Greek Fest...At Home

Soooooo. This past weekend, we decided that we should MAKE OUR OWN GREEK FOOD. Ok, fine, I decided that I should make it. So. Made a greek roasted chicken and potatoes. I've made this one probably twenty times, however never with a frozen chicken....

 Sooooo it took about....4 hours total (maybe 3.5) for the chicken to roast. Totes worth it. Did not take after photos.

 Meanwhile, I also cooked my second frozen chicken in my instant pot.
Basically, it took about.....45 minutes cooked on high pressure. I don't even think I took a picture of IT FINISHED. That's ok, I just shredded that one and put it in the freezer for use at a later date.

Now. For the Piece de resistance! I made SAGANAKI! 

 I used this recipe. I sent Jerms to the store for Kasseri cheese. It wasn't even that expensive.

 This pictures decided they should be out of order so OK. I made a breading, and then fried them in Olive oil. I will describe each out of order picture. You're welcome.

 Oh look, this was at the end, last piece of fried cheese.

 Lemon juice to squeeze over the flaming cheese!

 Cheese I attempted to slice with a knife. Shockingly this is how it came out. HA.

 a shot of bourbon I poured over the cheese in the serving dish

Kiki set it on fire! WOOOHOOOO

 Flaming Cheese! OPAAAA!!!!!!

Kiki and I thought it came out good. Jerms didn't love the flavor of the cheese. Kiki and I also realized we should have let the cheese flame a little more since it was super bourbony. Good though. Would DEFINITELY MAKE AGAIN. MMMMMMMMM

Greek Fest!!

Last week Jerms and I finally got a chance to try Aurora’s Greek Fest. It’s at St. Anthanasios Church on Aurora’s east side (I think) and it is DELICIOUS. Now I am mad for all of the years we didn’t go. So. The church puts this Fest on yearly, and they have a pretty good menu and I believe everything is cooked by the church family. Everything we had was just perfectly cooked and seasoned and Worth IT. Let’s get to the food pictures, shall we? 

Reasonably priced.

I had a gyro. Mmmm. The Greek salad was good (MY FAVE!) and the rice was wonderfully creamy and flavorful. A+ on all of it. 

Jerms had the gyro and souvlaki. Also: DELICIOUS. Well seasoned. Tender. Goodness. 

Greek potatoes. Lemony. Buttery. Enough said. 

Ahhh the star of the show! SAGANAKI! However you do not get to watch them light it on fire. Doesn’t matter. Still good. JERMS HAD NEVER HAD THIS BEFORE. Mmmm. Apparently he missed going to Omega in the 90’s. 

The whole bounty. 

Obvs we got a dessert tray so we could try everything 

This beer is really smooth. Made me want to buy it. 

These twisty cookies were very lemony. 

These cookies (I have names of them somewhere) were SO GOOD. Omg. 

Now I am ruined forever (JK NICKYS I STILL LOVE YOU) and yummmmmmmmmm. Thank you for reading only about me eating all the Greek things.