Quick and easy Greek recipes to make

Greek food is Hirsch’s Lindsay Kleynhans’s favourite, with fresh flavours and shared eating.

It brings back many memories of Saturday afternoons cooking with her gran for family get-togethers and laughter.

These are a few of her family favourites.

Greek chicken:

Ingredients:
500g chicken fillet
Fresh lemon
Selection of herbs
Salt and pepper to taste

Method:
• Cut chicken into bite-sized chunks.
• Marinate chicken in the lemon and herbs.
• Sauté chicken in a small amount of olive oil until cooked through.

Easy tzatziki: 

Ingredients: 
1 cup Greek yoghurt
100g grated cucumber
1 tablespoon fresh crushed garlic
Salt and pepper to taste

Method:
• Mix all above ingredients together and refrigerate.

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Easy hummus:

Ingredients: 
1 can of chickpeas drained, save the liquid
1 garlic clove crushed
1 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons lemon juice
3 tablespoons olive oil

Method: 
• Add the drained chickpeas, garlic and one teaspoon of salt to a tall cup.
• Pour over the olive oil, lemon juice, five tablespoons of water and two tablespoons of the reserved chickpea liquid.
• Attach the extractor blade of the Nutribullet and blend until smooth and combined.
• Transfer to a serving dish and garnish with more olive oil.

Roasted pepper and feta salad:

Ingredients:
1 whole red pepper
1 whole yellow pepper
1 block of good quality feta

Method:
• Place seasoned and halved red and yellow peppers on a baking tray and brush with olive oil.
• Roast until slightly charred for approximately 20 minutes.
• Allow to cool, slice and sprinkle with feta.

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