Not a Favorite Night.

Tonight we hit an all time low on our culinary journey. Thumbs down from the majority of the family... out came the back up cereal and ramen noodles. The mood was short. The picture posted makes me happy. It was taken at Mimi and Zadie's house when they hosted a greek night to share in their trip to Greece in 2010. This certainly makes the mood a little better.

Who doesn't love meatballs? Really. I for one thought they were delicious. Andy slaved over preparing them. It was a time consuming venture which didn't help the mood once the judges announced their dislike. What was I thinking... bad mom. I even chose a mediterranean curry cous cous. I laugh now. Why did I think their palettes were suddenly changed and all grown up.

I found this recipe through Pinterest, a site called nook and pantry.

Greek Meatballs (Keftedes)
1/2 lb. lean ground beef
1/2 lb. ground lamb
Half a medium onion, finely chopped
1 slice of bread, crust removed, pulsed in a food processor or chopped in small cubes
1/4 cup milk
2 cloves garlic, minced or pressed
Zest from 1 lemon
1 egg
1 tsp dried oregano
1 Tbl. fresh dill or mint, finely chopped
2 to 3 Tbl. fresh parsley, finely chopped
1/2 tsp black pepper
3/4 tsp salt, to taste


1/2 cup or more dried bread crumbs
Vegetable oil
Heat 1 tsp vegetable oil in a skillet over medium high heat and cook onions until softened. Remove from heat and stir in minced garlic.
Mix the onions and garlic together with the other ingredients except for the dried bread crumbs and vegetable oil.
Form the meatballs. Roll the balls in bread crumbs.
Heat about 1 tsp of oil in nonstick skillet over medium high heat. I didn't use very much oil because the meatballs exuded quite a bit of oil. If you find that your meatballs are dry, add more oil so they don't dry our or burn. Brown all sides of the meatballs until they are fully cooked, about 10 minutes.
Make about 20 meatballs.
Serve the meatballs in a pita with freshly chopped tomatoes and Tzatziki sauce. Your own little Gyro made from scratch!


I had better tone it down with the next few days. It may be time to dial back the amount of days we dine in each country. The family is starting to bubble.