Sauces
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 [...]
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We left quite unexpectedly for a long weekend and went to a nearby island. It was a decision we took on Friday afternoon and we left early on Saturday morning and came back yesterday. We are having really high temperatures here in Athens and until we leave on vacation in August, we shall be doing [...]
I know that I said last night that I would be posting all the recipes I make in a day but what was I thinking? It’s impossible to follow this idea as If I were to post the pie I made yesterday, how could I explain how I made this new kind of phyllo, when [...]
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Beef is not one of my favourite meats and I don’t cook it very often, perhaps once a month, but this is one of the recipes the whole family loves, especially my younger son. He visited us about two weeks ago from Switzerland and during the five days he stayed I prepared all his favourite [...]
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Tahini or tashi as it is called in Cyprus, is a paste made from ground sesame seeds. It is usually very thick and if left a long time you will see that oil is gathered on top. You do not have to worry about that you just mix it and it is just fine. To [...]
The Béchamel sauce was introduced to Greece at the beginning of the previous century by a Greek Chef, Nicolaos Tselementes. I believe all of you know what béchamel is but can you imagine a béchamel sauce without milk and eggs, to be rich and tasty and to be used by vegetarians and for Orthodox Lenten [...]
I have never made giant pasta shells before but seeing a few posts in the past I knew these would be great so when I saw them at the supermarket I could imagine all the fillings I would try them out with. I was debating what to make. Would it be stuffed with meat or [...]
I have been seeing some recipes with Dulce de Leche but I didn’t know what it was until recently when one of you posted a detailed post on how to make it. That is when I understood what exactly this is and how easy it is to make it. Reading this link, I understood this [...]
I have been told by some friends again that I am still having problems with my site, as I also had with the previous post. Although viewing it with Firefox I have no problem, I tried viewing my site with Internet Explorer and my post is mixed up with previous posts and code. When I [...]
I am having a hard time writing this recipe as I am not sure what the English word would be for psaronefri. I think it is called pork tenderloin. I will be calling it a pork tenderloin until someone corrects me and then I will correct the post as well. I tried two methods. One [...]
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