The past week the temperature has dropped abruptly and it went at least ten degrees down. With temperatures now being around 16oC, it's time for comfort food to keep us ...
Dried legumes
A different Greek Salad with Black Eyed Peas
This Greek black eyed peas salad is not only frugal but also filling and healthy as it is packed with vitamins and protein, not to mention how delicious it is! I made this ...
Chickpea Salad with Bulgur Wheat, Feta and Pesto
This Chickpea Salad combined with bulgur wheat as well as the remaining ingredients is a very healthy meal on its own, even if it is called a salad. Chickpeas are one of my ...
Greek Fava and Pumpkin Soup and Dip
This Greek Fava and Pumpkin Soup is made from scratch and is healthy, filling and perfect as a starter for a dinner party or a light supper. Leftovers can easily be ...
Healthy Mediterranean Lentil Salad
Most people don't eat dried legumes during summer mainly because of the abundance of fresh vegetables but also because they have correlated legumes with soups. However, dried ...
Louvi – Black eyed Peas with Chard
Louvi, as we call it in Cyprus, are the black eyed beans. Although the word "louvi" is ancient Greek from lovion, plural lovia (λόβιον, πλ. λόβια), in Greece this word ...
Kritharaki me Fakes kai Pasto (Orzo with Lentils and Smoked Pork)
Kritharaki me Fakes (pronounced fakhés) is a pasta dish made with orzo and brown lentils. This is a different way of making the Cypriot dish called fakhés moudzentra, which is a ...
Gigantes me spanaki kai Makaronaki (Black giant beans with spinach and pasta)
The white giant beans called "gigantes or elephantes" have been cultivated in Northern Greece (Kastoria, Florina, and Drama etc.,) for centuries and are recognized by the European ...
Revithia giahni sti gastra (stewed chickpeas) and a virtual tour to Sparti
Revithia giahni sti gastra is a vegan dish with stewed chickpeas, traditionally cooked in a clay pot and baked in a wood burning oven. However, not all of us have wood ...
Koukia Xera (Fava)
Fava beans, in Greek Φούλια (foulia) is a legume similar to broad beans (ficia fava) in ancient Greek named κύαμος (κyamos) and in modern Greek κουκιά (koukia) and was one of the ...
