Ivy on Απριλίου 9th, 2010

Although I serve salads everyday with our meals, salads is not fully covered in my blog and I know I have to start adding more salads.  I have lots of salads I have not published yet but I always prefer to focus on the main course rather than on a salad.  The salads I make [...]

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Ivy on Οκτωβρίου 6th, 2009

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 [...]

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Ivy on Μαΐου 14th, 2009

Stamnaggathi are wild greens, with a mildly bitter taste but simultaneously having a touch of sweetness which does not resemble to any other wild greens and is a must for a healthy style cuisine.   During the past years these greens are becoming very popular in all Greek gourmet restaurants and you can rarely find [...]

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Ivy on Αυγούστου 3rd, 2008

Taygetus Greek: Ταΰγετος, also Taigetos is a mountain range of the Peloponnesus, Southern Greece, extending about 65 miles (100 km) north from the southern end of Cape Matapan in the Mani Peninsula. It rises to about 7,900 ft (2,410 m) at Mt. Hagios Ilias (Mt. St. Elias or Prophitis Elias). The mountain is named after [...]

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Ivy on Ιουνίου 1st, 2008

Ingredients

½ cup extra virgin olive oil
1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
3- 4 tablespoons lemon juice
1 clove of garlic
Bell peppers, fresh or frozen (red, yellow, orange) about 2 – 3 spoonfuls (I used frozen)
1 piece of feta cheese 4 x 4 x 3 cm
½ teaspoon [...]

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