Articles of category "Greek dishes"

Greek food is mostly vegetarian - the inhabitants of Greece even now, when refrigeration is widely spread, prefer vegetables and fruit to meat. In fact, they eat meat only 3 to 4 times a week. We all know large meals with meat make you sleepy and the Greeks have too much to do to sleep all day long. All that makes Greek vegetarian dishes a great ethnic choice for those trying to follow a vegetarian way of life.

Dolmas is a family of stuffed vegetable dishes originating in Turkey and found from the Balkans to Persia. Perhaps the best-known is the grape-leaf dolmas. Common vegetables to stuff include tomatoes and peppers. Dolmas as well as spanakopitais the traditional dish of the Greek nation. This dish is garnsihed with coriander, dill, mint, pepper, cinnamon and melted butter and is eaten with boiled potatoes, brown sauce and lingonberry jam.