08/10/2025
Last but not least, our Greece round up 🥵🥵
I’ve said it once and I’ll say it many times more - the produce here is next level. On the islands especially, a lot of the fruit and veg is grown locally and goodness me can you taste it.
Studies prove it again and again, the Mediterranean diet is one you can take a leaf out of. Endless veg, beautiful fruit, dark green bitters, lots of fresh seafood, limited red meat.
1. Xorta, my fave, dark, bitter greens with olive oil and lemon, and then fava dip and some fresh fish
2. Lots of respect for natural health products, I was dying to get my hands on this propolis product but alas it was sold out 😔 I did get my hands on other herbs products like lozenges and pastilles too
3. Capers growing on the street! Loooove!
4. My little cousin in Limnos, at Aliki - an area that fills with water from the ocean and then dries out over summer. Locals will go at the beginning of the season to collect salt to use in their cooking at home!
5. One of my fave meals out, rabbit and goat
6. We day tripped to the island of Aegina, famous for its pistachios! You’ll find looots of pistachio products, we tried pickled pistachios, pesto pistachio, and many more. It make me think about being more creative in our food preservation
7. Kerasma at the end of the meal, often fruit, a little desert and a digestive - this was mastiha, usually in resin form, this is only found on the Island of Chios, and a great gastrointestinal support as well as good for the oral microbiome (the resin, not the alcohol!!!!)
8. Local herbal products, beautiful oil, herbs and more
9. I can’t explain the level of seafood we ate whilst away, the best source of omegas!!!
10. I still think about this meal, a rich bone broth pasta 🤤
