Pasta
You know, I love pasta dishes as they are cheap, easy to make and very versatile. If you are working and don’t have much time, this is a dish you can prepare in no time. Although I do not work, during summers I love to spend my time at the beach rather than being [...]
I’ve been looking in my recipes file to find more easy recipes to post and, of course, I have a lot of pasta recipes which I have never posted as well as a lot of chicken recipes, as we don’t eat beef/veal, pork or lamb often but still have a few of them as well. [...]
Continue reading about Greek style Spaghetti Chicken Alfredo
The weather is very stubborn this year and the Spring weather seems like a shy girl, who doesn’t want to come out from her shell and is hiding away and is grumpy and bad tempered. The beaches are empty, it is windy and the temperatures are below normal for this time of the year. [...]
I saw this cake earlier this month at my friend Soma’s blog and it is a recipe she adapted from David Lebovitz’s Fresh Ginger Cake. At the time, I was still working on my cookbook and in between breaks, to rest and clear my mind, I would read a few posts or see what friends [...]
Continue reading about Carobs and Spiced Ginger Chocolate Cake with Teratsomelo (Carob Syrup)
My favourite eggplants until now were «tsakonikes» which I thought were the only ones which were sweet. I avoided cooking with the big round purple ones, as I heard that they were bitter. I’ve been seeing white eggplants at the market place for a long time but had never tried them until recently. When [...]
Continue reading about Melintzanes Santorinis (White Santorini Eggplants)
In Cyprus fakes moudzentra (pronounced fakhés) is a staple lentil dish which is cooked with brown lentils and rice and then caramelized onions, called «tiganissi» are mixed in. The only spices used are salt and pepper, yet this very simple vegan dish is very healthy and delicious. The other way we make this dish is [...]
Continue reading about Kritharaki me Fakes kai Pasto (Orzo with Lentils and Pasto)
The white giant beans called «gigantes or elephantes» have been cultivated in Northern Greece (Kastoria, Florina, and Drama etc.,) for centuries and are recognized by the European Union as products of Protected Geographic Indication (PGI). These black giant beans are a new Greek variety and are not widely known in Greek cooking yet. They are [...]
Continue reading about Gigantes me spanaki kai Makaronaki (Black giant beans with spinach and pasta)
Hi everyone. I am back from Cyprus, after visiting my family for a few days. Although the weather was not very good, mostly cloudy and cold, I had a great time. The days passed so quickly and all the days were full, visiting most of my relatives and of course, eating and eating (and again [...]
Continue reading about Panigyri in Cyprus and some Cypriot products
One of the dishes we tried in Rome was ravioli and I loved their sauce. I don’t know what kind of sauce they make but it was delicious and as I had never served ravioli with a sauce before, I decided to make a marinara sauce to serve them. In the Piazza di Campo dei [...]
Continue reading about Baked Meatballs and Homemade Cheese Ravioli and Malfaldine
I love a good marinara sauce! I have been making this sauce for ages and have realized that I have never posted it before. This sauce is very easy and very versatile and it’s not worth buying the ready-made sauce. Tomatoes are still abundant and cheap and I grow basil in a pot on my small [...]
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