Eliopsomo (olive bread) is a perfect and healthy vegan bread for any time of the day.
healthy recipes
Lavraki Psito me Ladolemono Moustardas (Grilled Sea Bass with Mustard Ladolemono)
Lavraki Psito (pr. Lah-VRAH-ki psee-TOH) is grilled sea bass. Greek fresh fish is so delicious that actually we just add a few ingredients, such as salt, pepper and oregano before grilling it. We then serve it with some ladolemono on top.
Chicken with Garlic and Rosemary
When cooked, the chicken becomes so juicy and flavourful and because a slit is made in the baby potatoes, all the wonderful flavours of olive oil, lemon juice, garlic and rosemary are absorbed by the potatoes, making them irresistible.
How to make the perfect Risotto and A Marathon of Risotto Recipes
Risotto is a northern Italian rice dish cooked in a broth to a creamy consistency. The broth can be derived from meat, fish, or vegetables. Dear Readers and friends, I am ending this year’s post with a Marathon post with Risottos. This post is symbolic and as we through rice at weddings as a…
My Cookbook Giveaway
My Cookbook Mint, Cinnamon & Blossom Water, Flavours of Cyprus, Kopiaste, has finally been translated into Greek and published on Smashwords. The Greek title of my cookbook is “Kopiaste stin Kouzina mou”, which means Welcome to my Kitchen. If you can read Greek or have Greek friends who would like to win it, please leave your comment on…
Penne with Mushrooms, Roasted Garlic, Cilantro and Marinara Sauce
Summer is officially over, although yesterday there were people still swimming at Assini Beach. Today it is dull, cloudy and it rained for a few minutes in the morning. The temperature has dropped so we will be staying more hours at home, which means that now I have more time for some work to be…
Pollo alla cacciatora (Hunter’s Chicken Stew)
Pollo alla cacciatora, is an Italian dish, which translates and hunter’s chicken. I don’t know if game, such as rabbit was originally involved and later on chicken was used to deserve its original name or if whether it is just hunter’s style chicken, the way the hunter cooked his chicken or whether when the hunter…
We are finally relocating.. and Chicken Tarragon Risotto
The time has finally come and we shall be moving during the weekend. The bad news is that we will be without a land line telephone and consequently no internet for a long time. We applied to the telephone company and although the nearest house with telephone is only 50 metres away, we are required…
Lentil and Bulgur Spicy Salad
This Lentil and bulgur Spicy salad is not Cypriot dish but some of its ingredients are much closer to Cypriot cuisine, as I was inspired to make it by a Bulgur Pilaf we make in Cyprus.
How to Roast and Preserve Garlic
The ancient Greeks ate a lot of garlic and used to call it “The Stinky Rose”. Ancient Greek athletes competing in the earliest Olympic games did not turn to steroids to enhance their performance, but to garlic.
