This month’s Tried & Tested is featuring Kevin of Closet Cooking. This event was an original idea by Zlamushka of Spicy Kitchen. Each month a blogger is featured and we have to choose one of his/her recipes and recreate it and blog about it. This month’s host, is Hema of Salt [...]
To all the Greek and Cypriot friends and readers of my blog «Chronia Polla» for today’s National Holiday, Ochi Day.
I have been seeing so many pumpkin recipes popping up everywhere in the blogosphere and with Halloween coming up soon I thought to share these recipes with you in case you wish to make something different [...]
Continue reading about Kolokythopita me Myzithra (Savory Pumpkin Pie)
Kotopita is one of many types of pita, or Greek savory pies. After making the pork and beef galettes using leeks, I wanted to try leeks with chicken as well.
I based this pie on the Chicken Pie I used to make in the past, only instead of using puff pastry I used [...]
Continue reading about Kotopita me prassa (chicken and leek pie)
Now that it’s summer and very hot, it’s hard to stay at home, so I have been away during the weekend and we came back last evening. I’ve had too many other things to do, so I haven’t had time to visit friends but hope to do this soon.
After the Beef and Pork Galette, I [...]
Continue reading about Tyropita me Maratho and Watermelon Salad
Thank you to all of you who’ve written to me over the past few days, either at the blog, facebook or by private e-mail, to express your sympathy and kind thoughts.
I am really grateful to have such good friends which I met through the internet.
Life, however, does go and time is the best healer of [...]
When I saw this pastry at The Constanble’s Larder, I loved it immediately and knew immediately what to do with it. Check out Giff’s post to see a lovely vegetarian galette.
The first recipe I used this Provençal Pastry was to make a Meat Galette,
then another meat galette but with a different filling
I loved the simplicity [...]
Although making pies is not considered to be an easy job, pies are considered easy to eat and this bell pepper pie is both really easy to make and to eat.
Bell Peppers, also known as sweet peppers are native to Mexico and their seeds were carried to Spain during the 15th century and from there [...]
HAPPY THANKSGIVING
TO ALL MY FRIENDS WHO ARE CELEBRATING TODAY
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 [...]
Continue reading about Spanakopitakia and Potato Salad with Olives
Just a few days ago Val posted some Easy Danish for the Barefoot Contessa event she participates every month. As soon as I read the ingredients I knew that I would like them and I remembered that I had leftover cream cheese and leftover phyllo. I did not have any ricotta but [...]
Yesterday it was our Wedding Anniversary (28 years!!!) and we had a little family celebration, so I prepared this for dessert.
Galatopita, which means milk pie, is a very plain pudding which used to be made with simple, every day ingredients they used to have at home. Flour and water to make the [...]
