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"If you ate both pasta and antipasto, would you still be hungry? ~ Happy Monday MUNCHIE ~

After we spent the day at the Wildlife Park in Homosassa Springs, Cheryl and I with our hubbies all enjoyed a delicious late lunch at the "Sugarmill Family Restaurant."

I ordered "Spanakopita" which is like a spinach pie and feta cheese wrapped in phyllo.... mmmm doggie goodie :)

Also came with this Greek antipasto salad and dessert.... dinners were 2 for $12.99!!!!

 

 

Spanakopita

 

Wikipedia~

 

Spanakopita is a Greek savory pastry in the burek family with a filling of chopped spinach, feta cheese (sometimes in combination with ricotta cheese, as it is less expensive), onions or green onions, egg, and seasoning. The filling is wrapped or layered in phyllo (filo) pastry with butter and/or olive oil, either in a large pan from which individual servings are cut, or rolled into individual triangular servings. Spanakopita is golden in color when baked, the color often enhanced by butter and egg yolk. Other white, fresh, preferably salted cheeses may also mixed with, or substituted for, the feta cheese.

 

It is mostly eaten as a snack in Greece, and it can be an alternative to tyropita.

 

Spanakopita is similar to torta pasqualina, a traditional dish from Liguria, that is very common in Argentina and Uruguay.

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Taken on April 27, 2010