Amanda Elizabel Recipes

🌅 Morning Table

Breakfast

Start your day the Greek way — bright, nourishing, and bursting with fresh flavors.

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✦ Amanda's Pick

Greek Shakshuka with Feta & Olives

Eggs poached in a rich tomato sauce fragrant with oregano, cumin, and roasted peppers — finished with creamy feta and briny Kalamata olives. The kind of breakfast that makes you slow down.

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Vegetarian

Spanakopita Morning Rolls

Crispy phyllo rolls stuffed with spinach, feta, and fresh dill — light enough for breakfast, satisfying enough for brunch.

⏱ 35 min 👤 4 servings Easy

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Greek Yogurt Bowl with Thyme Honey

Thick strained yogurt, toasted walnuts, sliced figs, and a generous drizzle of wild thyme honey. Simple, honest, beautiful.

⏱ 5 min 👤 2 servings Easy

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Vegetarian

Tomato & Cucumber Morning Salad

A classic village-style breakfast salad — ripe tomatoes, cool cucumber, red onion, capers, and a splash of good olive oil.

⏱ 10 min 👤 2 servings Easy

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Vegetarian

Tiganites (Greek Pancakes) with Honey

Fluffy traditional Greek pancakes made with yogurt and orange zest, served warm with cinnamon honey and crushed sesame.

⏱ 20 min 👤 4 servings Easy

☀️ Midday Feast

Lunch

Generous, vibrant dishes to share — from mezze spreads to hearty bowls under the midday sun.

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✦ Amanda's Pick

Grilled Chicken Souvlaki Bowls

Marinated in lemon, garlic and herbs, grilled souvlaki over a bed of warm pita, tzatziki, roasted peppers, and pickled onion. A bowl worth building your afternoon around.

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Vegan

Gigantes Plaki (Giant Baked Beans)

Creamy giant beans slow-baked in a rich tomato sauce with celery, carrots, and plenty of fresh parsley. Rustic perfection.

⏱ 1h 20min 👤 6 servings Easy

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Vegetarian

Avgolemono Soup

The silkiest Greek lemon-egg soup with orzo, spooned from grandmothers' kitchens across the Aegean. Gentle, warming, healing.

⏱ 35 min 👤 4 servings Easy

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Classic Horiatiki (Village Salad)

The original Greek salad — no lettuce, just chunky vegetables, a slab of good feta, and your best olive oil. Timeless.

⏱ 10 min 👤 4 servings Easy

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Seafood

Grilled Sardines with Lemon & Herbs

Fresh sardines grilled over charcoal, drizzled with lemon and scattered with fresh oregano. Eat them whole — that's the Greek way.

⏱ 15 min 👤 3 servings Easy

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Vegan

Taramasalata & Mezze Platter

A generous spread of taramasalata, hummus, dolmades and warm pita — the kind of lazy lunch that stretches happily into the afternoon.

⏱ 25 min 👤 6 servings Medium

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Vegetarian

Gemista (Stuffed Tomatoes & Peppers)

Ripe tomatoes and peppers filled with herbed rice, currants, and pine nuts — roasted until caramelized and utterly fragrant.

⏱ 1h 👤 4 servings Medium

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Vegetarian

Feta & Olive Pita Toasts

Toasted pita piled high with whipped feta, kalamata olives, sundried tomatoes, and a drizzle of honey. Fast, fun, and deeply satisfying.

⏱ 12 min 👤 2 servings Easy

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Seafood

Grilled Octopus with Capers

Slow-cooked then charred on the grill, served with capers, red onion and a bright oregano vinaigrette. Pure Aegean island energy.

⏱ 1h 15min 👤 4 servings Medium

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Lamb

Lamb Kofta with Tzatziki

Spiced ground lamb shaped around skewers, grilled until beautifully charred, with creamy cool tzatziki and fresh mint leaves.

⏱ 30 min 👤 4 servings Medium

🌙 Evening Table

Dinner

Slow-cooked, soul-warming dinners to gather around — recipes that fill the house with warmth and the table with joy.

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✦ Amanda's Pick

Slow-Roasted Lamb with Lemon Potatoes

A shoulder of lamb roasted for hours over lemon-drenched potatoes and rosemary — the aroma alone is worth making this recipe. The centrepiece of every Greek Sunday table.

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Beef

Stifado (Greek Beef & Onion Stew)

Tender beef slow-braised with pearl onions, cinnamon, allspice, and red wine until falling apart. The ultimate winter comfort dish.

⏱ 2h 30min 👤 6 servings Medium

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Seafood

Plaki (Baked Fish with Tomatoes)

White fish fillets nestled in a vibrant sauce of tomatoes, white wine, garlic and capers — baked until tender and fragrant.

⏱ 40 min 👤 4 servings Easy

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Lamb

Pastitsio (Greek Baked Pasta)

Layers of thick pasta, spiced ground lamb, and a cloud of béchamel — baked golden and served in generous squares. Greek comfort food at its finest.

⏱ 1h 40min 👤 8 servings Advanced

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Vegetarian

Briam (Roasted Mediterranean Vegetables)

Zucchini, eggplant, potatoes, and tomatoes slow-roasted with plenty of olive oil and fresh thyme. Beautiful in its simplicity.

⏱ 1h 10min 👤 4 servings Easy

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Chicken

Lemon Oregano Roast Chicken

A whole chicken rubbed with lemon zest, dried oregano, garlic, and olive oil — roasted until crispy-skinned and gloriously golden.

⏱ 1h 20min 👤 5 servings Easy

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Vegetarian

Fasolada (White Bean Soup)

The national soup of Greece — humble white beans simmered low and slow with celery, tomato, and mountains of good olive oil.

⏱ 2h 👤 6 servings Easy

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Vegetarian

Moussaka

Layers of eggplant, spiced lamb or lentils, and thick béchamel — the crown jewel of Greek cuisine, baked until burnished and irresistible.

⏱ 2h 👤 8 servings Advanced

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Lamb

Arnaki Fricassee with Lettuce

Tender lamb braised with romaine lettuce and spring onions, finished with a silky avgolemono sauce. Unexpected, traditional, extraordinary.

⏱ 1h 30min 👤 4 servings Medium

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Seafood

Garides Saganaki (Shrimp with Feta)

Plump shrimp in a bubbling ouzo-tomato sauce, topped with crumbled feta and baked until golden. Best scooped up with crusty bread.

⏱ 25 min 👤 4 servings Easy

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Vegan

Lahanodolmades (Stuffed Cabbage Rolls)

Cabbage leaves wrapped around a fragrant rice and herb filling, simmered gently in lemon broth until soft and deeply savory.

⏱ 1h 30min 👤 5 servings Medium

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Pork

Pork Tenderloin with Prunes & Wine

A Thessaloniki classic — pork braised with sweet prunes, red wine, and cinnamon until the sauce is rich and sticky-gorgeous.

⏱ 1h 10min 👤 4 servings Medium

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Seafood

Kalamari Stuffed with Rice & Herbs

Whole squid filled with herbed rice and slow-cooked in a tomato-wine sauce — elegantly rustic and wonderfully warming.

⏱ 1h 👤 4 servings Medium

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Chicken

Chicken Kapama with Pasta

Chicken thighs braised with cinnamon, cloves and tomato, served over thick pasta with shaved graviera cheese. A Greek hug in a bowl.

⏱ 1h 20min 👤 4 servings Medium

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Vegan

Revithada (Slow-Baked Chickpeas)

The ancient dish of Sifnos — chickpeas baked overnight in a clay pot with rosemary, lemon, and olive oil. Deeply earthy and profoundly delicious.

⏱ 8h (overnight) 👤 6 servings Easy

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