Greek with the Fam {Eats}

After our day in the sun, followed by relaxing at the house (click for a post with a Bailey photo!), we headed out for another great meal.

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We went to Greek Isles, even though we just went to the Greek festival last weekend. Guess we didn’t get enough last weekend? 😉

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We all enjoyed our fill at lunch, so we opted to share a few plates at dinner, starting with a large Greek salad.

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We also ordered the hot appetizer sampler, which was a winner. I loved all the items: meatballs, dolmades (delish!), sausage (also delish!), plus…

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…spanakopita and grilled veggies. The tomato (hidden in the bottom center) was the surprise star. It was juicy and so flavorful.

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We also ordered a Greek entrée sampler, which came with dolmades, spanakopita, moussaka, pastichio, and gyro. The gyro was amazing and tasted great with the…

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…pita and tzatziki sauce. I want to come back and get this gyro again asap!

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The grilled chicken skewers were really good, too.

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And the boys shared some calamari, which I didn’t try because I was so full from everything else.

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Surprisingly, I was able to save enough room to have a bite of this baklava. Mmm…it was really good, and had an almost creamy (even though there is obviously not cream in baklava) texture to the bottom layers that I really enjoyed. It was also the biggest baklava I’ve ever seen at about 4-5″ long on one side!

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We definitely ate well all weekend, and it was great spending so much QT with my fam.

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Coming soon on TCL: I know you’re probably appled-out, but with all the apple orchards in full swing, I want to get a couple more apple recipes out. I have an easy apple dessert, plus my sis and I created a new apple muffin recipe! Recipes for the tropical oats I mentioned the other day coming soon!

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Reader question: What’s your favorite Greek entrée? I’d have to say I’d pick either Greek chicken or gyro….or maybe pastichio. Too many good choices!

2 thoughts on “Greek with the Fam {Eats}”

  1. So many foods I have to say that I’m not familiar with… but they sure look delicious! Thanks for broadening my horizons! The festival in your next post looks like so much fun! I LOVE to attend arts and crafts festivals! Recently I purchased some beaded hand made jewelry made by a full blooded Native American friend. Her artistry amazes me!! I feel so pretty wearing her handmade jewelry. :o) I am so happy you had a chance to spend some time with your lovely family!

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    • You’ll have to check the foods out some time, Bettie! They’re so good! Do you have a good Greek place near you?

      I love handmade jewelry! I’m sure it’s beautiful. 🙂

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