on My Greek Table! This salad has lots going on in terms of flavors and textures. Add a piece of grilled chicken breast to it and you’ve got a complete meal!
Stir-Fry Beef & Broccoli with Ouzo, Honey & Lemon
This Stir-Fry Beef & Broccoli, a hybrid of Sino-Greek culinary friendship is a classic midweek meal in my house. It's easy, quick, succulent and full of the flavors of both East and West
Fish a la Spetsiota
Fish a la Spetsiota is a traditional Greek recipe for baked white fish with aromatic tomato sauce. This classic Greek fish recipe hails from the island of Spetses, a posh island off the eastern coast of the Peloponnese. There are many different versions of a la Spetsiota and this simple one is my favourite.
Kritharoto – Seafood Orzo
This Kritharoto – Seafood Orzo, is a recipe for creamy seafood risotto with orzo pasta. Kritharoto is a new name in the Greek culinary lexicon, a hybrid borrowed from Italian risotto and Greek kritharaki, the name for orzo. This dish essentially is a variation on the great northern Greek classic mussel pilaf.
Milk Pie Galatopita
Milk pie, galatopita, is one of the most elegant, sumptuous, and seductive Greek recipes. Most galatopita recipes hail from the mainland and northern parts of the country.
Greek Yogurt Pancakes
Pancakes are called tiganites in Greek, and have existed in one form or another since ancient times. There are many regional pancake recipes. This one is a hybrid, inspired by a recipe from Corfu for raisin-studded pancakes. The addition of Greek yogurt makes the pancakes tangy, silky. and fluffy.
Froutalia Omelet With Sausages And Potatoes from Andros
This Froutalia Omelet is surely one of the great regional Greek egg dishes, and a specialty of Andros and Tinos. Basically, it is a thick, slowly-cooked (stovetop) omelet filled with potatoes and local sausage.
Soutzoukakia Smyrneika
Soutzoukakia (pl.) are a dish that came to Greek via the Greek refugees from Asia Minor in 1922. These delectable ground meat little cylinders are always flavored with cumin and cooked din a rich, thick tomato sauce. Rice and bulgur make great side dishes with soutzoukakia. In northern Greece, soutzoukakia sometimes refer to a cylindrical […]