Table 1.

Classification of foods and dishes included in the present study

Main category	No. of dishes (picture series)	Foods and dishes included
Vegetables and legumes	15	Cucumber, tomato, carrot, green leafy vegetables (raw or boiled), cabbage, broccoli, beans and peas, stuffed vegetables with rice, spinach with rice, vegetable stew, vegetable purée
Spreads	4	Marmalade, jam and butter
Cereals and cereal-based dishes	16	Bread, pasta (plain boiled, different patterns including traditional ones), macaroni pie, rice, trahanas (traditional porridge), breakfast cereals, porridge
Sweets	5	Cakes, sweet pies with cream fillings
Meat and meat-based dishes	11	Meat in lemon sauce, soup of meat balls with rice, meat balls, bolognaise sauce, steaks, silverside slices, roasted chicken, sausages, burgers
Seafood	4	Fish (whole or fillet), fried squid
Fruit	3	Melon, fruit purée, fruit compote
Dairies and eggs	5	Cream pudding, rice pudding, ice cream, tzatziki, egg omelette
Potatoes	4	French fries, baked potatoes, potato purée, chips
Traditional pies and savoury pastries	3	Spinach pies (triangular, rectangular), pizza
Soups	1	Vegetable soup
Cheese	2	Feta cheese and different varieties of traditional yellow cheeses