Greek Cuisine Recipes

From Diabetic Living

Greek olives and olive oil--to brown and crisp the potatoes--add heart-healthy monounsaturated fat to this side dish recipe.

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From Fine Cooking Magazine

Joyce Goldstein likes to use this rice stuffing studded with pine nuts when roasting chickens or poussins as well as the game hens she suggests here. (Editors' note: The pilaf is highly seasoned because it's being used as a stuffing. If you're serving it alone, you can decrease the amount of allspice to 1/2 teaspoon)

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From Fine Cooking Magazine

This dish looks especially nice served on a platter, with the feta and herbs scattered over grilled eggplant

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From Better Homes and Gardens

A sauce made from orange juice, dried fruit, and fresh mint dress up lamb chops.

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From Fine Cooking Magazine

Use small herb leaves if you can--they're likely to have a more pleasant texture and flavor than large leaves.

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From Heart-Healthy Living

Try this crispy heart-healthy recipe for breakfast, or for a light sweet dessert.

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From Fine Cooking Magazine

Nothing compares to the fresh taste of homemade feta. Traditionally made with sheep's milk, this Greek cheese is equally delicious when made from store-bought cow's milk. What gives it the distinctive sharp taste and crumbly texture is a week or more spent soaking in a brine. To achieve the correct level of saltiness, be sure to weigh the salt.

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From Fine Cooking Magazine

You'll need to bake the chips in two or more batches. If baking two sheets at a time, swap the sheets' positions after 5 minutes.

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From Vegetarian Times

If you like the deep-fried chickpea patties in Mediterranean restaurants, you'll love this lighter version. Pair them with a crisp, slightly fruity rose or white wine to complement the dried spices in the mix. Serve with chopped lettuce, tomatoes, and warmed pita rounds.

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From Taste of the South

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From Diabetic Living

We added grilled chicken to the classic feta cheese, tomato, and cucumber salad, making it a main dish recipe that's loaded with flavor.

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From Diabetic Living

Just a little feta cheese and olive give great fresh flavor to this main-dish chicken salad, which is served with a low-fat cucumber dressing.

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From Diabetic Living

Don't think you have time for dessert? Try this four-ingredient fruity special. It's super quick to prepare.

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From Fine Cooking Magazine

Aside from being a great party dip, tzatziki is also delicious served with roasted or grilled meats, or with the lamb meatballs. Chopping the garlic in the salt is a Greek trick that brings out garlic's punch. Raw garlic, however, becomes acrid rather quickly so to be at its best, tzatziki should be made the day of serving or no more than 24 hours ahead.

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From Better Homes and Gardens

Serve up Mexican appetizers in the comfort of your own home. Four ingredients, including shrimp and cheese are tucked into vegetable tortillas and quickly grilled.

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From Diabetic Living

With this slimmed-down recipe, Greek salad can be a side dish for most any diet plan.

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From Fitness

Fresh mint adds a burst of flavor to this yogurt and fruit recipe. It'a great as a snack, but it also makes a light dessert.

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From Diabetic Living

Replace butter with fat-free butter-flavor nonstick cooking spray to make this low-fat version of baklava.

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From Better Homes and Gardens

This classic Greek dessert is renowned for its layers of paper-thin phyllo and cinnamon-walnut filling all drenched with a honey syrup.

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From Fine Cooking Magazine

If you're making both the fritters and the lamb meatballs, you can strain and reuse the fritter oil to fry the meatballs. Use a metal sieve, as the oil will be hot.

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From Better Homes and Gardens

A savory strudel is simplified with puff pastry. This easy dinner dish can be made ahead and frozen too.

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From Better Homes and Gardens

Pair this distinctive goat cheese pizza with a dry white wine.

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From Better Homes and Gardens

These easy breadsticks are made with a biscuitlike dough. For the finest flavor, use imported black olives.

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From Fine Cooking Magazine

You can use this under-the-skin stuffing in chicken parts or in a whole chicken, pushing it in under the skin of the thigh, drumstick, breast, back, and also in the cavity. Atalanta olives are the Greek version of picholines. A good accompaniment is bow-tie pasta or rice.

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