by Rena Cook | Mar 3, 2016 | Meat
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...
by Rena Cook | Mar 25, 2013 | Stuffed Vegetables, Vegetables, Vegetarian
This recipe hails from the East, and in particular from Istanbul in Turkey. Its former name was Constantinople and the Greeks called it Poli, which means city. And this is a recipe that came to Greece with the Greeks that lived in the Poli, hence Politika. I have a...
by Rena Cook | Jan 14, 2013 | Meat, Vegetables
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...
by Rena Cook | Mar 26, 2012 | Cooking Tips, Tips
Important Note: When you prepare vegetables for the freezer, don’t just stuff them in a polythene bag until you have a ball shaped bag and pop it in the freezer. Put your veggies or your herbs in the bag and flatten them out with the palm of your hand, so that you...