I’ve been cooking lots of healthy Mediterranean dishes lately and fish is in out diet at least once a week. This dish is so easy to make with few ingredients but still it’s so delicious.
One of my favourite salads I love pairing with fish, is one my mom used to make with beetroots, potato, eggs, [...]
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My friend, Natasha, of 5 Star Foodie Culinary Adventures, is hosting an event where she has asked us to further explore the flavours and textures of Macaroni and Cheese by deconstructing it and adapting it to our own culinary style. You still have time by the end of the month to prepare your own version [...]
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There have been a lot of changes in my diet the past months and I am really happy with all these changes. We eat less meat which means that the pork we used to eat at least once a week is now limited to once a month, the beef we used to eat once a [...]
Summer Escapes part VI- A glimpse at ancient and modern Sparti, Laconia
Sparta or Sparti (Σπάρτη) as it is called in modern Greek, is the administrative capital of the prefecture of Laconia. It is 250 kilometres from Athens, located in the Southern part of Greece and has a population of 18.000 according to the census of [...]
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Gyristarkes, from the Greek verb γυρίζω = turn, now commonly known as glystarkes or glistarkes, is a kind of grid-like crusty, sesame rusks. The bread sticks are dipped into sesame seeds and then they are shaped beginning with a cross (as it had a religious meaning as well) and then other bread sticks are added [...]
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Summer Escapes - Part IV - Kladas, Laconias
Kladas is a small village just a few kilometres before reaching Sparta and that is where we usually stay when we visit our relatives.
This is the view of the village from the house and the last buildings near the mountain, is part of Sparta.
This is a view of [...]
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Summer Escapes - Part III - Issioma, Karyon, Megalopolis
Continuing our summer escapes we decided to visit my husband’s village, Isioma, Karyon, in Arcadia taking the beautiful mountain route from Sparta. My SIL who lives in Australia was here on holidays so she wanted to see their village after so many years.
The village is called Issioma, [...]
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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 [...]
Souvlaki (plural souvlakia), is attested in Greece since antiquity and it was known with the name οβελίσκος (obeliskos), dim. of όβελος (obelos), “spit”, mentioned amongst others in the works of Aristophanes (”Acharnians” 1007, “Clouds” 178, “Wasps” 354, “Birds” 388, 672), Xenophon (”Hellenica” HG3.3.7), Aristotle (”Politics” 1324b19), etc. A meat and bread recipe which resembles the [...]
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Eating healthy or being on a diet does not necessarily mean that you should eat boring food. I have been watching my diet and loosing weight just by eating a little bit healthier. Maybe I have not lost many kilos but I am satisfied loosing 2 kilos a month, without being hungry.
I have a [...]
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