My friend Aparna, of My Diverse Kitchen is hosting the Bread Baking Day #12- Small breads. What Aparna wants from usis to make anything like buns, rolls, biscuits, bagels, waffles, beignets, doughnuts, croissants, bread sticks, pretzels, etc. and we can make them sweet or savory, plain or stuffed, or add fruit/ vegetable/ nuts/ seeds/ herbs/ …
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Portulaca oleracea (purslane) in Greek (γλιστρίδα) is the type genus of the purslane family Portulacaceae, comprising about 40-100 species (probably much fewer and potentially far far more) found in the tropics and warm temperate regions. It is also sometimes known as Rose Moss or more commonly Moss Roses.
As much as I love cooking, there are a few days that I want to cook something quick and easy and what is easier than a pasta dish? This week the temperature was around 40 degrees C in Athens, so every morning my husband and I leave early in the morning and go for swimming, …
Purslane (portulaca oleracea), grows everywhere so it is considered by many as a weed. However, if you don’t have a garden you can also find it at the farmers’ market. It has so many health properties that we should all start eating this wonderful treat offered to us so generously by nature.
On Sunday I had a crave for something sweet so I went to the kitchen to see what I could prepare. I looked in my pantry and there was not enough sugar and there was no corn flour (corn starch). Instead I had some brown sugar, condensed sweet milk and gelatine, so I decided to …
I have just completed 300 posts and in a couple of months it will be a whole year of blogging. Wow, it seems like ages since then. I have been making this easy pasta salad for ages using any kind of small pasta which is called “kofto” meaning “cut” in Greek. You can use …
Souvlaki plural souvlakia, is a popular Greek fast food consisting of small pieces of meat grilled on a skewer served with a piece of bread on the skewer.
Paris on Ice, is an old fashioned Cypriot Dessert, similar to pannacotta but made with evaporated milk,, almonds and gelatin. I based this dessert, on a pudding my mother used to make back in Cyprus around the ’70s. Unveiling the Stars: Masticha and Yoghurt At the heart of “Paris on Ice”, lies masticha, a resin …
No need for an ice cream maker to churn up homemade ice cream . Just learn how to make pastry cream and whipped cream to enjoy delicious hand made ice cream.
First of all “Happy Father’s Day” to all the fathers of the world. If my father were alive I am sure he would appreciate this dessert. This recipe was created by me out of nothing. When I saw this week’s Joust ingredients which were apricots butter and ginger the first thing that came to …