I know I should be posting some of the recipes mentioned in my post for 24, 24. 24 post, when we celebrated George’s name day but they will have to wait as today is my other son’s birthday and I wanted to share this event with you. It’s been a while since I wanted to [...]
Each month Foodbuzz hosts a special event called Foodbuzz 24, 24, 24 (24 meals, 24 blogs, 24 hours) when 24 bloggers showcase their meals within a specific period of twenty four hours. Food blogger members of this Social community around the world are called to submit their proposals each month for their global monthly event [...]
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The 23rd April is the memorial day of St. George. My eldest son is named George and today is a day of celebration. St. George (one of my first icons) I’ve been preparing a few things today and tomorrow I will be very busy cooking most of the day as we will be celebrating it [...]
In Cyprus fakes moudzentra (pronounced fakhés) is a staple lentil dish which is cooked with brown lentils and rice and then caramelized onions, called «tiganissi» are mixed in. The only spices used are salt and pepper, yet this very simple vegan dish is very healthy and delicious. The other way we make this dish is [...]
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I’ve already spoken about pasto which is cured pork meat which is smoked. However, after the meat is cured and smoked it has to be cooked and preserved in olive oil. This is an old method which they used when there were no refrigerators but it is still used as it adds flavour to the [...]
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Mpamies (okra) is a summer vegetable and can be very delicious if cooked properly. When cooking fresh okra what I learned from my mother was to cut the stem around but without revealing the seeds. After cutting it carefully that part is dipped in salt, and when all of them are done, they should [...]
Continue reading about Mpamies me liastes ntomates (Braised Okra with sun dried tomatoes)
After Easter I’ve started watching my weight again and have been going to the gym everyday. A few days ago when we went to the supermarket I found myself putting some low fat products in the cart, such as Dirollo cream cheese with 3% fat, which is similar to Philadelphia, myzithra also called anthotyro or [...]
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Athens, is surrounded by mountains and in the East of Athens is Mount Hymettus, Υμηττός (sometimes written as Hymettos, Ymitos, Imitos, etc., but I will stick to the right transliteration of the word). Hymettus is just a few kilometres from my house and as you can see in the picture this is how you can [...]
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Although I serve salads everyday with our meals, salads is not fully covered in my blog and I know I have to start adding more salads. I have lots of salads I have not published yet but I always prefer to focus on the main course rather than on a salad. The salads I make [...]
I remember reading in the past other posts about plagiarism and I don’t believe that this is also happening to me. I discovered this morning that someone is copying my recipes as well as some other food bloggers’ recipes and probably all the other content is also stolen. He/she started his blog in April (eight [...]
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