GREEK DISHES?

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Hi--I'd like to have a combined b-day and anniversary celebration and since
we all enjoy Greek food...and low carbing --I'd like a Greek-themed dinner
party....ANY suggestions, however, on LC Greek recipes and/or ideas of what
I could serve? Thanks, Pat Z.

Greek salad, hummos with cut up veggies in place of pita bread, souvlaki
(chicken, beef, pork, or all three) on skewers with veggies, moussaka without
the potatoes, olives, greek yogurt sauce with crudite, etc... Greek pizza on
low carb tortillas in place of pita.

Susan

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Hi--I'd like to have a combined b-day and anniversary celebration and

since

Quoted message said:

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we all enjoy Greek food...and low carbing --I'd like a Greek-themed

dinner

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party....ANY suggestions, however, on LC Greek recipes and/or ideas of

what

Quoted message said:

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I could serve? Thanks, Pat Z.

Greek salad, hummos with cut up veggies in place of pita bread, souvlaki
(chicken, beef, pork, or all three) on skewers with veggies, moussaka

without

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the potatoes, olives, greek yogurt sauce with crudite, etc... Greek pizza

on

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low carb tortillas in place of pita.

Susan

Goodness, you are making me hungry. I have not had real souvlaki in a very
long time. When I was in Athens, they sold it all over the place. It was
quite good. I love moussaka, which really has no potatoes anyway, unless
you are trying to save a buck. 😉

Curt

Atkins website on GREEK food.
http://atkins.com/Archive/2001/12/14-699926.html

HTH

Steve

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Hi--I'd like to have a combined b-day and anniversary celebration and

since

Quoted message said:

we all enjoy Greek food...and low carbing --I'd like a Greek-themed dinner
party....ANY suggestions, however, on LC Greek recipes and/or ideas of

what

Quoted message said:

I could serve? Thanks, Pat Z.

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Quoted message said:

Hi--I'd like to have a combined b-day and anniversary celebration and since
we all enjoy Greek food...and low carbing --I'd like a Greek-themed dinner
party....ANY suggestions, however, on LC Greek recipes and/or ideas of what
I could serve? Thanks, Pat Z.

I've made gyros before that were quite tasty. I found the recipe in
"How to Grill: The Complete Illustrated Book of Barbecue Techniques"
which you can get at Amazon or most any large bookstore.

You take ground lamb and mix in a bunch of spices and form long "logs"
on flat skewers (I didn't have flat so I used my double prong
skewers). You put these on the grill using some bricks to keep the
meat from touching the grate and rotate them until done. I cut them
into strips and put them on some LC flatbread from Super Walmart,
along with some spinach, feta, tomatoes and a sour cream dill dressing
I mixed up. VERY good!

Scott

Here is a low carb moussaka dish I made. It got RAVE reviews from the
non-dieting crew as well as the LCers.

BC's Moussaka

Recipe By :BC in OR
Categories:Beef/Pork

2 medium eggplants -- peeled and sliced in 1/2" slices
1 pound ground lamb -- (I used lamb chops, sliced fine rather than
ground...better that way 🙂
1/2 cup chopped onion
1/4 cup white wine
1/4 cup water may sub 1/2 cup chicken broth for wine and water
2 Tablespoons dried parsley
1 Tablespoon tomato paste
1/2 cup finely crushed pork rinds ---- (I omitted, didn't miss them)
1/2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
2 eggs -- beaten well
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon -- do not leave this out!
Topping:
2 eggs -- beaten well
1 1/2 cup cottage cheese
1/2 cup parmesan cheese
1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
57 grams slivered almonds

Peel and slice eggplant to 1/2" slices. Put paper towel on flat
surface, sprinkle each slice with salt and place salt side down on paper
towel.
Sprinkle the top side of the slices with more salt, place paper towel
on top of slices, put heavy breadboard
on top of paper towel and weigh down with heavy stuff. This leeches as
much moisture out of the eggplant as possible. Allow this to sit for at
least 30 minutes or more.

Brown the lamb and onion till done. Drain and return to pan. Add wine
and water (or chicken broth), parsley, tomato paste, salt/pepper. Simmer
till liquid is evaporated. Allow this mixture to cool. Mix in the pork
rinds, 1/2 cup mozarella cheese, 2 beaten eggs, and cinnamon. Set aside.

Place a non-stick pan over medium-high heat with 3 tablespoons of oil.
Brown the eggplant slices on both sides being careful when you add them to
the oil as they will splatter. Do this in batches till all eggplant is well
browned.
Line a deep 9" x 9" pan with 1/2 the browned eggplant, spoon the meat
mixture over the
eggplant and pat down. Place remaining eggplant slices on top of meat
mixture.

Combine the topping ingredients except the slivered almonds. Spoon over
the top layer of eggplant, sprinkle slivered almonds on top.

Bake 350 degrees for 45 minutes to 1 hour or till browned and bubbly
(first 20 minutes cover with foil, then remove).

Penelope Baker said:

Here is a low carb moussaka dish I made. It got RAVE reviews from the
non-dieting crew as well as the LCers.

BC's Moussaka

I also made this, substituting shredded left-over beef chuck roast for
the lamb. It was very tasty!

Sh0rtcircuit (Deb)
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So ‘a calorie is a calorie is a calorie'
is not so meaningful after all: a
carbohydrate calorie is obviously
much more fattening than a fat calorie.

So do calories count? Of course they do.
But some don't count half as much as others.
[Barry Groves, PhD]
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