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Eating healthier and losing weight following The Mediterranean Diet
You’ve heard me talking about the Mediterranean Diet many times in my posts. For those of you who are not familiar with this diet, this is the modern nutritional recommendation, inspired by the traditional dietary patterns of Crete which expanded to the remaining parts of Greece and followed by most of the countries of…
Obesity: Why are we obese? and Stuffed Chicken Breasts with Mushrooms
“A wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings, and learn how by his own thought to derive benefit from his illnesses“ –Hippocrates, Greek Physician (460 BC – 370 BC) I’ve decided to focus more on healthy recipes again and especially on the Medieterranean Diet. Although I am not strictly dieting…
Mpamies me liastes ntomates (Braised Okra with sun-dried tomatoes)
Mpamies (okra) is a summer vegetable and can be very delicious if cooked properly. It is usually stewed using fresh tomatoes but in this recipe, I chose to stew them adding sun-dried tomatoes as well.
Healthy, Low fat Anthotyro-Cream Cheese Strawberry Jelly
This healthy, low fat Anthotyro-cream cheese strawberry Jelly is made with real strawberries and anthotyro, a low fat cheese, similar to ricotta.
Chicken Souvlakia and Makaronosalata me Kotopoulo (Pasta Salad with Chicken)
These Chicken Souvlakia are so tender and juicy due to the marinade which features the fresh-tasting combination of lemon juice, garlic, and olive oil combined with Greek yoghurt that are so prevalent in Greek cuisine.
Mpiftekia (Greek Burgers) with Baked Potatoes, Horta and Garlicky Cucumber Salad
Mpiftekia are the Greek burgers and although the word mpif (tekia) is derived from the word beef (steak), the French then called it bifteque and we translated it into mpifteki, now the Greek word generally means burgers. Mpiftekia may be made with beef, pork or chicken or even veggies.
Chicken Salad with Veggies
It’s nearly summer here in Greece and I had made up my mind to start a diet after Easter and at last I am ready for it.However, you will still be seeing food which is not diet food but I have a lot of recipes I have prepared but not wrote about and of course…
