Samali is a traditional Greek semolina dessert, flavoured with mastic and drenched in syrup. Some blanched almonds are used to decorate the cake on top.

This aromatic black-eyed peas dish cooked with quinoa & wild greens, is a simple, healthy and a complete-meal you definitely should try.

Hello my friends, It’s been three months since the last time I wrote a blog post.  As most of you know my husband and I were away in Cyprus the past three months working in a restaurant.  It was a lovely experience working in a professional kitchen. I won’t be sharing food photos as it …

My best 10 tips to lose weight quickly and sustainably with no hunger, no calorie counting, no magic products but just eating real food.

I always start the first post of the year with something symbolic, which should be sweet so that the New Year will also bring sweet memories the next year to come.  My first dessert of the year is not only sweet but also peppery which makes it even more  interesting as they will be lively and …

Gkioulpassi is a Greek dish which comes from Asia Minor. It is usually made with lamb but it is also often made with lamb, pork and veal.

Psaropita, from the Greek words “psari” (fish) and “pita” (pie),(pronounced psah-RHO-pee-tah), is a traditional Greek fish pie.

Aromatic Kourabiedes are Greek cookies, similar to shortbread cookies, coated with icing sugar and flavoured with vanilla or masticha (mastic resin) and a well known brand of Greek brandy is also added.

Mandarin Melomakarona are Greek honey cookies, made with olive oil, flavoured with mandarin and drenched in a honey syrup, with lots of walnuts on top.

Pannacotta is an Italian dessert made with heavy cream. “Panna” means cream and  and “cotta” means cooked.  In panna cotta heavy cream is sweetened with sugar and thickened with gelatine.