need help with greek/ middle eastern food

Spend some time researching the dishes for calorie content. Greek and middle eastern food can be really good because it tends to have a lot of the good stuff and not so much bad but be careful of the amount of rice you're eating and how it gets prepared (you don't want it soaked in oil).

I love it myself and hummus has become one of my go to items.

So I am greek and Italian, and I feel that a typical "village" salad in a greek restaurant is always a good choice. Its not the typical greek salad...not olives or feta, in that sense, it's pretty healthy. Sometimes spanikopita (spinach pie) is tasty, however, if they use puff pastry or lots of cheese, stay away from that. But its loades with spinach and dill and other heart health ingredients. Middle eastern food is nice too, and is typically really low in fat. Try Falafel, which is made from ground chick peas and veggies, you can also try hummus (which the calories add up quick so be ware) which has tons of protein. Also, tabhouli (not sure that i spelled that correctly) is a great side dish, which has lots of veggies, parsley, and I believe it is buglar wheat (kind of like wheat cous cous). Hope that helps

The Mediterranean diet is supposed to be one of the healthiest in the world (Greek's have a longer life-span than most!)

More about portion control than what you'd be eating, avoid too many sauces and bready items and nearly everything else is lean protein and healthy fats

Enjoy!

Meat and veggies are always safe....I love shish kebob! I also will order saginaki but only use 1/2 a pita with the cheese....maybe a little tzsedki (not spelled right)!!