Monday, 02 September 2013 / Published in Cooking Tips, Tips

Honey

Greece produces excellent honey, from thyme, conifer trees, wild flowers or orange blossoms. It has been collected by humans for consumption for over 10,000 years. Even the Gods of Olympus ate “ambrosia” that is honey, and drank “nectar” a liquid produced by plants which is rich in sugar. The bees collect the nectar to make
Monday, 29 July 2013 / Published in Beauty Tips, Tips

Anti-ageing Mask

Here we have a mask that uses honey and other ingredients that work wonders for our skin.   Ingredients 1 teaspoonful cream 2 teaspoonfuls honey 1 teaspoonful pureed avocado ½ teaspoonful butter made from sheeps’ milk, slightly melted Juice of half an orange, strained   Directions: Place the ingredients in a bowl and mix them
Monday, 01 April 2013 / Published in Sweets, Vegetarian

Cake with raisins, walnuts and tahini

A very tasty and wholesome cake without eggs or butter. The tahini gives it a nutty flavor and the raisins add sweetness as the cake itself is not really sweet. Of course, you can add more sugar and/or honey if you wish. You can also add other dried fruit cut in small pieces if you
Monday, 14 January 2013 / Published in Sweets, Vegetarian

Quince Jellies (Kydonopasto)

Jelly candy made from quinces is a traditional Greek sweet. It requires very few ingredients and keeps well for a whole year.             Ingredients 4 large quinces Sugar or honey 1 glass water Some blanched almonds   Directions Peel and deseed the quinces. Wash them, cut them in large pieces
Monday, 31 December 2012 / Published in Sweets

Honey Cookies (Melomakarona) covered with Chocolate

These wonderful Christmas cookies have been given a facelift, and all the sweet goodness is wrapped in chocolate. The recipe is a little different from the one I gave you last year, so you can decide which one you like best. The cookies can be eaten without the chocolate covering as well, in case you