Yesterday I celebrated my ??? birthday and had a wonderful time with my family who pampered me the whole day. Breakfast was served in bed by my husband who also prepared lunch, the cake was prepared by my daughter, who made everything herself from scratch following my recipes. I was not allowed to see the …
Posts from: 2013
This strawberry mud cake is a recipeI am making for the first time and it’s probably my favorite chocolate cake ever!
When cooked, the chicken becomes so juicy and flavourful and because a slit is made in the baby potatoes, all the wonderful flavours of olive oil, lemon juice, garlic and rosemary are absorbed by the potatoes, making them irresistible.
Lahanodolmades me avgolemono is a rustic Fall / Winter Greek dish with cabbage leaves stuffed with ground meat and rice in an egg-lemon sauce.
Greek pites (pies) with homemade crispy phyllo that you can adapt for your needs, depending on what ingredients you have available. Pita, plural pites (pies) are a staple part of Greek cuisine and the philosophy behind “pites” was that the housewives used whatever leafy greens they produced in their gardens, some cheese and some homemade …
Kritharotto takes its name from the Greek word “kritharaki” which means orzo. So, instead of making risotto using arborio rice (or Carolina rice which we use in Greece), I used kritharaki (orzo) which is a tiny pasta, which looks like rice.
Green Olives and Feta Pull-aparts are small breads filled with feta and olives. They are placed close to each other and when baked they can be pulled and separated easily.
This ginger carrot cake with Lemon Cream Cheese and Saffron frosting is delicious! The result in a very moist cake without a Lucious frosting on top which makes the cake irresistible.