When I started two years ago to blog about my cooking, I never thought that cooking would take me that far. Now, not only do I have to find new recipes to blog about, but I have my home clients, expecting every week different, innovative dishes from me. So, you see what has started as...
Category: <span>Main Course</span>
Chicken Tagine Moroccain
I thought that I gave you too many sweets this period and as my son’s dentist say to him “Sweets are bad for your teeth”. So, let’s do something to change this today and make this beautiful Chicken Tagine from a country that is a lot different from where I live and probably from the...
Stuffed Pork Tenderloin with Potatoes
Christmas is on its way and I am cooking and baking, so I can post Greek festive recipes. Just to give you an idea of how we celebrate in Greece, I will tell you what we normally cook and bake. In terms of sweets we have basically, three types of sweets: melomakarona, kourabiedes and diples....
Spaghetti al Roquefort
I made a discovery lately. A very important one. At least to me anyway. My son likes Roquefort. Can you believe that? My husband is a huge fan of this cheese. He adores it, literally. I, on the other hand, don’t like it, at all. You can imagine my surprise when my son tried from...
Gigantes or Elephant Beans Casserole
This post is divided in three different parts. First part contains the recipe. This is a food blog after all. Second part contains the winner of the giveaway! The third and final part contains an award and 7 questions. So, arm yourselves with a little bit of patience and dive into this post. I am...
Mexican Souvlaki and a Second Giveaway
Oh, I love this. Cooking is so much fun when you try to combine different ingredients, different cultures, different ways of making things. I began with all good intensions to make Greek souvlaki. As I was preparing everything, I realized that this little kitchen elf that makes my life difficult sometimes has stroke again. I...
Lachanodolmades (Cabbage Dolmades)
First of all let me just thank each and every one of you again for your beautiful wishes and comments. I really appreciate them a lot. We may live far away from one another, but we are all part of this beautiful community that has no borders and distances. Now back to our weekly recipe....
Quick Meals Part 4: Angel-hair Pasta with Shrimps and Macedonian Fruit Compote
As you can understand all this period has been quite hectic for me. Is it my imagination or sometimes the whole universe conspires so as to just drain you completely of your stamina by throwing so many things to be done in your way that simply consume all your time? Well, this happens to me...
Quick Meals Part 3: Balsamic Chicken Drumettes
My son is a very picky child. He could eat pasta Bolognese for ever. He does not appreciate my culinary endeavors whatsoever. Every time I make something new, extraordinary and tasty, he just takes his tongue out with disgust. One of the very few, very few I repeat meals he loved from the very first...
Quick Meals Part 2: Risotto with Porcini & Morels
I had a teacher, her name is Laura. She taught me Italian. Then from my teacher became my friend. In the end, she was still teaching me Italian, but she refused to take any money. I know her since I was in my 20s that is more than 20 years. She introduced me to the...