Black eyed pea salad with chopped tomatoes and cucumber, plus sweet pepper and corn for sweetness and extra virgin olive oil and vinegar for a tangy mix.
This can also be made without any stock. Just add more olive oil and adjust seasonings as desired. Notice that many variations on the basic recipe are mentioned.
This easy, economical, healthy vegetarian (and vegan) chickpea recipe with extra virgin olive oil is a Greek classic commonly eaten by just about anyone.
Extra virgin olive oil is crucial to this common, quick and easy Greek dish, making it tasty, filling, and healthy. It can also be made with green beans, but my family and I prefer the sweetness of the peas with onion and carrots.
This zucchini burger recipe comes from a grandmother (yaya) in a Cretan village. It differs slightly from the other courgette patties recipe linked on this site. Originally, this version called for pumpkin rather than zucchini, but it is so good with zucchini that I recommend it that way.
A simple summer pasta recipe.
Another recipe that came with the Irish Times article on Ikaria. I think they mean "serves 4" and "200 grams frozen spinach." Of course you can use fresh spinach, too. The herbs are crucial for a lovely flavor. The pomegranate molasses are an unusual addition, although in Crete cheese pies are sometimes served with honey.
An easy recipe by celebrity chef Diane Kochilas. As she says, "One of the absolute classics of Greek summer, but also delicious year-round, green beans yiahni are an easy, luscious casserole of fresh beans slowly cooked in olive oil, with tomatoes, onions, potatoes and herbs."
As the New York Times puts it, "These addictive seasoned 'fries' from Mark Bittman are actually baked, but we promise you won't miss the grease. The spice mix – garlic powder, paprika, salt and black pepper – can be used on regular potatoes as well (you'll just need to increase the baking time a bit)."
A really unique recipe, courtesy of the North American Olive Oil Association. Note that it is a savory cheesecake, not a sweet one.
Maria Verivaki's amusing discussion of, and recipe for, Zucchini (or courgette, or kolokithi) Patties from her wonderful Organically Cooked blog.
A vegetable stir fry recipe with Greek extra virgin olive oil, my pseudo-Greek version of the Chinese-American restaurant classic, so tasty you don’t need MSG.
An Oldways Mediterranean recipe in honor of Mediterranean Diet Month.
I'd be tempted to replace the butter with olive oil as well as using the oil as directed; that would provide a different flavor for the sauce, more healthy polyphenols, and less saturated fat
A very easy recipe, tastier than I could have imagined--a healthy favorite!
According to Mark Bittman, "When fruits and vegetables are at their best, they give you insight into how the vegan thing can work for you, if only for a day."
"The ultimate Thanksgiving side dish, maple sage roasted brussels sprouts pair the popular fall herb sage with sweet and buttery maple syrup." See the recipe under the article.
Accompanying a nice article about Greek food. Ironically, the amount of olive oil has not come through. My Cretan neighbor uses 1 cup of olive oil, an additional onion, and a half cup of red wine instead of the vinegar, but no red pepper flakes. She generally throws some fresh tomato chunks into a food chopper instead of using canned tomato.
"These olive oil and roasted garlic mashed potatoes are creamy and absolutely delicious. Roasted garlic and fruity olive oil give these dairy-free vegan mashed potatoes their great flavor and texture, so there is no need for butter or cream."
This recipe’s first name was my teenage daughter’s idea, and a UFO seems appropriate (like its orange color) for Halloween. The second name is closer to accurate, but not exactly. This is a Cretan mother’s variation on some wonderful carrot parsley bread sticks, and an invention so tasty everyone in my family likes it (hallelujah—a rarity for healthy food!).
