I am not a person who believes in astrology nor do I listen to zodiacs on T.V. or read them in magazines and newspapers but I wonder if we had a retrogade Hermes (Mercury) this past week or maybe it was a “kako mati” or evil eye as we say in Greece and as some [...]
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Every month there is an event going on at Jenn’s blog, where the winner chooses three ingredients with which we have to cook. Although I love participating at this event as we challenge ourselves to create recipes we would never dream of making, most of the times the ingredients given are not so easy to [...]
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Many people shudder at the thought of cooking or eating liver but in Greece we eat it a lot. I love liver, especially, chicken livers, however, I don’t cook it very often as chicken giblets are high in cholesterol and only cook it two or three times a year, mostly during Easter.
Before cooking it, I [...]
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I have been watching my diet for some time now, so I try and cook lighter but without counting calories. Mostly I cook some grilled meat with a salad, or legumes and ladera but keeping the oil to the minimum.
On Thursday I was cooking marinated pork chops and I wanted to make a side dish [...]
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I made these three recipes one day during May, when I went to the farmers’ market and saw some lovely fresh courgettes with their flowers on. I chose the best courgettes having a flower on them. I hadn’t eaten courgette flowers for ages as unfortunately they don’t sell them alone and as much as [...]
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Gemista, means “filled” or “stuffed” vegetables such as, peppers, eggplants, courgettes, onions etc. The filling can be a meat based one, usually with minced beef and rice but I always prefer to make them vegetarian.
Gemista fall under the category ladera or “oily” food, as we call them but my version is a much lighter [...]
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When we go to the farmers market I always end up with tons of vegetables, herbs, fruit etc. My husband and I usually go together, pass by most of the stalls and see and compare prices and on our way back I buy from those I have spotted, who have the best quality and price. [...]
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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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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 about cancer. [...]
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When I went to Cyprus last month I brought with me two bunches of cilantro and the bunches in Cyprus are really big.
I used it in salads, I used it in other recipes but still I had too much and as the days passed I didn’t want to see it being wasted, so while it [...]
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