Carrot Salad With Ouzo Maple Dressing and Feta
Its Autumn and soon winter will come around and it can be a challenge to eat fruits and vegetables. One way to eat your vegetables is in a soup and the other way is to get creative with vegetables that aren’t usually salad ingredients. Enter the carrot, often part of a salad or cooked as […]
Easy Apple Tart
My mother has iPad, a great way for retirees to keep busy, read some news, keep in touch with friends and relatives and share info – like recipes. She sent me a recipe from Ina Garten (Barefoot Contessa), the inspiration for this Apple Tart. I’ve even made it easier, using store-bought puff pastry as the […]
Porchetta
Put your hand up if you think “time” should be treated as an ingredient. For this recipe, time (patience) is important for this dish to be a success. I love pork belly and Italians do a great job of it in a Porchetta (pronounced “porketta”). Basically it’s a rolled and pork belly, tied up and […]
Make Your Own Sandwich Bread
A few days ago, I saw my friend Bessie share photos of her recently baked sandwich bread. After exchanging messages with Bessie I learned that she found the recipe from Joshua Weissman, a very popular Youtube cook. I enjoy making toast for breakfast and I’ve been looking out for a fantastic recipe and this one […]
Butternut Squash Bouyiourdi
One of my favourite Greek appetizers is a dish called Bouyiourdi. It’s a baked mish-mash of tomatoes, peppers, Feta, Kasseri cheeses, oregano, some chilli flakes and baked in the oven until hot and gooey. It screams for bread to scoop out this molten goodness. I call it a Greek fondue! Last year I served this […]
Creamy Potato Salad with Salmon and Shrimp
I have a TV package that allows me to watch programming from all over the world. I sometimes go to British TV and I’ve been enjoying some cooking shows from Merry Berry. North Americans may know her from the Great British Baking Show, She recently shared this Potato Salad dish with Salmon and Shrimp and […]
Cheddar Cornbread Muffins
Before Covid-19, It was all rush, rush, rush. In North America, all I saw were people lining up at a coffee shop or waiting in the drive-thru lane to pick up a bagel, breakfast sandwich/burrito, donuts or muffins. In Europe, people actually sit in a cafe, order and leisurely have their coffee and treat. In […]
Pickled Green Tomatoes
Pickled green tomatoes, fits in perfectly with Greek food philosophy – throw nothing out! In Greek, pickled vegetables are generally called “toursi” so these would be “Prassines Tomates Toursi”. Cooler temperatures have arrived and with the chances of frost hitting gardens, it was time to pick the last of the tomatoes in the garden. If […]
Braised Short Ribs With Dark Beer
My favourite day to cook and host a dinner is on a Sunday. Slow cookin’, lots of time to prepare and cook and eat and drink. With family and friends (or both), catching up over a comforting dinner – priceless! I love braised dishes, that is to say slow-cooked meat dishes usually served with a […]
Baked Crispy Chicken Wings
This past summer, I shared with you how to make your own Buffalo Style Chicken Wings. Today, I am showing you how to make a baked version of crispy wings. The Buffalo sauce is optional, you can have the wings as they are (out of the oven) or try your sauce to toss them in. […]