Greek Antipasto

With spring right around the corner, most of us are ready for fresher more colorful dishes. Today we will be looking at what is called a Greek Antipasto or Greek appetizer.


Ingredient's List:


3 premade Pita breads
1 large tomato
3 medium sized cucumber
1 small red onion
2 cups of plain Greek yogurt
2 TBS of dill
1 lime
2 fresh mint leaves
Feta cheese (optional)
Greek style olives (optional)






First chop two of the cucumbers into small chunks and combine them with the Greek yogurt. Place in blender. Blend until smooth or until little to no chunks remain. Cut the lime in half and squeeze the juice into the mixture. Finely chop mint leaves into bits and add them to the mixture. Blend together for approximately two minutes. Empty the mixture into a bowl and mix in the dill. Cover and place in the refrigerator for one hour.


Once the sauce has sat, thinly slice the remaining cucumber, tomato and red onion. Cut pita breads into 1/4 slices and evenly spread the mixture onto the breads. Once complete add veggies to the breads in the order of cucumber, tomato and then onion. Top off with feta cheese crumble if so desired and serve with Greek olives. This appetizer will be a real crowd pleaser and will add great freshness and color to any table! Enjoy!

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As most of you can tell from the sidebar, my  name is Kenneth Clements. I live in Buckeye,  AZ and am currently attending the Art Institute of Phoenix for a culinary degree. My passion for cooking began when I was in high school. I began to view cooking not as a chore but, rather an experience, an opportunity for better learning. I started off with simple dishes and not from scratch. I began to take note of the different flavors and aromas that would come from foods and spices. After some time I began to develop my own recipes and flavors. This idea of cooking from scratch is becoming a lost art with the rise in demand for pre made elements and fast food. In this blog I would hope to bring people back to the basics and then take old beaten down recipes and spice them up. If you're ready, so am I. We will be looking at American foods with twists of multicultural flavors. I will also be showing a few peaks at foods I hold near and dear to my heart that will be one day on the menu of my restaurant that will be established in the near future. Excited? I am so make sure to check back frequently to see what new updates we have for you! Remember if it isn't fresh it isn't for you!