Kerry goes to Greece

As a homage to NP's heritage, I tried to re-create my favorite dish from an awesome lunch takeout place, the greek deli. They only serve the super delicious baked salmon platter on friday, which isn't really helpful when I have a craving for it on a Tuesday night. Right, so, the cooking. I made three dishes - salmon with yogurt and dill, green beans with tomatos, and orzo. I looked at a few recipes online but couldn't really find anything I was looking for, so I decided to just wing it.

First, the salmon. I put the fillet in a baking dish and seasoned it with olive oil, salt, and pepper. Then I put a few sprigs of fresh dill on top, and covered the whole thing with plain greek yogurt and more salt/pepper and about a table spoon of fresh lemon juice. I baked it at 350 for about 25 minutes. The idea was for the yogurt to melt and turn into a kind of creamy sauce, like at the GD, but that didn't happen. I had never had greek yogurt before, and it turns out that the tangy flavor wasn't really what I was going for, but it was still pretty good. In the future, I'd use less yogurt since the flavor was a little overwhelming.

The green beans turned out great. I sliced up an onion and sweated it in a pot until it was translucent, and then added three chopped up garlic cloves. After a few minutes, I added fresh green beans and about a cup of chicken stock. I brought it to a boil and covered it for a minute or two, then added about a cup of canned diced tomatoes then turned it heat down and let it simmer till most of the liquid had evaporated. I added a little fresh parsley and that's it! Mmm.

The orzo is pretty obvious, but I used half chicken stock and half water so it was more flavorful. The final product was a success, and NP did the dishes.