TREND BITES:
Greek
Greek cuisine is hot this year, and summer menus are the perfect time to entice new customers with trendy applications! Not only was Greek named TasteAtlas' #1 cuisine in the world, but it's also featured on several food trend lists due to its hyper-appealing key features: healthy ingredients, refreshing flavors, and vacation vibes.
Why is Greek cuisine ranked #1?
Part of Greek cuisine's menu popularity is due to the simple ingredients that combine to create healthy, vibrant dishes. Seasonings in Greek dishes are often basic combinations of lemon, vinegar, or olive oil that bring out the flavors of fresh produce. In TasteAtlas' announcement for this year's "100 Best Cuisines in the World," they credited Greece's win to "exceptional ingredients" like pistachios, oranges, and olives. Greek dishes averaged a 4.6 out of 5 from TasteAtlas' database of nearly 500,000 food ratings from their audience of travel lovers and foodies, making it a target vacation destination. As we saw in our "Island" Trend Bite, vacation food often becomes popular here in the US, and Greek cuisine is no different.
Bowl-able Ingredients
According to trend prediction hub, Granularity, “TikTok posts featuring Greek bowls have received 29,100 likes above the median.” The viral posts gain views through hashtags like #healthyfood and feature home chefs building salad and grain bowls out of Greece's famed fresh ingredients. The basics, like tomatoes, olives, and greens, are ever popular in health-forward dishes, but one star ingredient is tzatziki sauce, which is luring even unadventurous eaters towards Greek cuisine with its fresh, tangy flavor. Datassential predicts that tzatziki will grow in menu mentions by 9.2% in the next four years, so now is the perfect time to get ahead of this trend!
Chicken is an excellent protein option for Greek-inspired bowls. Like vinegar and lemon, chicken helps enhance the flavors of fresh produce without stealing the show. Using our variety of fully cooked sliced and diced chicken, you can quickly prepare healthy Greek bowls like this Mediterranean Chicken Bowl.
Try these Greek-inspired recipes!
An American Take on Greek Cuisine
How do you feature Greek cuisine on your menu? You could recreate iconic Greek dishes like gyros, spanakopita, and moussaka. Or you could copy the Greek culinary wisdom of highlighting fresh produce in your area. Use Greece's light sauces and seasonings to make pita wraps, bowls, and salads that bring out the best in local fruits and vegetables. Our team developed this recipe for Greek-Style Breakfast Tacos to pair Greece's tzatziki sauce and feta with American produce that will be fresh and delicious this summer. It uses corn, spinach, cherry tomatoes, eggs... and, of course, Brakebush chicken, which is also produced in the USA at our facilities in Georgia, Minnesota, North Carolina, Texas, and Wisconsin.
Savory Chicken Options to Complement Your Greek Dishes
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