If quinoa has to be an acquired taste for you, try these muffins at breakfast or snack time. This is a fun and savory way to incorporate super foods into your diet.
Avgolemono, as this delicate egg and lemon soup is known, is probably the favorite soup in Greece. It is usually served as starter in Greek celebrations.
Lentil soup is popular in the Greece menu when the Greek Orthodox Church prohibits eating meat or fish, especially during the Great Lent and Good Friday.Lentils are a good source of iron and proteins. Lentil soup is straight forward to make and it can be prepared without oil, if necessary.
Stuffed grape leaves, known as dolmades, are one of the most popular Greek recipes, although it is not exclusive because dolmas are also prepared in the surrounding countries. Preparing stuffed grape leaves is time consuming, but not difficult.
Rösti is made with onions, Appenzeller cheese, and caraway seeds in German cantons, while you'll see tomatoes, sweet paprika, and Gruyere cheese in French cantons, and you will notice the addition of rosemary in the Italian ones.
Gambas al ajillo are very popular as tapas. The shrimp used for this recipe should not be excessively large. The kind of chili used for this in Spain is known as guindilla, a Spanish hot red chili of the thin and long varieties, usually dried.
This dish is raw, though shrimp ceviche has a taste more similar to cooked seafood than raw shrimp, as it would happen with sushi, the perfect treat for the sushi lover in your life.
