What traditional Greek foods do you still make regularly?

[xmelissaa]

As food trends come and go, I’m curious which traditional Greek dishes people still make on a regular basis at home. Not the special-occasion or holiday foods, but the meals that truly stayed part of everyday life.

For me, it’s the simple things, such as dishes that don’t require much planning, fancy ingredients, or a long list of steps. The kind of food you can make almost automatically, because you’ve watched it come together a hundred times before. Those are the recipes that seem to carry the strongest connection to memory and family.

I’d love to hear what’s still in your rotation. Are there dishes you cook weekly without even thinking about them? Have some foods faded out over time while others stuck around? And if you’re cooking outside Greece, did availability change what you kept making?

 

[k_tsoukalas]

We used beef too, especially in some of the everyday dishes that people sometimes assume were always made with something lighter. For us, meals like fasolakia with a bit of beef, or a simple giouvetsi with kritharaki and tomato sauce, were weeknight staples rather than special occasions.

Lentil soup is another one that never really left. I also made spanakopita a fair amount, though these days I tend to wait for special occasions.