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.

These whole wheat Rolls with Sunflower Seeds are perfect for breakfast with butter and jam, for sandwiches or to accompany any meal.

Sangeeth, of Art of Cooking Indian Food, is hosting an Event called the 101 Series. Sangeeth has named a theme and will go on to the next one, once she has 101 entries. This month’s theme is Omelette and I am contributing to Sangeeth’s event with three different recipes: Omelette No.1 Greek sausages, sun dried …

Galatopita, which means milk pie, is a very simple, rustic, Greek traditional pudding cake which dates back to antiquity and was made with simple ingredients such as milk, eggs, flour, honey and cinnamon.

I have so many recipes I have prepared ages ago and have not posted about them. Today I saw the event Sensational Sides, so I decided to post this recipe. Beetroot salad with anchovies Ingredients: ½ kilo beetroots, together with their fresh leaves 2 spoonfuls of walnuts, coarsely cut 250 grams of Greek yoghurt …

Most of the times I never plan ahead what to make and when I’m in the mood of making something, I look into my pantry and get ideas what I can make with ingredients I already have at hand. I made this tart more than a month ago. I prepared a tart shell which I …

Moscharaki Giouvetsi is a Greek dish that takes its name from a large earthenware dish called giouvetsi in which it is cooked. Moscharaki is the Greek word for veal and kritharaki is the orzo pasta which looks like rice and comes in three sizes: small, medium or large.

Sofrito is a veal steak slowly cooked in a white wine, garlic and herb sauce and is usually served with rice. It is a dish native to, and almost exclusively to be found on, the island of Corfu. So fritto in Italian means slow frying (sautéing) and this dish has its roots probably …

The Savory Pies Event was a huge success, so it would be a pity not to feature an Event with Sweet Pies as well. I want to thank all of you for your participation. This time there will also be a prize involved and I shall decide later on whether there will be a voting …

I shall post the announcement of the event later today. As I said yesterday there will be a prize for the winner who will be selected by random draw. I’ve seen others using random draw but I searched the internet and could not find anything. If anyone knows how I can do this please let …

A round-up of many savoury pies .. by talented food bloggers.