I have never made giant pasta shells before but seeing a few posts in the past I knew these would be great so when I saw them at the supermarket I could imagine all the fillings I would try them out with. I was debating what to make. Would it be stuffed with meat or [...]
Whenever I go to the supermarket with my husband and I see something that I remember reading in a recipe and I would like to try it, I always add to the cart and worry later how to cook it. This happened when I bought some red kidney beans. In Greece we usually eat the [...]
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Val of More Than Burnt Toast, Giz of Equal Opportunity Kitchen and myself Ivy of Kopiaste, have been promising an ambitious effort. Together with the growing membership of our Social Network Bloggeraid (currently represented by 18 countries) we would like to wish our entire blogging community a healthy and happy New Year!!!! Food is our [...]
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Amygdala is the name of almonds in Greek and this dessert is called Amygdalota “all almonds”. There are a few versions either baked or not. These desserts are traditionally made in the Cyclades islands, shaped liked small pears with a clove inserted on the top and showered with confectioners’ sugar. I made a [...]
Can this gâteau get any more decadent? Well, never say no, because you never know.
I was planning to make this gâteau or at least a similar one, last year but when I bought the chestnuts to make it I sprained my ankle so I never got to make it.
When I bought the chestnuts a few [...]
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I am having a hard time writing this recipe as I am not sure what the English word would be for psaronefri. I checked the word on the online translator and I got the translation of psaronefri as griskin.
Is it griskin?
Google searching the word griskin, I got this but in the instructions it speaks of [...]
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It’s still morning in the western hemisphere, so you can quite easily make these if you have the ingredients at home.
I am sure you have all heard of Spanakopita, so the word Spanakopitakia may ring a bell to you. Spanakopitakia is the diminutive of Spanakopita and [...]
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It’s been exactly one month since my husband’s name day and I did not yet manage to post any of the recipes I made that day.
I wanted to make something special on that day and all the recipes were of my own inspiration.
The most difficult of all was the cake. I’ve never ever [...]
Aparna, of My Diverse Kitchen, has tagged me several days ago, to bake bread for The Worldwide Blogger Bake-Off Challenge. Like Aparna, I also enjoy baking bread and I also chose to make a different kind of bread rolls, with whole wheat flour.
Breadline Africa is a charity based [...]
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One of the things Switzerland is famous of is Chocolates and of course I couldn’t resist buying a lot. I have been experimenting with making chocolates during the past months but I haven’t posted any recipe yet as I was planning to post them before Christmas.
The basic way I make them is the one [...]
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