Vegan
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 [...]
Welcome to the second edition of Creative Concoctions. I am really very happy that again we have some very talented bloggers who responded to my call to create vegan or Lenten recipes. It gives me great pleasure to present the roundup for Vegan and Nistisimes recipes and I would like to thank each and [...]
If you have leftover rice and don’t know what to do with it, here is a quick and easy solution which can be served as a side dish. If you don’t want to eat rice the next day again, you can deep freeze it and use it whenever you like. I served this side dish [...]
Bougatsa with Semolina Pastry Cream Bougatsa has its origins from the Byzantine period (before the fall of the city in 1453), when Constantinople was still Greek and was famous for its plakountes, which meant flat and when these were later taken by the Romans were called placentae. The word bougatsa is also connected with [...]
Continue reading about Bougatsa (Phyllo Pastry with sweet cream) and Nistisimi Bougatsa (vegan)
Thank you all for your participation to the first Creative Concoctions Round-up and for the incredibly creative recipes sent in from foodies all over the world. To recap on what I have mentioned yesterday, first of all we have a new logo for the event which you can proudly display on your post for your [...]
Continue reading about Announcing Creative Concoctions #2 – Vegan or Nistisimes (Lenten Recipes)
One thing I forgot to mention in my post for Nafplion was about Psorokostena, which is a disparaging noun Greeks use to label Greece’s perceived socio-economic limitations. During the Ottoman occupancy, the Greeks were very poor but also after the Independence people lived in poverty for many years. One day in 1826 they gathered at [...]
Continue reading about Psorokostena and Fassolada sti Gastra
A couple of months ago on my way to some business, I was passing by a small Asian grocery shop and when I went inside I saw many things that I wanted to buy. On my way back home I went inside again and bought some red lentils, jasmine rice, turmeric, dessicated coconut, rice flour, [...]
Spring is officially here today as 21st March marks the beginning of this beautiful season. We have been having good weather the past days and the day is getting bigger. The temperature is rising, the trees are blooming, the birds are chirping early in the morning and in the park we go walking to in [...]
Continue reading about Spring and Halvas with Chocolate, Nuts and Dried Fruit (Vegan)
A few months ago when I was going to make a savory recipe I noticed that one of the ingredients required was apple sauce. I’ve never seen apple sauce sold in Greece so after a google search and reading a few recipes, I realized that apple sauce is what we call Apple Jam. I [...]
Continue reading about Mini Apple Turnovers with Homemade Apple Sauce
Last Saturday 40 Greek Food Bloggers were invited to the Factory of Elais for a tour and familiarization regarding the production and qualities of good olive oil. Arriving there we were pleasantly surprised by the graffiti on the exterior walls which depicted scenes of olive oil production. We passed inside the factory.. .. and [...]
Continue reading about Greek Olive Oil Tasting and Vegan Savoury Olives Cake with Olive Oil
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