Keeping Greece Alive

In honor of our trip to the Greece, we’ve been going a little Greek crazy in terms of food. The fact is, the diet over there is good for warm weather, and we’re on the cusp of Summer over here, even though I’ve yet to see the sun since we returned. In fact, according to what I’ve been told, the weather for the past two weeks has been lousy - cool, cloudy, and rainy. The forecast calls for more of the same for the next week. Bummer.

With this in mind, we sort of lucked out in leaving when we did, because it was sunny and warm in Greece, sort of. Since we’ve been back, we want to continue with the healthy eating, and had Greek food. Bread, fruit and tzatziki for lunch, Greek salad and Sifnos chick-pea soup for supper. When we were in Sifnos, we learned that the island is famous for its chick pea soup, which they only serve on Sundays. It's apparently a big deal, and they make it in their famous clay pots. We were leaving the island on Friday and were going to miss out, so we decided to make it ourselves.

It actually turned out rather nicely, and was fairly easy to make except that it takes along time to cook. They bake it in an oven overnight, but we just simmered for about 6 hours. This makes the peas nice and soft, and it was a hit. A good idea for a future supper, I might add.

Until the next time, thanks for reading, and thanks to Naoko McCracken for the pic.