Try out some of our Greek recipes! You may find a new favorite!
There are many ways to prepare beets, but one of the easiest ways is by roasting them. This roasted greek beet salad brings out the rustic, sweet, and delicious flavor of the beets, and it's a simple and healthy side dish that goes with almost anything.
Patatasalata (Greek Potato Salad) is made with minimal ingredients and without mayonnaise. A simple salad that can be eaten warm or cold.
In this easy grilled greek octopus recipe, we use frozen and previously cooked octopus to save time. The octopus is then grilled and tossed with extra virgin olive oil, fresh lemon, and oregano. Simple and delicious!
Kagiana, or strapatsatha, is a simple but delicious meal that can be eaten for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. It is served in households throughout Greece.
Watermelon and feta salad is refreshing, healthy, and delicious. It is a summertime favorite that takes only minutes to prepare.
Greek peas, or arakas latheros, is one of my favorite vegetarian dishes. Serve this with feta cheese and fresh bread for a simple, delicious, and comforting meal.
Greeks love their bread, whether it's pita bread, village bread, or flatbread. This easy bread recipe comes together very quickly, and doesn't take any kneading on your part.
Serve with any greek meal or meze you like!
Braised cauliflower with vegetables is a nutritious vegetarian option, and can be served as a side dish or as a main meal when eaten with feta cheese and fresh bread.
The greeks have several bean dishes that can be served as main courses, and one of them is gigantes plaki. However, this vegetarian dish is most commonly served as an appetizer, accompanied with a chunk of feta and some hearty bread.
Pita bread is typically used as a wrap for souvlaki and its toppings, but it is also delicious served with dips or as a substitute for fresh bread.
Although pita bread is readily available in stores, making your own at home is so satisfying and the taste is amazing!
Dolmades, or stuffed grape leaves, are vine leaves wrapped into little rolls and filled with rice, meat (optional), and fresh herbs. If you are making dolmades with meat, serve them warm with a simple lemon sauce or avgolemono.
You can easily substitute the meat with more rice. For vegetarian dolmades, serve them room temperature, squeeze some fresh lemon juice on top, and dip them into plain greek yogurt.
A Cretan salad is not limited to just a traditional greek salad with barley rusks. Some of the most delicious and innovative salads can be found in Crete — every restaurant we visited had their own special twist.
This fasolakia recipe is a classic Greek green bean recipe, made with fresh green beans, tomatoes, onions, garlic, and olive oil. Simple and oh so good. Don't rush the cooking time; the longer and slower you let the green beans simmer, the more delicious they’ll become. Fasolakia can be a main meal served with feta and fresh bread or a side dish served with fish or meat.
Keftedes are wonderful little meatballs made with ground beef, pork, parsley, mint, oregano, garlic, onion, and just a dash of lemon juice. Keftedes are perfect paired with tzatziki, a greek salad, and some fresh pita bread.