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 Backpost: Today H came to visit. As per usual we had plans for cooking dinner then continuing the sewing of our dresses- which we have now been in progress on for about 6 months- and naturally didn’t get around to sewing. But when you’ve got excellent company and fun Greek food to be playing with, how can you be thinking of dress patterns?

I had picked up a Greek recipe book at Half-Price Books recently (their coupons are terrific)  and as I had seen Ina Garten skew some meat a few days prior, suggested chicken skewers with a Greek sauce. H brought over the cucumber, zucchini, and bell pepper, I got out the chicken, lemon, and yogurt, and thus began Greek Night.

A few interesting things I learned in the process: a little garam masala + olive oil coating kept the chicken nicely moist and flavourful during the grilling process; half a lemon is plenty for the yogurt sauce; my grater and the cucumber were not friends by the end of their evening date; perhaps a thicker yogurt would have yielded a better consistency (I skipped on the Greek yogurt and went with European-style in its stead).

I had recently visited Sago in the Triangle (very nice place, if you enjoy cilantro as much as I and the boyfriend do) and they sport some very yummy honey rice. Deciding that this could surely be recreated, rather than let the rice fluff on its own, I tossed the jasmine rice with honey every 3-5 minutes (H took over this after the first few times and is now a honey expert) and it was a delicious result. I highly recommend adding honey to jasmine rice. Mmmh.

That said, it was a wonderful evening and a lovely first Greek experience. H and I try to cook sew once a week (or every other week, if it’s a busy time) and will surely be continuing the Greek trend in the future, as we’re both avid Mediterranean cuisine enthusiasts. For now, some pictures from the evening: