A recipe for Greek wild greens and pics from my mum’s garden

Wild greens

See the Greek version of this postThese days my sister and I are at my mum’s and my stepdad’s house in Atalanti Greece. You can imagine the mayhem.

On Friday we had amazing weather so we went out in the garden to gather wild greens. They are called χόρτα (chorta – wild greens) in Greek and we gather them from gardens and fields. I imagine that in an English garden some of those yummy wonders are killed off as weeds. They are boiled and then served hot or cold with olive oil and lemon. They go amazingly well with fish, but I love them any old way.

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Purple sprouting broccoli with sesame and honey

Purple Sprouting Broccoli with sesame and honey

See the Greek version of this postSince we started getting an organic fruit and veg box delivery each week I have been trying out all sorts of new things. It’s so exciting to be getting vegetables every week that you’ve never tried. It makes you look for information, learn and do new stuff. Sort of brilliant.

Especially since we are going through Lent (and the Greek version is a bit weird as I was saying the other day) it’s great to be doing different things with veggies.

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Salad with strawberries (yes, strawberries)

I know I know. I haven’t been writing a lot. The fact is I haven’t been cooking a lot so I don’t have anything to share. Sorry.

There is something today there. A special salad. Dear Prophet I don’t want to see you nagging. Salads go wonderfully with all your special meat recipes… even if the salad is a strawberry salad!

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Easy green salad with shrimps and sour dressing

See the Greek version of this postThis is an easy salad that I kinda created during dieting times (it’s all the cakes, you see, they add up)

INGREDIENTS:

For the salad:

  • Green bits (anything you like but I prefer various types of lettuce)
  • 2 medium sized tomatoes
  • 3-4 medium sized mushrooms
  • Shrimps (this is an easy salad so ready-to-eat shrimps. I hear they are anathema to the foodies but hey ho)

You can also add anything else you like – e.g. cubed courgette, fresh peppers etc.

For the dressing:

This is an amazing dressing a la Auntie Sofia. It is GREAT with chicken or sausages where you just bathe the meat in it and then cook it. It’s also really nice for a salad.

  • Olive oil
  • Mustard (same amount as olive oil)
  • Lemon juice (same amount as olive oil)
  • Pinch of salt
  • Oregano

METHOD:

Chop up all the ingredients. Actually it’s better if you just tear the green leaves with your hands. It saves time and looks better.

Εύκολη σαλάτα με γαρίδες και ξινούλι dressing

Use your green leaves as a basis and then add the tomato.

Εύκολη σαλάτα με γαρίδες και ξινούλι dressing

Add your mushrooms. If you don’t enjoy them raw (I do), just place them in a pan with a tiny bit of water and brown them a bit.

Add all the rest of your salad ingredients.

Εύκολη σαλάτα με γαρίδες και ξινούλι dressing

In a big glass add all the ingredients for the dressing and shake em (use a foamer if you’ve got it or just a little handheld mixer).

That’s it!

Εύκολη σαλάτα με γαρίδες και ξινούλι dressing