As I have expressed to you many times, I have a special love for persimmons. Every year, when their season starts, I promise myself that “this year I will…
Melomakarona filled with Kumquat
Us Greeks we can’t think of Christmas without melomakarona and kourabiedes? Although we have been bombarded these past few days with festive recipes, some traditional some not, no home…
Christopsomo, Greek Christmas Bread
This is a recipe I wanted to show you for many years. Christmas traditions, are so interesting and they give you so much warmth. After all, it is very…
Here I am, after a long time. To compensate you for my long absence, I am starting the new posts with a dessert recipe, full of color and wonderful…
I have expressed my love for turmeric many times in the past. I have a particular weakness for it and I do not miss the opportunity to add it…
Pumpkin & Rice Soup with Mushrooms
Happy New Year everyone! After a necessary break for me, I return with a new recipe, which comes to perfect timing with this cold weather here in Greece. I…
Beet and Raspberries Smoothie
I don’t usually publish smoothie recipes. I think most of us now know how to make a delicious, filling and nutritious smoothie. But there are some combinations that I…
Homemade ice cream because… we are burning in Greece these days! The heat wave is phenomenal! Actually it’s a vegan peach ice cream, flavored with lemon thyme; easy and…
Easy Carrot & Turmeric Dip
It could also be called “the quickest dip”, this carrot & turmeric dip. In about 15 minutes you have a delicious and healthy appetizer. It resembles hummus due to…
Vegan Mushroom Hand Pies with Beluga Lentils
It’s been a while since I wanted to show you these vegan mushroom hand pies with beluga lentils. Lately I have been making vegan pies again and again. I…
First (and delayed) post for the new year with a turmeric and cardamom bread. I think it could not have started better! After all, who can resist fragrant and…
Kumquat jam with honey, one of the most delicious jams I have ever eaten. And, honestly, I love red jams (berries and such) and I do not pay much…
Every year on October 25, World Pasta Day is celebrated. I thought I should celebrate with a new, delicious recipe with pumpkin, sage & kefir pasta. A recipe that,…
Whole Wheat Fennel Greens Pies (Marathopites)
One of the most emblematic and favorite dishes of the Cretan diet is fennel pies. Today I have for you a variation of them, whole meal oven-baked fennel greens…
Fig & Pistachio Smoothie
I welcome you to my renewed blog, with this delicious and filling fig and pistachio smoothie. After 6 and a half years, my blog needed a good upgrade, and…
New recipe today! An easy and quick cornmeal and kefir cheese bake. It’ s a “lazy” cheese pie, as we call these kind of bakes in Greece; one of those…
Here I am finally, after a long time, with a fasting vegan tahini cake with walnuts, raisins and chocolate I haven’t had the time to share a blog post since last November.…
A wonderful and different way to enjoy cherries now that they are on season: these buckwheat pancakes with cherry sauce, flavored with bitter almond. Delicious pancakes with a very flavorful…