It’s New Year’s Eve today and wanted to make a last post to thank all of you who have become my friends, through our common love, which is blogging, even if we are scattered in the four corners of this small world. With some of you, we’ve met in person and I cherish this [...]
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Vassilopita Tsoureki is a brioche kind of Greek Sweet Bread made for New Year’s Day. After midnight and the change of the Year, the head of the family cuts this bread (or cake). Whoever finds the coin is considered to be lucky during the next year. If you would like to learn more about [...]
How were your Christmas holidays? I hope everyone had an amazing and safe holiday…and are looking forward to next weekend’s holidays. We had a great time and I am very happy to have all the family again together, as my son came from England and will be staying with us for a month. I wanted [...]
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The countdown to Christmas is well and truly on, and if you’re looking for inspiration, you’ll find a few ideas here for Christmas and New year, as well as how to use your leftovers. Agriogourouno sti gastra (Casserole Wild Boar) Galopoula Gemisti (Stuffed Turkey) Moschari Noua (Pot Roast Beef) or Beef in Dark Beer with [...]
Continue reading about Some Ideas for Festive Food and Creative Use of your Leftovers
During the Christmas period, I indulge into using more butter than I use throughout the whole year. But then what would Christmas be without making cookies and other desserts? After six months of diet I have learned to restrain myself and until today I have only tried a small piece from each to see [...]
Kotopita is one of many types of meat pites. This particular pie is made with a horiatiko (village) phyllo pastry crust, which is very easy to handle and roll. I make kotopita with different kinds of fillings and two similar recipes are included in Volume 2 of my e-cookbook. You can serve this Kotopita during [...]
Continue reading about Video with easy way to roll out Phyllo and make Kotopita (Chicken Galette)
I am very excited that yesterday I made my first video. It was nothing planned but it was one of those rare days that I was alone at home. I had already done the preparation of the dough and filling for Spanakopita, when the idea of making a video popped up. I know that there [...]
Continue reading about How to make Spankopita from Scratch Video and winners of Giveaway
I have said it many time that diet food should not be bland and monotonous. My family were licking their fingers when they ate this dish and characterized it as “gourmet”. There will be many temptations during the holidays so why not cook something healthy but delicious that only you will know that this is [...]
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With Christmas just two weeks away, I would like to thanks my readers with a giveaway of each volume of my e-cookbooks. The books are available on the following formats for you to choose: Online Reading (HTML, good for sampling in web browser) Online Reading (JavaScript, experimental, buggy) Kindle (.mobi for Kindle devices and Kindle apps) [...]
Continue reading about Pumpkin Cheesecake Tart and How to Roast Pumpkin and a Giveaway
Now that we are entering the month of Christmas, it is important to be reminded of the Rules of Calories. 1. Whatever you are eating while no one is watching, does not contain any calories. 2. When drinking a sugar free fizzy drink while eating a chocolate bar, the calories in the chocolate bar is [...]
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