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How to Make Greek Stuffed Vegetables

Photos of Recipe Techniques

by Nancy Gaifyllia
for About.com

Stuffed vegetables (meatless with a rice and vegetable mixture, or with a meat mixture) are Greek classics. These photos were taken while making my friend Kalliroi's meatless version, but the techniques are the same for all.

1. Choose your recipe:

2. Items to have on hand:
  • baking or roasting pan, as called for in recipe
  • medium-large mixing bowl
  • vegetable grater
  • 2 spoons for scooping out vegetables - 1 tablespoon, 1 teaspoon or smaller
  • serrated knife for slicing vegetables & scoring zucchini
  • colander
  • recipe ingredients

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  1. Choose, Trim, and Rinse Your VegetablesFresh vegetables, ready to be stuffed
  2. Start with the TomatoesStart preparing tomatoes to make stuffed vegetables
  3. Scoop Out Tomato PulpScoop out the tomato pulp
  4. Score the ZucchiniScore the zucchini
  5. Scoop Out Zucchini PulpScoop out the zucchini pulp
  6. Scoop Out Eggplant PulpScoop out the eggplant pulp
  7. Scoop out PotatoScoop out potato
  8. Lay All Vegetables in Pan to Test SpacingLay vegetables in the pan to test spacing
  9. Grate All Vegetable PulpGrate vegetables and make stuffing mixture.
  10. Stuff VegetablesStuff the vegetables
  11. Fill Vegetables with Stuffing MixtureFill vegetables with stuffing mixture
  12. Stuff the PotatoStuff the potato
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