I have the pleasure to announce that my second cookbook has just been published on The Amazon Kindle. Rocket, Pear and Pomegranate Salad As I have a love for food and a sweet tooth, ever since I can remember myself, I used to carry a few extra kilos. Nistisimo (Vegan) Cherry Cake I went on …
Mediterranean diet
Amazon.com has announced a new promotion tool this past week called the Kindle Countdown Deals. It gives the authors the opportunity to promote their books but also a big bargain for people to buy books at very low prices. I have enrolled in this program which starts as from today in the United States and …
Today’s recipe has a weird name and many of you may be wondering what stiftaria or casarecce, spirulina and kritamo may be. When I added the picture on Facebook, even Greeks did not know what this was about. Casarecce is a short, slightly tubular pasta, about one inch long, with a wonderful trench for …
Open Walk is an event organized by Atenistas, which is about walking in the city centre and discovering gastronomic delights.
Fakokeftedes are lentil burgers. These vegetarian burgers started as an experiment one day when I had leftover Fakes Moudjentra.
I’ve been working on my new cookbook, which will contain healthy Greek recipes, based on the Mediterranean diet, as well as lots of tips about healthy eating. The recipes are those which I cooked when I was on diet, two years ago and lost 18 kilos. Most of them have not been published but to …
Green beans are cheap this time of the year, so I practically cook them once a week. When we came back from the farmers’ market, I cleaned, washed and dried them and the following day they were ready to be cooked. When buying them, I intended to cook them yiahni, as is the usual Greek …
Eliopsomo (olive bread) is a perfect and healthy vegan bread for any time of the day.
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.
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.