Greek Eating

Food photos.  These last few weeks I have taken a few photos of food that has been on our table.  

A large dish of baked tomatoes and green peppers stuffed with rice.  Made for us and some of the extended family.  Stuffed tomatoes and peppers, yemista, are a summer dish when these vegetables are in abundance and at their best.  These are made without meat so are also ideal for serving during Lent.

What we ate on 25th March, one of Greece's National Day

Fried salt cod, garlic sauce, beetroot and a glass of wine

Greens from the fields with olive oil (local) and lemon juice, from our own lemon tree

Greek chicken soup

Thickened with an egg and lemon juice sauce

Fish baked with lemon juice, olive oil, parsley  and vegetables. I parboil the carrots and potatoes because the dish only goes into the oven for 30 minutes. The result is juicy and delicious. The fish was the previous day's catch, bought from the a local caïque

Pasta Flora or Greek Jam Tart

Made with apricot jam I made recently from half a kilo of dried apricots