Greek Recipes: 24 Dishes to Cook at Home

All 24 Greek recipes on Tone & Taste, grouped by course: meze and dips, salads and sides, soups, mains and sweets (including the Christmas cookies), plus three easy Greek menus.

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Greek Recipes: 24 Dishes to Cook at Home

All 24 Greek recipes on Tone & Taste, grouped by course: meze, salads, soups, mains and sweets.

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Easiest

Tzatziki

Make ahead

Moussaka

Vegan

Fasolada

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Shared Greek meze spread with tzatziki, whipped feta, dolmades, keftedes, grilled octopus, olives and pita on a wooden table

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These are all 24 Greek recipes on Tone & Taste, grouped the way a Greek meal comes to the table: meze and dips first, then salads and sides, soups, the big mains and something sweet. Every one is written for a normal home kitchen, in metric, with tips for making ahead and storing.

Not sure where to start? Make tzatziki, a Greek salad and pork gyros. That one meal covers the flavours that run through the whole list: olive oil, lemon, oregano, garlic and good feta. For the dishes in context, read our Greek Food Guide.

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Meze and Dips

Small plates meant for sharing, with bread and a cold drink. Put three or four on the table and you have a meal.

Thick homemade tzatziki in a rustic bowl with olive oil and dill

Dip

Tzatziki

Bowl of Greek htipiti, whipped feta and roasted red pepper dip

Dip

Htipiti (Whipped Feta)

Golden fried saganaki cheese in a small pan with lemon

Meze

Saganaki

Greek dolmades, vine leaves stuffed with rice and herbs

Meze

Dolmades

Greek keftedes meatballs with lemon and tzatziki

Meze

Keftedes

Salads, Sides and Bread

The everyday side dishes. Greek salad goes with almost everything, and lemon potatoes turn any roast into a Greek dinner.

Greek salad with tomatoes, cucumber, olives and a slab of feta

Salad

Greek Salad (Horiatiki)

Greek orzo salad with cherry tomatoes, cucumber, olives and feta

Salad

Greek Orzo Salad

Greek lemon potatoes with golden edges in a roasting tin

Side

Greek Lemon Potatoes

Stack of soft homemade Greek pita bread

Bread

Greek Pita Bread

Soups

Two of the most comforting dishes in Greek home cooking, and both cheap to make.

Bowl of Greek avgolemono lemon chicken soup with rice and dill

Soup

Avgolemono

Bowl of Greek fasolada white bean soup with olive oil and parsley

Soup

Fasolada

Mains: Grill, Oven and Pan

From fast weeknight grills to the slow oven bakes Greek families make on Sundays.

Two homemade Greek pork gyros in pita with tzatziki, tomato and red onion

Street food

Pork Gyros

Greek chicken souvlaki skewers with pita and tzatziki

Grill

Chicken Souvlaki

Greek lemon chicken and potatoes in a roasting tin

One pan

Greek Lemon Chicken

Greek shrimp saganaki with prawns in tomato sauce with feta

Seafood

Shrimp Saganaki

Homemade Greek moussaka in a baking tin with one portion served on a plate

Oven bake

Moussaka

Slice of Greek pastitsio with pasta, spiced beef sauce and béchamel

Oven bake

Pastitsio

Homemade Greek spanakopita with flaky filo and a spinach and feta filling

Pie

Spanakopita

Sweets

Honey, walnuts, cinnamon and filo, plus the two cookies every Greek home bakes for Christmas. All four keep well, so they are good to make ahead.

Diamonds of Greek walnut baklava glossy with honey syrup

Dessert

Baklava

Greek loukoumades honey doughnuts with honey syrup, cinnamon and walnuts

Dessert

Loukoumades

Greek melomakarona honey Christmas cookies topped with chopped walnuts

Christmas

Melomakarona

Greek kourabiedes butter almond cookies covered in icing sugar

Christmas

Kourabiedes

Greek Pantry Basics

Two small recipes that make everything else taste more Greek.

Jar of homemade Greek seasoning with dried oregano, thyme, mint, garlic and paprika

Pantry

Greek Seasoning

Jar of homemade Greek salad dressing with olive oil, red wine vinegar, lemon and oregano

Pantry

Greek Salad Dressing

Put a Greek Meal Together

Meze night

Tzatziki, htipiti, dolmades, keftedes and saganaki, with warm pita. Make the dips and dolmades a day ahead and fry the saganaki last.

Weeknight gyros

Pork gyros or chicken souvlaki, pita, tzatziki and a Greek salad. Under an hour once the meat has marinated.

Sunday oven

Moussaka or pastitsio with a Greek salad. Make it in the morning or the day before, as both slice better after resting.

Frequently Asked Questions

What are the most popular Greek recipes?

Moussaka, Greek salad, tzatziki, gyros, souvlaki, spanakopita and baklava are the dishes most people know. All of them are in this collection.

What is a good Greek recipe for beginners?

Tzatziki and Greek salad need no cooking at all. Greek lemon chicken and potatoes is a one-pan dinner that is hard to get wrong.

Which Greek dishes are vegetarian?

Greek salad, tzatziki, htipiti, saganaki, dolmades, spanakopita, orzo salad, lemon potatoes, pita bread and the sweets. Fasolada is fully vegan.

Which Greek recipes can I make ahead?

Moussaka, pastitsio, dolmades, fasolada and baklava all improve after a night in the fridge. Melomakarona and kourabiedes keep for two to three weeks in a tin. Tzatziki keeps for three to four days.

Pick one dish from each course and you have a Greek dinner. If you cook one of these, tell us how it went in the comments on the recipe. For the food we ate on the street, see Greek Street Food.

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