Vegetables
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, [...]
Continue reading about Sykotakia me Lahanika (Braised Chicken Livers with Poached Grapes)
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 [...]
Continue reading about Marinated Pork Chops & Mushrooms and SpringOnions Rice Salad
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 I [...]
Continue reading about Stuffed Courgettes Avgolemono and killing three birds.. with one stone!!
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 vegan. Gemista fall under the category ladera or “oily” food, as we call them but my version is a much lighter one, [...]
Continue reading about Gemista (Stuffed Tomatoes) and a Well Balanced 3 Course Meal
When we go to «laiki» (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 [...]
Continue reading about Visiting the farmers’ Market: Gavros Plaki sto Fourno
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 [...]
Continue reading about Pot Roast with Carrot Puree, Vegetables and Gravy
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
When I went to Cyprus last month I brought with me two bunches of fresh coriander (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, [...]
Continue reading about Cilantro and Cashews Pesto and Farfalle with Mushrooms
Laconia is a prefecture in Greece, with Sparta its administrative capital. It is bounded by Mount Taygetus, to the west of Sparta, which is the highest mountain range of Peloponese (2.407 meters) and with the Parnon mountains to the northeast (1.961 meters), to the west with Messenia, and to the North with Arcadia. Among the [...]
Continue reading about Lakonia and Pasta Elias (Olive paste)
Kremmydia Gemista, which means stuffed onions is a recipe my mother would often make. She would make the same filling as for koupepia, with or without the minced meat, depending on the occasion. The filling I have made is not how my mother used to make but I used different other vegetables combined with rice. [...]
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