Weekly plan of messinian diet

Breakfast
Snack
Lunch
Afternoon Snack
Dinner
Monday
Milk
handmade bread
dried or raw fruit (e.g. figs, raisins)
nuts
Dried or raw fruit (e.g. figs, raisins) and nuts
‘Tsiladia’ (cod, black raisins, Kalamata balsamic vinegar)
Messinian ‘fava’ from mung beans with onion, lemon and olive oil
Salad from boiled wild greens of Mount Taygetos
Olive oil as added fat
Fruit
Handmade bread, cheese(feta, talagani, mizithra)
or eggs
Talagani cheese, zucchini flowers from MountTaygetos(Alagonia)
handmade bread, olive oil as added fat
fruit
Tuesday
Milk, breakfast cereals with dried fruit (e.g. dried figs, raisins)
and nuts (e.g. almonds, walnuts)

Dried or raw fruit (e.g. figs, raisins) and nuts

Stuffed Rabbit wrapped in vine leaves, rice
Greeksalad or fresh mushrooms with Kalamata feta
white wine, garlic and parsley/ Olive oil as an added fat, fruit
Fruitpreserves (e.g. fig, olives, watermelon)- dried figs, sesame bar (pasteli from Zevgolatio- ‘diples’, ‘lalangides’ (about one serving per week)
Mizithra cheese, traditional long noodles with tomato sauce, Greek salad, olive oil as an added fat, fruit
Wednesday
Handmade bread, cheese (feta-talagani-mizithra) or egg, dried or raw fruit (e.g. figs, raisins) and nuts
Dried or raw fruit (e.g. figs, raisins) and nuts
Artichokes with rice/ Kalamata feta wrapped in filo pastry with fresh mint, honey, sesame and poppy seeds/ Olive oil as added fat, fruit
Dried or raw fruit (e.g. figs, raisins) and nuts
Peloponnesian feta, traditional spinach pie, boiled salad (mostly with greens), fruit
Thursday
Handmade bread, dried or raw fruit (e.g. figs, raisins) and nuts
Dried or raw fruit (e.g. figs, raisins) and nuts
Octopus with Kalamata balsamic vinegar and raisins, handmade bread, salt cedar leaves with lemon, olive oil as added fat, fruit
Handmade bread, cheese (feta-talagani-mizithra) or egg
Milk Pie or Dough Pie from Mani or traditional cheese pie, olive oil as added fat, fruit
Friday
Handmade bread, cheese (feta-talagani-mizithra) or egg, dried or raw fruit (e.g. figs, raisins) and nuts

Dried or raw fruit (e.g. figs, raisins) and nuts

Μizithra cheese, chickpeas with ‘trachanas’ or lentils with rice, olive bread, raw or boiled salad (mostly with greens), olive oil as added fat, fruit
Dried or raw fruit (e.g. figs, raisins) and nuts
Peloponnesian feta, sour ‘trachanas’, raw or boiled salad (mostly with greens), Kalamata olives, olive oil as added fat, fruit
Saturday
Milk, breakfast cereals with dried fruit, (e.g. dried figs, raisins) and nuts (e.g. almonds, walnuts)

Dried or raw fruit (e.g. figs, raisins) and nuts

Rooster with fresh tomato sauce, handmade small hilopitesfrom Filiatra, salad with lettuce, rocket, pomegranate and cashews, olive oil as added fat, fruit
Dried or raw fruit (e.g. figs, raisins) and nuts
Scrambled eggs with tomato and asparagus (kagianas), free range eggs and feta from Kalamata, raw or boiled salad (mostly with greens), olive oil as added fat, fruit
Sunday
Milk, handmade bread, dried or raw fruit (e.g. figs, raisins) and nuts

Dried or raw fruit (e.g. figs, raisins) and nuts

‘Tsiladia’ (cod, black raisins, Kalamata balsamic vinegar)
Messinian ‘fava’ from mung beans with onion, lemon and olive oil
Salad from boiled wild greens of Mount Taygetos
Olive oil as added fat
Fruit

Handmade bread, cheese (feta-talagani-mizithra) or egg

Peloponnesian feta, Pumpkin soup with yellow pumpkin and coriander, raw or boiled salad (mostly with greens), Kalamata olives, olive oil as added fat, fruit