Greek foods your kids love

[Mamaolive]

Stuck in a rut and want to explore greek family food that isn't too difficult to make. What Greek foods do your dc like?

Mine aren't very adventurous and it's probably not strictly authentic, but they love a meal of Greek salad, pitta, hummus, halloumi and tzatziki.
I love moussaka, and lamb kleftiko, grilled/BBQ lamb cutlets (or chicken) marinated in oregano, lemon, garlic, olive oil.
We've just booked a holiday to Greece and now I'm hankering!

Stuffed peppers?
Baked feta with pitta, tzatziki etc?
Greek style pizzas, with feta and olives?

My family are Greek Cypriot. Kids love olives. The boys love some grilled Halloumi. My DH and eldest love a gyros. I'm a vegetarian so I love a Greek salad and grilled Halloumi in a pita. A veggie moussaka too. My youngest used to inhale a whole bowl of tzatziki if she had the chance!
I make a lovely feta, Halloumi and spinach pie. I have the recipe somewhere if you want it!

Pitta with hummus
Greek salad
Olives
Spanakopida
Dolmades
Kleftiko
Souvlaki

Sounds amazing, thank you!

I make a lovely feta, Halloumi and spinach pie. I have the recipe somewhere if you want it! @Boofay oh yes please! Also, what do you put in your veggie moussaka?

Gyros, Spanakopita, Sagnaki, moussaka and Kleftiko are all regular meals here thT my nine year old enjoys.

Mine love a Pastitsio , especially if I stand the pasta tubes on end.

Mine love gyros. Admittedly they would prefer it in holiday in Greece somewhere. You can get good Greek style flatbreads now and I marinate the chicken in a spice and herb mix. I just googled and experimented with a few until we found one we all like. Then serve with salad and tsitzki. Sometime we put chips in as we’ve had a few in Greece with chips inside.

Mousakka always goes down well. I find it a bit time consuming to make and so also like the Charlie Bingham one or Waitrose one.

Otherwise we found Greek food to be simple things like pork or lamb chops marinated with lemon juice and fresh oregano. Served with new potatoes roasted with garlic and oregano. Finished with lemon juice.

DD (veggie) likes Feta baked in filo pastry with a sauce made of red wine vinegar, honey and sesame seeds Poured over it.
Not sure how authentic it is, although we did discover it in Greece.
DS loves Prawn saganaki

Check out Akis Petretzikis! I absolutely love his recipes and he makes most things from scratch. I hate opening a Jamie Oliver recipe and it's tinned tomatoes, tinned lentils, packet sauce, etc.

For his homemade chicken gyros he has a recipe for Greek flatbread that you dry fry in a frying pan. It's absolutely delicious 😋

akispetretzikis.com/

My kids love lentil soup (fakes) , homemade baked beans (fasolatha), potatoes in the oven with orange juice, and feta pies with kourou dough.

Pastitsio and gyros and favourites in our house.

@Mamaolive

Sounds amazing, thank you!

I make a lovely feta, Halloumi and spinach pie. I have the recipe somewhere if you want it! @Boofay oh yes please! Also, what do you put in your veggie moussaka?

This is the Greek pie with feta and Halloumi:

www.goodfood.com.au/recipes/rustic-greek-pie-20130808-2ri82

I make a veggie moussaka with aubergine and red lentils. I don't have a recipe I use, but I'm sure there's one online somewhere. I'll do a quick Google!

This one is pretty much the ingredients I use. I've not looked at the method though. I do use a regular cheese sauce though! 😬😂

Also, not exclusively Greek, but my kids love a macaroni cheese pie. Very popular within my Cypriot family! Some of the meat eating aunts put mince at the bottom of it.

Oops! Here the recipe: www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/veggiemoussaka_90770/amp

Everything. We have no Greek heritage but my kids love Greek food:

Greek breakfast
Vine leaves
Humous
Anything in a pitta
Haloumi
Saganaki
Stifado
Lamb
Olives
The pasta tube thing I can't remember the name of
Mousakka
Spanakopita

Spinach and feta filo pastry. Houmous and pitta, taramasalata and pitta. Halloumi cheese.

@Hoppinggreen

DD (veggie) likes Feta baked in filo pastry with a sauce made of red wine vinegar, honey and sesame seeds Poured over it. Not sure how authentic it is, although we did discover it in Greece. DS loves Prawn saganaki

I can't recommend this book enough for vegetarians https://www.amazon.co.uk/Greek-Vegetarian-Cookbook-Heather-Thomas/dp/0714879134/ref=ascdff_0714879134/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=310842649900&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=7680460234212937812&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1006638&hvtargid=pla-658889295267&psc=1&th=1&psc=1

What bread do people use for gyros, and do you fry it?

Gigantes beans are lovely, although my dc were never really convinced by them.

@RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie

What bread do people use for gyros, and do you fry it?

Gigantes beans are lovely, although my dc were never really convinced by them.

I use Greek pitta from the local Greek shop. It's not the usual oval pitta but round in shape and doesn't have a pocket. I fry it in a pan with some olive oil spray.

I'm loving all these suggestions, thank you.

Now I'd love to be in Greece and eat in a lovely taverna by the sea. I used to go almost every year in my 20s but haven't been back in 9 years. Reading about the food makes me nostalgic. The Greek pie with feta and Halloumi looks gorgeous.

Thanks, @boofay Sadly no local shop here. :(

The feta and halloumi pie looks amazing! What do you serve it with?

@RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie

Thanks, *@boofay* Sadly no local shop here. :(

You can get these at Sainsbury

www.sainsburys.co.uk/gol-ui/product/deli-kitchen-greek-style-flatbread-x4-320g

Great for gyros!

Thanks @sleepykits Will definitely nicely try these. Do you fry them?

God knows where that 'nicely' came from - I didn't type it!