Plastos, which is a type of pita (pie) from Thessaly, is a much easier version of spanakopita without phyllo, made with spinach and corn meal, which is equally delicious.
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I will try and keep this post short because one of my son’s friends from Hungary is staying with us, so this is keeping me quite busy all day. After our visit to AB Vassilopoulos storage centre, I wanted to showcase some recipes made with selected Greek products. I made a Cheesecake with wild …
This Dakos Salad with Rocket (arugula), Apricots and feta is my twist to the Cretan Dakos Salad.
Last week I got an invitation by e-mail for a visit to the Storages and Distribution Centre of AB Vassilopoulos, one of the biggest Greek food chains, in Oinophyta, which is an industrial area, 57 km to the North of Athens. Our rendezvous point was at Syntagma Square in the centre of Athens. A bus …
Arbaroriza (Pelargonium graveolens), called kiouli in Cyprus, is one of my favourite plants and it is so common in Greece and Cyprus that you will surely find one in most gardens or balconies, planted in pots or directly in the garden.
Whenever I make the Cypriot lentils dish with rice (fakhes moudjentra) I always want to make some fried eggs, probably because it brings back memories of my childhood in Cyprus. My children did not like lentils as well when they were kids and although now that they are grown up they do eat lentils, they also want …
I was recently contacted by GreekFoodShop.com who offered to send me some Greek products to review and I gladly accepted. GreekFoodShop.com is a new venture put together by young Greek entrepreneurs, who despite the country’s economic crisis and current wave of events wish to invest on the export of quality Greek food products and help …
Pirozhki or piroshki or Piroski (as we call them in Greece, with stress on the last syllable), are made from yeast dough and filled with a variety of fillings and are great for snacks, appetizers, lunch or dinner.
Chicken with Leeks is a very simple but delicious and light dish which can be whipped up in no time made with Greek yoghurt and pesto which makes a very creamy sauce.
This braided Savory cheese tsoureki is made with tsoureki dough and a filling made with cheese, eggs and mint.