Skopelos, our Mamma Mia island, turned out to be a real challenge on 14 Aug. Anna and Savvas had been spoilt rotten by their yiayia food wise. Emma and I had desperately tried to “re-intoduce” to them healthy eating, but, in vain. Any argument about the crisis, poverty and definition of abundance, just wouldn’t work. Until Anna asked the platinum question; “daddy, when are you going to lose some weight?”
That was it. I said: “listen, if you want me to lose some weight, eat healthily, etc. we all have to contribute to that. I’ll give you a project. You have all our garden has, all we take from our relatives and 30 euros to create the perfect diet for me for a week. Pre-requisites:
- we use staff from our garden
- we use staff we have at home already from our own and relatives’ produce (olive oil, flour, feta cheese, etc.)
- only 30 EUR for butcher, fish monger, etc.
- make sure daddy consumes not more than 1800 Kcal per day
The “other front” was Emma, Anna and Savvas. Emma helped them do all the Internet research.
The following came from our garden:
- Apples
- Pears
- Apricots
- Peaches
- Grapes
- Melons
- Watermelons
- Tomatoes
- Beans
- Lentils
- Chickpeas (for humus)
- Almonds
- Walnuts
- Hazelnuts
- Figs
- Cucumbers
- Artichokes
- Courgettes
- Onions
- Garlic
- Okra
- Green beans
- Potatoes
- Carrots
- Cauliflower
- Broccoli
- Pomegranates
- Herbs
The following came from our relatives’ produce that we exchanged:
- Eggs
- Feta cheese
- Olive oil
- Lemons
- Whole-meal flour
- Red wine
We had to buy:
- Meat from my cousin in Vassilika
- Fish and seafood from the neighbourhood fish monger’s
- Rice
- Beer
- Seeds
The result:
Monday
- 2 eggs in one sp. Olive oil
- 1 glass pomegranate juice
- 1 slice multi grain whole meal bread
- 6 mushrooms sautéed
- 1 tomato
- 12 almonds
- 2 apricots
- 2 green peppers staffed with beef mince, rice, onion, tomato and herbs
- 30 gr of feta cheese
- Fresh lemonade
- 1 pear
- 1 apple
- Okra cooked in tomato, olive oil, onion and herbs with scallops
- Red wine
Cost: 3 EUR
Tuesday
1 slice of multi grain whole meal bread with butter and honey
30 gr of feta cheese
1 glass of pomegranate juice
2 figs
Lentil soup
Black rice
100 gr melon
4 grilled sardines with olive oil, garlic, oregano and parsley
1 rye rusk lightly soaked
Tomato, cucumber and onion salad
Red wine
Cost: 3 EUR
Wednesday
2 eggs poached
5 sesame sticks
1 glass of apple and apricot juice
Grilled mushrooms and home made humus
Black-eyed beans salad with onions, parsley and olive oil
Black rice
1 beer
1 peach and grapes
Tuna melt open sandwiches on multi-grain whole meal slices
Dandelions
Red wine
Cost: 3 EUR
Thursday
Trahano soup
1 glass of pomegranate juice
12 hazelnuts
1 glass of fresh tomato juice
Artichokes, potato, carrots and dill in egg and lemon sauce
Watermelon
Dandelion and rocket salad with roasted turkey, mushrooms, pine nuts, olive oil and lemon
1 slice of multi grain whole meal bread
Red wine
Cost: 3 EUR
Friday
6 sesame sticks with home made humus
1 glass of melon, peach, apple, orange smoothie
1 Greek yoghurt with a spoon of pumpkin seeds
Peas stew in tomato, olive oil and onion with dill
1 slice of multi-grain whole-meal bread
30 gr of feta cheese
2 figs
Whole meal spaghetti with courgette, shrimp and shallots
Red wine
Cost: 3 EUR
Saturday
3 smoked salmon bruschettas
1 glass of pomegranate juice
Celery with homemade taramosalata
Green beans with sole fish in lemon and olive oil sauce
1 slice of multi-grain whole-meal bread
6 walnuts
Cauliflower and broccoli soup with Greek yoghurt topping
Parmesan cheese
1 slice of multi-grain whole-meal bread
Red wine
Cost: 9 EUR
Sunday
2 eggs fried in one spoon of olive oil
6 mushrooms sautéed
1 glass of orange, carrot and apple juice
1 handful of sunflower seeds
2 beef souvlakia (skewers)
Black rice
1 spoon of homemade mayo
Lettuce and spring onion salad with olive oil and lemon juice
Melon sorbet
Homemade couscous with peppers and courgettes
Goat feta cheese
Red wine
Cost: 4 EUR
TOTAL: 28 EUR
What’s even more fun is that their suggestions would form a great gourmet menu, just anywhere else in the world J
