Monday, 05 August 2013 / Published in Pulses, Salads, Vegetarian

Black Eyed Peas Salad

Black eyed peas, are small beans and they can be cooked in many ways. Today, we will do a very simple and quick recipe. It is a healthy, refreshing salad and you can add anything you fancy – chopped parsley, tomatoes, celery, mint, peppers. This is the basic salad and you can let your imagination
Monday, 28 January 2013 / Published in Vegetables, Vegetarian

Sautéed greens with beans

A very tasty and healthy dish that can be eaten as a main meal or can accompany a meat dish. It is a great vegetarian dish as well. It is very easy to make and you can add any greens or vegetables you like.           Ingredients 2 cups spinach 2 cups
Monday, 23 April 2012 / Published in Pulses, Soups, Vegetarian

Traditional Greek Bean Soup (Fassolada)

This traditional Greek bean soup (fassolada) is easy on the family budget as it needs very few ingredients and it is big on flavor and goodness. It is cooked mainly in winter and it really warms up the ‘cockles of your heart’! Just make sure that the beans were collected that same year you buy
Monday, 19 March 2012 / Published in Pulses, Vegetarian

Baked Greek elephant beans (gigantes)

“Gigantes” in Greek means “giants”. They are very large white beans and they come from an area in northern Greece, in West Macedonia, around the picturesque town of Kastoria. It is built on the shores of the beautiful lake Orestiada, and the houses climb on the hills surrounding it. Needless to say that Kastoria is