The following post contains affiliate links, which means that at no extra cost to you I can make a tiny bit of money to help support this blog. Thank you! Quite a while ago now I made low carb chicken souvlaki – marinated chicken pieces threaded onto skewers and then grilled. When I decided to make some souvlaki wings, I thought I'd just better check the exact definition of souvlaki. According to wiki: Souvlaki is a popular Greek fast food consisting of small pieces of meat and sometimes vegetables grilled on a skewer. It is usually eaten straight off the skewer while still hot.” And according to The Mediterranean Dish: Like Kabobs, the word Souvlaki simply means “meat on skewers.” But Greeks also use it to...
This time the destination is the sunny Mediterranean! Sometimes it seems like the COVID-19 lockdown goes On and On and On. Saying So Long to quarantine sure would make us Dancing Queens. For now The Name of the Game is to help flatten the curve, so that next year maybe we can safely say Happy New Year from Santorini. In the meantime, go Head Over Heels for these 15 recipes to help you escape to the Mediterranean. These dishes are easy enough for anyone to make; you won’t have to send an SOS over them. You can be a Super Trouper by fighting the virus and staying inside while taking your family on a culinary vacation. They’ll be saying Gimme!...
{Jump to Recipe} Meatballs are one of my favorite comfort foods. I like them any and every way: in a traditional Québécois stew, spiked with ginger and sesame in an Asian-style soup, served on top of spaghetti and sprinkled with Parmigiano-Reggiano, or served as a cocktail hour snack. When I traveled to Greece, I had the pleasure of discovering meatballs were often served as a mezze–a happy hour bite–slathered in a thick tomato sauce. The meatballs were a hearty, flavorful snack that was sometimes served hot, other times room temperature. With a glass of Greek red wine, they were the perfect late afternoon snack. I came back home obsessed with reproducing the deep flavors of that Greek mezze at home....
