Feta
I have posted many kinds of recipes with olive breads but still I love olives so much that each time I make some new ones. This time, I had a lot of green olives which our relatives sent us from Sparta, so I decided to make these pull-aparts. The recipe was inspired by the Eliopita [...]
Dear Readers and friends, I am ending this year’s post with a Marathon post with Risottos. This post is symbolic and as we through rice at weddings as a symbol of prosperity, I wish that the New Year will bring you and your families Happiness and prosperity to your lives. I make risottos very often [...]
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What do you do when you have a huge butternut squash around 8 kilos? My neighbour in Assini gave me two huge butternut squashes from her garden the evening before leaving Nafplio. One of it was not ripe yet, so I left it there hoping that by the time I get back it will [...]
Continue reading about Savoury Cornmeal Crumble with Butternut Squash, Spinach and Feta
In Greece we have a local variety of eggplants (aubergines) called Tsakonikes, named after the region they are produced (Tsakonia) Kynouria, a region in Arcadia, Peloponnese. These eggplants are long, thin, seedless and very sweet, so you don’t have to salt them to draw out bitterness. It is a product of protected designation of origin (PDO) [...]
Continue reading about Melitzanes me tyria (Greek Eggplants with Cheese)
I think a Greek blog would be incomplete without introducing some of the Greek cheeses. I have written about some of these cheeses in the past but I thought that it would be a good idea to put them all in one post with some recipes. In the future I shall be updating this post [...]
One week left before leaving on vacations. I can’t wait to get out of Athens and the only thing that is bothering me is that now that I am finally loosing some weight, my nutritional balance will be distorted. Although it’s hard to maintain a diet when you are on vacation, I am determined not [...]
Feta is a white cheese and is the most consumed cheese in Greece. It’s also the most widely exported Greek cheese. And feta cheese is exclusively Greek. In 2005, after sixteen years of hot debate, the European Union’s highest court decreed that «feta» is protected as a traditional Greek product, and that none of the [...]
Today as I was looking for the vegetarian recipe of okra to link it to this recipe, I realized that I had not blogged about it. There was a time that I was writing recipes here and there but did not post the same recipe simultaneously on the blog as well. I wrote about okra [...]
Continue reading about Kotopoulo me Mpamies (Chicken and okra stew with feta)
Yesterday when I visited Kalyn’s Blog I saw that she had posted about an American Greek Salad. When I read some of the comments, I saw that people were talking about their experience of Greek Salads, as they were expecting a salad with tomato, cucumber, feta, onion, oregano and Kalamata Olives. Some said their salad [...]
Feta is the most famous Greek cheese and well known around the world. It is a white semi-soft to Soft cheese, ripened and kept in brine for at least two months. Feta is manufactured from pure ewe’s milk or a mixture with goat milk. It is consumed as table cheese, perfect for pies, in casseroles, [...]
