Eat and live healthier


Greek Souvlaki

Greek souvlaki is found in every cornercontain lots of salt, something to be
of Greece today and it is noavoided as far as possible. If you're
exaggeration to say that the youngerworried about your cholesterol, choose
generations have grown up on it.chicken souvlaki, which is much leaner
Although proponents of a healthy dietmeat with fewer calories. You can also
spurn the humble souvlaki, it's actuallymake seafood souvlaki with shrimps or
a full, nutritious meal. It contains allfish fillets, or vegetable souvlaki.
our daily nutritional requirements:Mexican souvlakia are made of
protein from the meat, carbohydratesalternating prawn and courgette chunks
from the pitta and chips (if included),threaded on a skewer. For extra taste
fibre and vitamins from the tomato andthey are marinated from three to twelve
onion. The oregano and other seasoningshours in a spice mix and basted with
are also considered a source of valuablefresh egg-and-lemon mixed with
antioxidants and trace elements. So isfinely-chopped onion. The souvlakia are
souvlaki healthy? Nobody denies it'scooked when the shrimps and vegetables
tasty, but whether it's healthy is openchange colour. It's so easy to make
to question. The answer is that souvlakisouvlakia at home that, with a bit of
is healthy on certain conditions. Madeexperimenting, you'll soon achieve your
at home, where we control theown personal recipe and impress your
ingredients and cooking method, thefriends with your unusual souvlakia.
souvlaki is a healthy and deliciousGreek Pork Souvlaki Recipe for 4 500
meal. Buy the pitta bread from thegrams / 1 lb of pork in cubes 8 bamboo
supermarket, baste it lightly with askewers ½ cup of olive oil 1 tablespoon
spoonful of olive oil and put it underof vinegar (wine vinegar) 1 pinch greek
the grill. Use lean pork and marinate itoregano 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon
in wine and vinegar for a few hours toblack pepper 8 large pita breads Greek
give it taste. Sprinkle with lots ofyoghurt or Greek tzatziki Shreaded salad
oregano or other herbs and grill theof lettuce, tomatoes, onion, herbs etc.
souvlaki or, better yet, barbecue it.Cut the pork into small cubes and
Add a little fresh tomato and as muchcarefully thread onto the skewers. In a
onion and yoghourt as you want, and yourbowl place the olive oil, the wine
souvlaki is ready to eat. You can alsovinegar, the oregano, the salt and the
experiment with lettuce instead of - orblack pepper. Place the skewers with the
as well as - tomato, and mustard insteadpork in a dish and pour the marinade
of yoghourt, but avoid adding chips toover them. Cover with plastic wrap and
keep the calories down. You can leaverefrigerate for several hours or
out the chips altogether or replace themovenight. Preheat your grill or
with mashed potato or rice. Rice isbarbeque. Place the souvlaki skewers
ideally suited to yoghourt, and theover a medium heat and cook each side.
yoghourt itself can be low-fat. ABrush with the marinade and turn to cook
souvlaki in pitta bread prepared in thisevenly. Brush the pita breads with olive
way is unlikely to contain more than 300oil and cook them on the grill. When the
calories. Even if you're very hungry andpita and the souvlaki are ready, pull
eat two, 600 calories won't make youthe meat off one skewer into the pita,
fat. A souvlaki from the souvlaki shop,add tzatziki or greek yoghurt and the
on the other hand, usually contains lotsshreaded salad. Roll the pita to form a
of fat if the pitta is fried. Chips uptight cone and wrap it in kitchen or
the fat and calories even more, to overother suitable paper. Serve hot.
500 calories a portion. It may also



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