by Rena Cook | Sep 23, 2013 | Dolmades
These dolmades are so unbelievably good that you won’t be able to stop eating! The vine leaves are stuffed with minced meat, rice and herbs, and the egg-lemon sauce complements them and brings them to another level. Perhaps the wrapping up of the stuffing inside the...
by Rena Cook | Oct 29, 2012 | Meat
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...
by Rena Cook | Jul 2, 2012 | Stuffed Vegetables, Vegetables
Another tasty and light summer dish as the zucchini are at their best now. For the stuffing you can use minced meat and rice, or only rice with various herbs for a vegetarian dish. You can use either the usual large zucchini or the round ones. In any case they taste...
by Rena Cook | Apr 16, 2012 | Meat
Youvarlakia are Greek meatballs with rice, in a nice light tomato and egg-lemon sauce. It is a very popular dish in Greece and if you have young children they will be an instant hit, not to mention that it is a quick dish and easy on the family budget. You can also...
by Rena Cook | Apr 16, 2012 | Meat, Soups
Easter is the most important religious holiday in Greece and is celebrated with reverence throughout the country. The people used to fast for forty days before Easter but nowadays they usually fast during the holy week, and especially on holly Friday when Jesus died...
