Red mullet (Mullus barbatus) “Barbounia” (Baar – BOO -nya) in Greek and their cousins, surmullets (Mullus surmuletus) “koutsomoures” in Greek, are a species of goatfish, found in the Mediterranean Sea and are considered the most delicious of smaller type of fish.
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Fassolada me Loukaniko (stewed beans with sausage), is a rustic, hearty, nutritious and comforting Greek bean stew which is perfect for the cold days ahead of us. The recipe is similar to the classic dish but the addition of the sausage adds much more flavour.
SiliKoMart sent me these silicone molds to review together with a silicone mat and a package of sugar pasta. Thank you silikomart for the lovely gift. I would rate this product with five stars as they do not need any greasing and the cakes come out very easily. They wash easily even in the washing …
Green Scored and Cured Olives are easy to make at home and make a wonderful snack, appetizer to to accompany many meals, including Greek breakfast.
Last week we visited our children here in Athens for a few days and on Saturday I visited the centre of Athens where I could find some ingredients which are not available in Nafplion. Dinkel pasta, black handmade cous-cous with cuttlefish ink, prune jam, tangerine jam, village bread flour, koroneiki variety of olives and chives …
As August is the vacation month in Greece, no one wants to stay at home, although we are not going on vacation. However, living near the seaside, we do enjoy going to the beach almost everyday. We go early in the morning and by the time we get back to have breakfast, shower, wash …
This walnut cake is one of the most delicious, Greek cakes which is based on the traditional recipe for Karydopita.
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 …
We Greeks like making “pites” ( Greek savoury pies) using whatever ingredients we have at hand. In my cookbook “More Than A greek Salad”, I have 15 recipes for “pites” using different types of phyllo with various fillings such as spinach, chicken, artichokes, leeks, cheese, meat,etc. I had some frozen polluck fillets which I …