The Greek Diet by Loi, Maria -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Dedication Contents Introduction Part I: Meet the Greeks Part II: Going Greek Part III: The Twelve Pillar Foods

Pillar One: Olive Oil Pillar Two: Yogurt Pillar Three: Vegetables Pillar Four: Beans Pillar Five: Seafood Pillar Six: Whole Grains Pillar Seven: Wine Pillar Eight: Herbs and Spices Pillar Nine: Fruit Pillar Ten: Coffee and Tea Pillar Eleven: Nuts and Seeds Pillar Twelve: Chicken and Eggs Supplemental Foods

Part IV: The Recipes

Salads

Roka Salad Fig-Balsamic Dressing Marouli Salad Feta-Yogurt Dressing Couscous Salad Lentil Salad with Oranges Greek Salad (Horiatiki Salata) Cucumber Dressing Pomegranate-Kale Salad Tuna Salad (Tonosalata) Salad with Orange-Honey Dressing Wheat Berry Salad Fruit Salad Watermelon Salad with Feta and Mint

Soups

Chicken Soup with Egg-Lemon Emulsion (Kotosoupa Avgolemono) Pea and Leek Soup (Hortosoupa) Lentil Soup (Fakes) Mushroom Barley Soup Greek Fish Stew (Kakavia) Tahini Vegetable Soup (Tahinosoupa) Chickpea Stew (Sifnos Revithada) Cannellini Bean Soup (Fasolada)

Vegetarian

Vegetable Souvlaki Vegetable Stew (Turlu) Vegetarian Moussaka Artichoke Stew with Vegetables (Artichokes “a la Polita”) Stuffed Baby Eggplant (Papoutsakia) Stuffed Zucchini (Zucchini Gemista) Artichokes with Rice and Vegetables Braised Cauliflower (Kounoupidi) Braised Green Beans (Fasolakia) Mashed Cauliflower with Roasted Garlic Fasolakia Lemonata Wild Greens in Tomato Sauce (Horta Giahni) Spanakopita Triangles Pumpkin and Zucchini Pie (Kolokithopita) Wild Greens Pie (Hortopita) Carrot and Halloumi Croquettes (Karotopites Me Halloumi) Zucchini Croquettes (Kolokithokeftedes) Tomato Fritters (Domatokeftedes) Mushroom Risotto (Kritharaki Me Manitaria) Spaghetti with Fresh Tomato Sauce Trahana Cannellini Beans in White Sauce (Fasolia Giahni) Black-Eyed Beans with Spinach and Swiss Chard Braised Giant Beans with Spinach (Gigantes Me Spanaki) Greek Split Peas (Fava) Cold Red Lentil Faux Meatballs Polisporia Keftedes with Pligouri (Bulgar Patties), Fresh Herbs, and a Lemon Verbena Yogurt Sauce Barley Rusks with Tomatoes (Dakos Me Domates) Greek Frittata Scrambled Eggs with Feta Cheese (Kayana) Dolmadakia

Seafood

Fish en Papillote Steamed Mussels (Mydia) Crab Cakes (Kavourokeftedes) Salmon with Fennel and Leeks Psari Microlimano Quinoa Pilafaki with Shrimp, Lemon, and Herbs Grilled Octopus (Htapodaki Stin Schara) Grilled Branzino with Tomato-Kalamata Tapenade Salmon Souvlaki Baked Shrimp with Feta Cheese in Tomato Sauce (Saganaki Shrimp) Grilled Calamari (Kalamari Tis Skaras) Octopus with Orzo Baked Salmon with Yogurt Sauce Bulgur Pilafaki with Mussels

Meat and Poultry

Lamb Souvlaki Grilled Chicken Breast (Kotopoulo Psito) Keftedakia Chicken with Peppers (Kotopoulo Me Piperies) Spring Stuffed Leg of Lamb (Boutaki Yemisto) Chicken with Dill Lamb Fricassee (Arnaki Frikase) Chicken and Mushroom Souvlaki Mediterranean Chicken Stew

Desserts

Round Baklava (Kyklos Baklava) Pears with Mavroda Phne Sauce (Pearswith Sweet Red Wine Sauce) Rice Pudding (Rizogalo) Almond Cookies (Amigdalota) Lemon–Olive Oil Cake Preserved Cherries in Syrup (Gliko Tou Koutaliou Kerasi) Frozen Greek Yogurt Greek Baked Apples Honey Pie (Melopita) Carrot Cake Semolina Cake (Halvas)

Snacks, Sauces, and Dips

My Mother’s Greek Yogurt Maria’s Hummus Tzatziki Eggplant Salad (Melitzanosalata) Walnut-Olive Spread Taramosalata (Carp Roe Spread) Roasted Beet–Yogurt Dip Mint-Yogurt Sauce Traditional Egg-Lemon Sauce (Avgolemono Sauce) Ladolemono Sauce Caramelized Tomatoes (and Coulis) Baked Kale Chips Baked Apple Chips Crunchy Toasted Chickpeas Whole-Grain Pita Bread Whole-Grain Pita Chips Multigrain Bread (of the Ancient Greeks) Greek Coffee Greek Mountain Tea Greek Morning Shake

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