Constadina Zarokostas-Vasiliades
This article was first published in a Canadian Multicultural magazine (Metohos Magazine) a few years back. You may want to double check and ask your server if your Tsaziki is 100% yogurt. Read about what some restaurants do to save on the cost of pure yogurt in their tsaziki sauce.
Recipe by Constadina Zarokostas-Vasiliades
This family recipe was published in a Canadian multicultural magazine a few years back. This is one of my favorite family recipes for a number of reasons. I am a seafood fanatic, and also have many memories of my family visits to Greece as a child watching my father and brother swim out into the Mediterranean sea with their spear guns searching for octopus, then once caught, watching them soften their tough tentacles by literally smashing them against sea rocks in our southern Greek town of Leonidion. When I hear the word “octopus” I instantly smell the sea and am transported to Greece.
An 85g serving size of octopus is a great source of protein providing 25g, and 139 calories. It is low in saturated fat. Octopus is high in iron at 45%, contains 11% Vitamin C, 9% calcium and 5% Vitamin A. It is a little high in sodium and cholesterol, so if those are issues in your diet please beware. Octopus is also a great source of Niacin, Vitamin B6, Phosphorus, Potassium and Zinc, Vitamin B12, Copper and Selenium.
Enjoy this very favorite family recipe of mine!