Froodies • Greek Recipes

Written by Chris Wednesday, 08 July 2009 00:00

Ever wondered what one makes with okra? Here's an idea from the mediterranean. This is a Greek recipe for chicken with okra that can form a main course and be served with boiled vegetables or pasta.Its cooked in a yachni style meaning that it is cooked with a Greek style tomato sauce.

Okra is known as ladies fingers in the UK. In Greek its name derives from the Arabic bamyah. It was the Arabs who introduced the plant to the mediterranean from its original native land of Ethiopia.

Written by Chris Wednesday, 08 July 2009 00:00

A simple and delicious dish made with feta cheese and tomato. You can serve this as a snack or as part of a meze.

Feta cheese is a salted brined curd cheese made from sheep and goat's milk in Greece, Bulgaria and Turkey. I tend not to add salt to this dish as it is salty enough already.

Written by Chris Wednesday, 08 July 2009 00:00

This is a similar receipe to feta baked with tomato. Try this variation if you want a slightly more substantial snack.

Written by Chris Monday, 08 June 2009 00:00

The Mediterranean diet is said to be the most healthy diet in the world and this may be one of the reasons. Benefits include longevity and healthier living. The basis for this is not just the reduced consumption of saturated fats which are more common in western European food but also the consumption of large amounts of fruits and vegetables.

Salads form a main component of every meal consumed in Cyprus and Greece. Here is a recipe for salata horiatiko - Greek Village Salad. I've used kalamata olives from Greece in this one. The cucumbers are the small gherkin type field cucumbers found in Cyprus which are usually harder and tastier than the long wide ones grown in greenhouses.