What do you do for fun?
At my house we eat.
We love to try new restaurants, but my hubby loves to cook, so we also try making a lot of different stuff. Last week my youngest daughter was involved in a world's fair at her school and she did a display about Greece. I think this got us thinking about our favorite Greek foods, so we decided to cook a feast of Mediterranean/ Middle Eastern foods. Here is a list of what we had for dinner today.
Hummus -Lebanese national dish made from garbanzo beans, tahini, garlic, olive oil, and lemon juice.
Ful - an Egyptian breakfast food made from fava beans, onions, garlic, olive oil and lemon juice.
(both of these are pureed and eaten with pita bread)
Pilafi- Greek lemon rice
Couscous- a tiny round pasta eaten in several Mediterranean countries.
Dolmathes- Greek- grape leaves stuffed with a mixture of meat and rice.
Pastitsio- a Greek baked pasta dish with layers (like lasagna) topped with a bechamel sauce and cheese.
Spanakopita- Greek spinach pie.
Tabouleh- a middle eastern salad made mainly of parsley
Tzatziki sauce- made from yogurt and cucumber- this can be eaten on pita bread or as a sauce for other foods.
Calamata olives and feta cheese.

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