A light and fresh rice dish with leeks, onions, green onions and a hit of lemon juice! Rice doesn’t have to be boring! This Greek style leeks and rice (aka prasorizo) is a great way to make the rice side dish the star of your next meal! This recipe starts out by cooking leeks, onions...

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A roasted zucchini dip in tzatziki style with greek yogurt, garlic, lemon, and plenty of fresh dill. Tzatziki is a greek style sauce made with yogurt, cucumber, garlic, lemon, and dill; it’s cool, creamy and oh so good! This is a slightly different take on it using zucchini instead of cucumber. You could make a...

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A tasty potato salad where the potatoes are boiled until tender before smashing them and baking them until crispy! The salad includes cucumber, dill pickle, onions and feta and a creamy mayo and Greek yogurt dressing that’s packed with plenty of fresh herbs! Potatoes salad with its tender potatoes in a creamy mayonnaise dressing is...

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An easy to make take on Greek pastitsio, a dish with layers of pasta, a tasty meat and tomato sauce, and a creamy bechamel sauce! Pastitsio is a Greek dish that consists of layers of pasta, a meat and tomato sauce and a thick and creamy bechamel sauce. Normally the pasta used would be a...

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A tasty quinoa bowl with Greek style chicken, tomatoes, cucumbers, olives, feta and tzatziki! I’m a fan of ‘bowls’ where you throw a grain, such as rice or quinoa, a protein and other ingredients into a bowl to make a full meal! Burrito style bowls are one of my go-to meals and these Greek/Mediterranean bowls...

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A flavour packed orzo (rice shaped pasta) with chicken, olives, roasted red peppers and feta! This is a super easy one-pan Mediterranean style chicken and orzo pasta that’s just packed with flavour! Chicken is marinated in a simple combination of olive oil, lemon, garlic and oregano before cooking it in a pan along with onions....

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A Greek style quinoa with spinach, feta and plenty of fresh herbs! Spinach and feta quinoa is one of my favourite side dishes and when I made it recently I thought I would take the opportunity to update the recipe and photos! This dish is based on spanakorizo (Greek spinach rice) with the rice replaced...

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A quick and easy Greek style spaghetti with a hint of cinnamon and spice! I’m a big fan of spaghetti (a meal with a tomato meat sauce served over spaghetti noodles) and this is a tasty Greek style version! This is a super simple recipe with beef, onions, garlic, and tomatoes seasoned with oregano and...

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A quick and easy chickpea salad with a cool and creamy tzatziki dressing! Tzatziki Sauce, a Greek style cucumber sauce with yogurt, garlic, lemon and fresh herbs, is a favourite of mine and it goes well in so many things, like this chickpea salad! A while ago I shared a recipe for a tzatziki potato...

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Tender braised beef in a Greek style tomato and orzo sauce. Giouvetsi (aka yiouvetsi) is a classic Greek stew where beef is slowly braised until falling apart tender in a tomato sauce before adding orzo (a rice shaped pasta) and cooking. Although this dish is often made in the oven you can also cook it...

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