Recipes
Here you can see all of our recipes. You can find recipes made with meat, poultry, seafood, pasta, vegetables or eggs. Find and share everyday cooking inspiration in Cooking In Plain Greek. Discover recipes,
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Pastitsio in Phyllo pastry
Pastitsio that can be served at a Sunday family dinner or social gathering. It is as tasty as ever but with a whole new look that will impress everybody! You can follow the recipe that appears here or the “easy pastitsio”. Whichever recipe you choose your pastitsio...
Stuffed Tomatoes with Minced Meat and Rice
Stuffed tomatoes are a very popular dish in Greece and these recipes will become your favorites. Follow the recipe and I guarantee you the results will be outstanding. Children love this dish so you’ll be able to give even the most finicky little ones a tasty, light...
Spaghetti with Vegetable Sauce
This sauce, using all the beautiful summer vegetables, is unbelievably tasty. It can be used as a sauce for spaghetti, or you can spread it on toast and crumble some feta cheese on top. It is a sauce that you will enjoy whether you are a meat-eater, vegetarian or you...
Artichokes boiled
Artichokes are one of the best vegetables you can eat. They are rather sweet and they also make other foods and drinks, as well as water, seem sweet. This is due to the cynarin found in the artichoke. Artichokes have a high nutritional value, they are diuretic,...
Greek Easter Sweet Bread (Tsoureki)
This bread used to be eaten only at Easter time, but these past few years you can find it in the shops throughout the year. It is a light ‘bread’, and truth be told I don’t like the bought kind, because it reminds me of a sponge. So, I make a ‘version’ that is...
Beef stew with baby onions (stifado)
For this dish you can use beef or even rabbit and baby onions in tomato sauce. With this tasty dish you can wave winter goodbye. It is simmered gently for 2 – 4 hours, until the meat is very tender and the onions are ever so soft and unbelievably sweet. Only the...