Mediterranean Diet
«Let your food be your medicine, let your medicine be your food», Hippocrates. Garlic (Allium sativum), is one of the oldest cultivated plants in the world and has been grown for over 5000 years. In ancient Greece we find garlic mentioned in Aristotle’s writings, who mentions that it was used as a tonic but [...]
Some purists who don’t like their traditional recipes changed may cringe at this but I’m sorry, I have already posted the authentic Dakos recipe and I like to experiment in the kitchen : ) This salad has all the ingredients of the original recipe but I have gone one step further by giving it my take. [...]
Continue reading about Rocket Dakos Salad with Apricots, Feta and Apricot vinaigrette
Snails, called saliggaria (σαλιγκάρια), chochlii or kohlii (Χ(κ)οχλιοί) in Crete, karaoloi (καράολοι) in Cyprus belong to the class of gastropoda. Some people may be grossed by the idea of eating snails but snails are mollusks, which are a group of animals that have a hard shell and are similar to clams or oysters, which I am [...]
Continue reading about Saliggaria Stiffado Saganaki (Stewed Snails)
You can do this recipe from scratch if you like but I made it the following day, after having leftover spaghetti and Bolognaise sauce. The changes I made to this classic dish turned it into something completely different, very tasty, light and healthy not to mention that with a few extra ingredients this dish was [...]
Continue reading about Anthotyro and Smoked Paprika Deconstructed Pastitsio with Eggless Bechamel
Christos Anesti and chronia polla. This is our wish after Easter which means Christos Anesti (Christ has risen) and may you live for many years. Today, Monday after Easter it is still a public holiday here in Greece. I wanted to cook something light with ingredients I had at home as all the shops [...]
Continue reading about Chicken with Leeks, Greek yoghurt and kafkalithres pesto
Halvas – Χαλβάς (plural Halvades) is one of our favourite desserts during Lent but although I do like the classic recipe, over the years I have made so many new flavours, that I don’t want to go back to the classic one. This time I made a honey syrup, flavoured with lemon, cinnamon and [...]
Continue reading about Melenios Halvas Bananas (Honey flavoured Banana Halvas)
Anginares à la polita is a dish originating from Constantinople, in Greek Constantinoupolis, also called «Polis» meaning the city of Constantine. Therefore this dish means «artichokes city-style». Asia Minor used to be Greek for millenia until the Turkish Empire captured those territories as well. The Greeks developed several styles of cooking such as Smyrneiki Kouzina or Politiki [...]
Continue reading about Anginares à la Polita (Vegan Artichokes)
Happy Easter to all my friends celebrating Easter tomorrow. For us Orthodox, it’s Palm Sunday tomorrow and one of the two times during Lent where fish is allowed to be eaten. The other day was on the 25th March, the Anunciation on the Holy Mary, when I cooked this recipe, as we avoided [...]
Continue reading about Perka sti Ladokolla (Perch en Papillote) with Fresh Rosemary and Garlic
Don’t confuse Greek fava with fava beans (Vicia Faba) although «vicia» and «vetches» are classified in the same genus. Greek fava (lathyrus clymenum), looks like yellow split peas, but is much tastier and is produced in various parts of Greece. The most popular one is the one produced on Santorini Island, because of the volcanic soil [...]
Continue reading about Greek Fava with two recipes: Greek Fava Soup with Pumpkin and Fava Dip
This year was so cold that I cannot remember any other year making so many soups. We usually stick to the traditional ones like Chicken and Rice Avgolemono, Trahanas, Hortosoupa, Psarosoupa and Kreatosoupa. Except for hortosoupa all the remaining are not allowed in a gallbladder diet. After seeing the list of what [...]
