Moussaka Recipes
Traditional Moussaka Recipe
This is the traditional moussaka recipe, made with lightly fried eggplants, minced meat and white sauce. Try it, don’t be intimidated by the recipe. Follow the steps and nothing can go wrong. (T=tablespoonfuls, t=teaspoonfuls) Ingredients: 1 k 200gr (2 ½ lb) eggplants (large ones with more white flesh) 600 gr (1 [...]
Healthy Moussaka Recipe
This is not only a healthy moussaka recipe but also my favorite. It is lighter than the “Traditional Moussaka Recipe”, and apart from the eggplants, I use zucchini and potatoes. The vegetables are grilled with hardly any oil, and I use non-fat milk for the béchamel sauce. It is a little more time consuming, because I cut [...]
Stuffed Vegetables
Stuffed tomatoes with rice, pine nuts and raisins (Politika)
This recipe hails from the East, and in particular from Istanbul in Turkey. Its former name was Constantinople and the Greeks called it Poli, which means city. And this is a recipe that came to Greece with the Greeks that lived in the Poli, hence Politika. I have a dear friend whose husband is from [...]
Stuffed Mushrooms
Stuffed mushrooms are one way you can enjoy them. As they are stuffed with minced meat, you can serve them as a light lunch with a nice green salad. If you have leftover minced meat you can very well use it up by filling the mushrooms and you have a meal ready in half an [...]
Pastitsio Recipes
Spaghetti with mushrooms in a cheesy sauce
This is a very tasty and quick recipe, that is ready to feed the family in no time! If you use your freezer to the full, then you already have chopped and cooked mushrooms, and you will save a lot of time in the preparation of this dish. If not, clean the mushrooms with a [...]
Easy Pastitsio
This is another version of the traditional pastitsio and I prefer it because you don’t have to be very careful with weights and measures. You just mix everything together, except the béchamel sauce, and you have a scrumptious meal. It can also become a very tasty vegetarian dish if you use soya mince and grated [...]
Poultry
Turkey Cutlets
Turkey cutlets are a nice way to enjoy turkey. They are tasty and cook quickly, so you can put dinner on the table in no time. Accompany them with potatoes or rice and a large mixed green salad, and you have a healthy, low fat, and satisfying dinner! Ingredients 1 [...]
Roast Chicken with potatoes
Here we have another all time favorite that’s true comfort food. Nobody could say no to a nicely roasted, juicy, lemony chicken and the potatoes that nest in the sauce round it. Lemon, rosemary and garlic are the perfect mates. Ingredients 1 chicken (as large as you like according to [...]
Pies
Meat & Vegetable Pie
This is a fantastic way to use up leftovers and present them in a totally different way. You can use any kind of meat – pork, veal or chicken. If it is not already cooked in tomato sauce, you can add some tomato paste, 1 – 2 ripe tomatoes chopped, or half a can chopped [...]
Small Chicken and Mushroom Pies
Do you want something light and nutritious for your kid’s lunch box? Do you want something tasty when you feel peckish? These chicken and mushroom pies are the answer. They are light, easy to make and keep well in the freezer. If you don’t want to make the dough yourself, you can use phyllo dough [...]
Soups
Lentil Soup with Speck
What I brought back from Austria? Beautiful memories, a cookbook, Culinary Austria, with the best and most famous Austrian dishes (by Helmut Deutsch) and of course, speck! Haven’t you ever tasted speck? It is something like bacon, but with a milder taste, less salty and juniper flavored. It can be eaten raw, thinly sliced or [...]
Asparagus Soup
This asparagus soup is on the light side and very tasty. There is no cream added, so you won’t need feel guilty when you are having seconds. It is a very easy recipe and you can increase the ingredients according to the people you have to feed. You can also increase any one of the [...]
Tips & More
Remove stains from coffee/tea cups
Do you like your cup of coffee and tea? Do you have your favorite cups that you use almost on a daily basis? But your coffee and tea cups are stained by coffee and tea and they don’t look their best. There is a way to make your cups shine like new again. Make a [...]
Rubber gloves
Sometimes it is difficult to put on your rubber gloves, and when you do household chores, a bit of water manages to drip inside the gloves. If this happens, the gloves may develop unpleasant smells. To keep your rubber gloves dry and sweet smelling, sprinkle some baking soda inside them. You will be able to [...]
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