Greek Week: The Menu

Disclaimer: We're kind of an odd family in that we only eat three dinners a week. The alternating evenings are leftover nights. In addition, we also eat two vegetarian meals (one with beans) and only one meat meal. The meals we chose for our 12-week tour will closely emulate our current meal plan: one vegetarian meal, one meat dish, and one bean dish (usually vegetarian). I will also make one special dessert.

If you choose to take this journey with us and find that you'd rather eat meat all week or that the meals are too complicated for your busy life, that's fine! There are a lot of other meals that are much simpler and just as good. I'd recommend heading to your local library or using your favorite search engine to start, but I will also have some other suggestions at the end of the post.

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People are fascinating. It's true.

We may have different traditions, different stories, different instruments, different flags - heck, we may even have different phenotypical features - but we're all undeniably fascinating.

The thing is, though, we all have to eat.

What we eat and how we eat speak volumes about our culture. In some places, eating is a highly-involved process and a complicated ritual while for others, eating may be picking up something on the go or done in front of a television.

For our family, I feel it is important to get my children involved with the whole process and to understand that not everyone eats the same thing or in the same way. I hope that one day they will be more accepting of others because they know this.

This week we will be eating:

Spanakopita with Greek Salad

Gyros with Tzatziki and Sweet Potato Fries

Fassolatha with Kalamata Olive Bread

Baklava

Alternative Menu Ideas:

Briam

Kalamarakia Tiganita

Moussaka

Tiropites

Horta Vrasta

Youvesti

Dolmathakia

Souvlaki