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Greek Sunday dinners

Greek home cooking runs on olive oil, lemon, oregano and whatever the garden produced. The most characteristic dishes are the vegetable ones — ladera, cooked in oil until sweet — rather than the grilled meat most people picture. It suits a Sunday table because so much of it is better warm than hot, which means the cook is not plating against a clock.

15 plans in the Sunday Gallery.

What Greek plans look like

Most common mains

  • chicken4
  • lamb4
  • beef2
  • fish2
  • shellfish2

How they're cooked

  • Baked5
  • Grilled4
  • Pan-seared3
  • Breaded & fried1
  • Roasted1

Diets they fit

  • Nut-free8
  • Gluten-free2
  • Pescatarian2
  • Dairy-free1
  • No pork, no alcohol1

The plans

Want a plan like these for your Sunday?

Five Sharp builds the whole dinner — recipes, timeline and shopping list — around what your household actually eats.