Seafood
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 [...]
Continue reading about Seared Honey Spiced Crusted Salmon & Rocket, baby spinach and Pear Salad
One week left before leaving on vacations. I can’t wait to get out of Athens and the only thing that is bothering me is that now that I am finally loosing some weight, my nutritional balance will be distorted. Although it’s hard to maintain a diet when you are on vacation, I am determined not [...]
I am sorry I haven’t been around lately as I’ve had this flu the past few days which kept me in bed. Today I am feeling a bit better but still I will make a quick post and head back to bed again. I prepared this dish a couple of weeks ago and this is [...]
Continue reading about Lavraki, stamnaggathi, Roasted Potatoes and Greek style Oregano Pesto
First of all for all of you who are celebrating Easter tomorrow I wish you a Happy Easter and to be in good health. We still have another week to celebrate Greek Orthodox Easter. Yesterday, when I visited Susan I saw that Chris, of Mele Cotte is hosting her third event to bring awareness [...]
Continue reading about Revithokeftedes me Garides and Asparagus to fight cancer
I was not going to post this recipe today but some time after Easter, as I wanted to focus on strictly Lenten recipes. Those who read my blog regularly know that I have been fasting since Clean Monday that is since 2nd March and I have been posting only nistisima, which are vegetarian and vegan [...]
Continue reading about Garides Saganaki me Masticha (shrimp saganaki)
Kalamaria is a very popular dish in Greece and Cyprus, especially during Lent when seafood is allowed to be eaten. Although we can eat all sorts of delicious food during Lent I find it difficult to cook dried legumes or just vegetables on Sundays as Ι have always connected Sunday cooking with meat dishes. [...]
Continue reading about Kalamarakia Gemista (stuffed kalamari)
I’m back home and I’ve detoxicated and rested from the internet and the computer for a few days. The trip was great and got a chance to see all my relatives. I did not take many pictures during this trip as for some unexplained reason I was not in the mood of taking any. The [...]
Joan, of Foodalogue, who is one of our Members at BloggerAid, is spreading the word about hunger by posting a series of posts during A Culinary Tour Around the World. During her trips, Joan will be introducing us to some virtual friends she will be making and talking about the country and its culture. As [...]
Continue reading about Gravlaks – A Culinary tour around the world – Norway
Pasta is one of our family’s favourite dishes and and when I have lots of work to do I always resort to a pasta dish. I put this dish together using ingredients I had at home. If you have cleaned the kalamari in advance or if you use frozen kalamari this dish does not take [...]
According to the Big Bang model, the universe expanded from an extremely dense and hot state and continues to expand today. A common and useful analogy explains that space itself is expanding, carrying galaxies with it, like raisins in a rising loaf of bread. General relativistic cosmologies, however, do not actually ascribe any “physicality” to [...]
