Monday, 06 May 2013 / Published in Crepes, Meat

Crepes with minced meat and tomato sauce

This is a very tasty dish and if you have crepes in the freezer and left-over ground meat then you can have dinner in half an hour! Just put together a little tomato sauce and you are ready for the oven! There is no limit to what you can use to fill the crepes -left-over
Monday, 22 April 2013 / Published in Meat

Kebap

Kebap is a spicy dish that also comes from the East. You can decide how spicy you like your kebap taking the children into consideration, as well as the ground meat you wish to use. They are very easy to make,  easy on the budged and up to now I haven’t met anybody who doesn’t
Monday, 18 March 2013 / Published in Meat, Vegetables

Lamb with Okra

This dish, with tender lamb in tomato sauce and okra, uses few ingredients and is delicious. Furthermore, okra have a high nutritional value as they are rich in dietary fiber, are full of vitamin A, B-complex vitamins, have a fair amount of vitamin K, and they contain only 30 calories per 100 g. If on
Monday, 04 March 2013 / Published in Meat

Mock Steaks

These past few years, the prices of food keep climbing upwards, and people find it hard to make ends meet. We all have to be thrifty and yet serve nourishing and tasty meals to our families on a daily basis. This is a nice recipe that makes the meat go a long way, it is
Monday, 18 February 2013 / Published in Meat, Pasta

Meat balls with Greek noodles in tomato sauce

Meat balls in tomato sauce and noodles, is real comfort food. There is nobody who doesn’t like juicy, tasty meatballs snuggling in a rich tomato sauce, surrounded by noodles! And these meat balls contain vegetables for extra flavor and goodness.         Ingredients for the meat balls 250 gr. ground meat (veal, beef
Monday, 14 January 2013 / Published in Meat, Vegetables

Veal with green beans, potatoes and zucchini

Veal with potatoes, zucchini and green beans in tomato sauce is a very tasty dish and I am sure that will become one of your firm favorites. You can use fresh green beans or even frozen ones. As far as the meat is concerned, you can use either veal or lamb. The end result is
Tuesday, 11 December 2012 / Published in Meat, Pasta

Veal with Tomato Sauce and Orzo

Veal with tomato sauce and orzo baked in the oven is traditionally a Sunday dish that is served at lunch time when all the members of the family gather and enjoy a leisurely meal. Orzo is the Italian name of this small pasta, and in Greek it is called kritharaki. Whatever its name, it is
Monday, 26 November 2012 / Published in Meat

Roast pork or beef with lemon and oregano

Roast pork or beef  or even lamb with lemon, oregano and potatoes, is a Sunday dish that draws the family together round the table. It doesn’t need to be an expensive cut of meat to break the family budget. Brisket or something similar is fine.  Just make sure you have fresh lemons!      
Monday, 19 November 2012 / Published in Meat

Greek Burgers with roast potatoes (Biftekia)

Burgers or Biftekia are another popular Greek dish. They are easy to make and again they are very popular with everybody especially the kids. You can double the quantity and use the leftovers in sandwiches or freeze them. A burger can be defrosted in the microwave any time somebody in the family feels hunger pangs.
Monday, 29 October 2012 / Published in Meat

Pork with endives and egg-lemon sauce

If you like your greens, this is a dish that you can never have enough of. Endives have a mildly bitter taste and marry perfectly with the egg-lemon sauce. The addition of green onions and leeks gives the dish the required sweetness. If you like celery, you can add a bunch, and it really enhances