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A look at what's been cooking in our Greek kitchen over summer
K making his favourite summer dish Briam
A sort of ratatouille.
Zucchini, aubergine, peppers plus carrots, potatoes, onions, fresh tomatoes, parsley, oregano and lots of olive oil ....all the goodness of summer.
I would have added basil and mint but he's a traditionalist.
K is the fish cook in our house
Unless it's fillets fried in batter
These fish are called 'kokalia'. Sea Bream? Too many bones for my liking but I dissected a few of them. Their name in Greek means 'bony'. Yeh....
He cooked these in the oven with zucchini, tomatoes and potatoes
Beetroot
K loves to accompany fish with boiled beetroot, bulbs and leaves with a lot of olive oil and vinegar.
Beetroot are a winter vegetable but these were fresh mid summer with tender leaves.
Another K dish
Spetsofai
Spicy sausages with tomatoes and peppers and a bit of boukovo (hot chilli pepper)
Shrimps saganaki
Shrimps with tomatoes and feta
Red mullet fried in it's entirety. Accompanied by boiled zucchini.
More bones for me to remove. Filleted fish is not traditional in this house
Of all these the only dish I cooked was
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Of all these the only dish I cooked was
Peach crumble
For daughter Elli. I also made a small one for K and he surprised me by asking for more. I have stewed apples and crumble topping in the freezer. An easy sweet.
I cook too in case you wondered but he has his specialities and I'm very happy to have handed all the fish over to him to prepare. He prefers to cook the way his mother did, very traditionally Greek.
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I like a man who can cook. All the men in my family cook . . .
ReplyDeleteThe greek men in this family love cooking too. Most unusual here
DeleteAll fresh, no manufactured/processed food. Wonderful! I would not be so keen on all the bones in the fish, either. I still have three big zucchini sitting on my counter! -Jenn
ReplyDeleteMy squash had loads of flowers but no squash darn it. I envy your big zucchinis!
DeleteI would love to eat those fish ... if someone could remove all the bones for me first!
ReplyDeleteI really dislike fish with bones but have no choice here. No fillets allowed in this house.
DeleteLoved looking at these. Ade would love the fish...he bought piper recently and cooked . A bony fish
ReplyDeleteYou'll have to come and try these ones from the Med!
DeleteLooking forward to some delicious food.
ReplyDeleteLots of that around here!
DeleteSounds like a good balance in the food prep department in your house. I'm no into fish bones either. Biting on a missed one gives me the heeby jeebies.
ReplyDeleteI'm afraid they'll stick in my throat!
DeleteI have a morbid fear of choking on a fish bone after seeing my sister choke when I was little! How lovely to have him cook so much. Hopefully we are off to Athens and nearby islands next year so I'll get to experience Greek food then.
ReplyDeleteGreece! Wonderful! Let ms know what you're doing
DeleteI might ask you for a little advice nearer the time, nothing beats local knowledge :)
DeleteAsk away!!! Loo paper still goes into the rubbish basket and not to loo 😅
DeleteThere is nothing better than a husband who cooks. Mine cooked everything for the first year we were together then gradually I got to make him his favorite meals. I liked doing the dishes better than cooking. I love fish but not the bones. Gigi
ReplyDeleteI cooked for the family for 45 years. Everyone else loves my food but it's just not the same as his dear Mama used to make
DeleteSo many wonderful looking meals, I am with you, not keen on fish with bones. So good your hubby is happy to cook.
ReplyDeleteI cook mainly Greek but I make changes which he doesn't like
DeleteMy only new recipe of 2025 is Bok Choi with Mushrooms in Hoi sin sauce. I think we might have it again tomorrow. Delicious.
ReplyDeleteI'm still looking for bok Choi. Even a packet of seeds
DeleteYou're a fortunate woman.
ReplyDeleteLife is not difficult 🙄😅
DeleteYum
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