Ivy Liacopoulou

Ivy Liacopoulou grew up in Limassol, Cyprus, a beautiful island in the eastern Mediterranean, where her passion for cooking began as a child, helping her mother in the kitchen. Ivy belongs to a new generation of home cooks who loves to experiment and create new recipes of her own. She is the author of two cookbooks and she owns and manages Cooking Classes, in Nafplio, Peloponnese.

Τhis vegan Ryzogalo (Greek rice pudding) is creamy, aromatic and so delicious that it competes with the original classic “ryzogalo”, which is amazing! We all love the rich “ryzogalo” our mum used to make but there are many people who are lactose or gluten intolerant and of course there are many people who follow a vegan diet, or during …

Kolokytholoukoumades are Greek battered courgette (zucchini) flowers, stuffed with Greek feta and other cheeses and fried.

A wonderful, refreshing, green salad with various vegetables, such as Romaine lettuce, lola lettuce, baby spinach, arugula, mint and fresh strawberries.

I made this cake for my son’s birthday a couple of days ago. It’s a white, vanilla flavoured sponge with strawberry cream cheese filling, topped with chocolate ganache and decorated with strawberries.

On Saturday 18th April, 2015 it was National Museum day so we decided to visit the archaeological site of Nemea, which is about 45 km north-west to Assini. The site of ancient Nemea lies in a small upland valley. Its name derives from the Greek word “nemos”, which means meadow, pasture. Its location, which was in …

Tsoureki flower is a type of Greek style sweet brioche bread made during Easter but shaped into a flower.

Penne Skordalia is an easy and healthy pasta dish made with leftover Walnut Skordalia, a Greek dip made with olive oil, garlic, bread and walnuts.

This vegan Butternut Squash Mandarin Cake is easy to make, it tastes delicious and is light, moist and fluffy. The flavour combination of the squash with the mandarin and spices turned out delicious.

Thrapsala (Illex coindetti or shortfin squid) are of the same family as calamari but much more cheaper, at least here in Greece, but equally delicious.

Tahinopsomo is a beautiful star shaped bread filled with tahini and honey based on the Cypriot recipe for Tahinopita. However, this is much easier to make by just following the simple technique I used. We can bake it in round baking tin in order to make it look more like bread but if it is …