The Therapeutic Power of Greek Cuisine
Yesterday, I celebrated my 33rd birthday! Not only did I have a great, fantastic, beautiful time with the girls and Kostas but I OVERINDULGED in food too! We went for breakfast where I had french toast with bacon and maple syrup -I didn’t used to like maple syrup but I do now! If only there …
Greek pies are super easy to make – if you are using shop bought pastry, of course!- and they are super tasty, they last for days and can be enjoyed for breakfast, as a snack, as lunch or as dinner! They are so versatile and the flavour combinations are quite inventive! However, if we were …
I love lasagna, I really do but sometimes I find that I want to cook for my family dishes that are meatless. Not in the sense that I would like us to have a vegetarian diet but to avoid meat instead. I know that meat is good for us and I am not a pro …
When I was a little girl back in Cyprus, I had a great fondness for kataifi, not ekmek just simple old plain kataifi. The reason was that once a week, a man with a van filled with homemade syrupy desserts used to drive around neighbourhoods and sell these desserts by the piece. It was such …
Galaktoboureko is a relatively easy dessert to make that everyone loves. I know a lot of people who are too scared to try making it so let me help you out with this short but sweet tutorial on making one killer galaktoboureko! Galaktoboureko is basically a semolina custard pie wrapped in filo pastry which is …
Low fat snowball cookies I hear you say? But of course! These snowballs are low in saturated fat and are unbelievably scrumptious! Once you taste them you will never try a different recipe for snowball cookies EVER again! These cookies are also the traditional ‘kourabiethes’ we make back home during Christmas BUT this recipe is …
Being a mum of two girls, most of the time I am looking for easy, healthy recipes which are filling but delicious too. Let me tell you, motherhood is a busy job! I have to keep them safe, healthy, entertained, loved, help with reading, cleaning (them and the house), drive them to school, to the …