Koupes with Mushrooms is a snack we love eating in Cyprus, during the fasting period. These are available in most bakeries but you can also buy them frozen in the supermarkets.
Healthy Recipes
Jacket potatoes are potatoes that have been cooked in the oven with the skin on. They have to be scrubbed and washed well before cooking. Pricking the potato with a fork or a skewer allows steam to escape during the cooking process.
Skordalia is a dip made by combining crushed garlic and mashed potatoes or stale bread (soaked in water) and nuts, and then olive oil is added to make a smooth emulsion.
Spanakoryzo also written spanakorizo, pronounced spah-nah-KOH-reeh-zoh, is a traditional healthy and delicious Greek vegan dish, made with spinach and rice.
Briam is a Greek delicious and healthy roasted vegetables dish made with potatoes, carrots, zucchini, tomatoes, onion, garlic and extra virgin olive oil.
Moungra is a Cypriot delicacy which is unique to Cyprus. This recipe is unique as to the method of pickling, by fermentation.
We always stuff a turkey during Christmas and the next day we have lots of leftovers.
An omelet (or omelette) is usually a breakfast or brunch dish but it also makes a quick, easy, delicious, and healthy meal any time of the day or night. Basically, all you need are eggs, olive oil (or butter), salt and pepper. However, the moree ingredients you add to it, the better!
Dakos (pronounced NTAH – kos) is the name of a Cretan barley rusk. This salad is made using this rusk as its base and it is topped with cubed tomatoes, crumbled feta, myzithra (a whey cheese made in Crete) or anthotyros (similar to ricotta) and flavoured with oregano.
Koupes, is a street food we find in Cyprus, made of bulgur wheat and filled with ground meat, which is served as a snack or as part of a mezes dish.