Ingredients · Dairy & fermented

Feta

Around 180mg of calcium in a 50g chunk, with enough salty punch to season a whole salad.

Portion: a chunk (50g)
Typical price: about £1.90 for 200g own-brand; PDO Greek feta nearer £2.80 ££
In season: Year-round
On this site: 23 recipes

Nutrition per portion

PDO feta is sheep's milk and worth the difference; "Greek-style salad cheese" is a blander imitation
Keep the brine from the packet rather than pouring it away
Go easy if you are watching salt

Keep it well: Store submerged in its brine in the fridge and it keeps for a fortnight after opening.

Reach for it when the week brings:

Put it to work

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Warm quinoa, chargrilled chicken, roasted squash and feta with a lemon-tahini dressing.

40 min 42g protein

Chicken thighs braised with wholewheat orzo, olives, tomatoes and a shower of feta.

45 min 42g protein

Crackly filo parcels of kale, feta, ricotta and sesame; a spanakopita you can hold.

45 min 12g protein

Chicken thighs roasted over butter beans, cherry tomatoes and olives, finished with feta.

45 min 42g protein

A skillet of spiced chickpeas baked under a whole block of feta until molten at the edges.

30 min 26g protein

Eggs baked into garlicky greens, herbs and chickpeas with crumbled feta.

28 min 25g protein