Fall is all about apples and pumpkins isn’t it? From yesterday we officially entered autumn my friends here. Temperatures fell to 20’s C and we had a brief rain too. The weather has cooled down and demand for pumpkin was imperative for me. I needed to make something with pumpkin. Last year I made sweet...
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Umm Ali with Chocolate
When I stumbled upon this dessert, I was intrigued by its name, so I googled it and I learned more about this simple, yet so tasty piece of pastry. It seems that when Egypt was part of the Ottoman Empire, the mighty Sultan just happened to be on a hunt near an Egyptian village. After...
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Stuffed Zucchini Blossoms
I am back from my last week of vacations for this summer (photographs will follow) and I feel kinda sad. In two weeks from now, schools are starting and we will be back to our winter routine. Summer is over and with it those long, lazy, out in the open days. This makes me feel...
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Chocolate Marquise with Cookies
I need to talk to you about this sweet. First of all, it is super easy and when I say super easy, I mean it. Second, it is made with ingredients we all have at home. Last but not least, it is so chocolatey and tasty you will not believe it. The recipe belongs to...
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Pseftiés (Lies, The Savory Version)
I am sure that there is not a single person in this earth, who hasn’t lied more than once in his/her life. I cannot even remember how many lies big ones or small ones I have said in my 43 years of living. What about you? When I was 5 years old, I didn’t like...
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Greek Pasta Salad
Now, let’s talk a little bit about Greek salad. I just want to share with you how we in Greece eat our Greek salad and then you can tell me how you eat your Greek salad where you live. Greek salad consists of the following ingredients: Tomato, cucumber, onion, green bell pepper, olives and optionally...
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Baby Spinach Salad with Roasted Asparagus and Mushrooms
The other day, I made a very weird discovery. For a person who eats salad everyday seven days a week, I have disproportionately few salad recipes in this site. Why? I have no idea. Perhaps it is because, usually my salads consist of either lettuce or cauliflower and broccoli, olive oil and vinegar. So, not...
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Mushrooms Ragú
I made this meal during Holy Week since at that specific period our family abstains from consuming meat. At the beginning, I thought that it wasn’t worth posting about it, as it is was very easy and ordinary, but my husband insisted on it, since he thought it was extremely tasty. So, and from the...
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Flat Beans with Tomato and Olive Oil (Fasolakia Ladera)
I was browsing my recipes and I realized that it has been a long time since I have posted a Greek dish. The reason is because I don’t cook so much Greek meals as International ones. I leave the traditional Greek food to my mother, who cooks for us a few days during the week....
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Mushroom Satay
What can I tell you about my New Year’s Eve! It was the most unusual Eve I have ever spent. I sent my son to my parents’ house so as to spend the night and I was at home sick with my husband even sicker, lol. Anyway, the festivities are over and it seems that...
