Mediterranean cuisine for every day

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    Baked Beans and Spinach

    Baked beans and spinach is another fasting dish I want to present. This combination of beans and spinach surprised me with its taste and texture. The beans are melting, the spinache is jusicy. The onion and the garlic give a nice falvour to the vegetarian dish. In later posts I will also present some fish [...]

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Chickpeas with spinach

Escaping the busy new year time in Athens I have escaped to Hydra. Here in the Saronic golf things are ...

Lentil stew the way my mother made it

I love lentils in anz form but this recipe is my favourite. Probably because my mother used to cook them ...

Gnocchi with spinach and Feta cheese

I love eating Gnocchi and one of my falourite veggies is fresh spinache. Combining the two results in ...

Norma’s eggplant salad

I had this dish for the first time at Jeanine’s place on the mountain in Hydra. I was stunned that ...

Lamb chops marinated with apricot sauce

In Greece lamb is very popular. Lamb chops are served a lot in the so called “Psitopoleio – Ψητοπωλείο“ or ...

Soups

Soup of celery root and apple

I had some celery root left over from my soup cooking experience a few days ago, so I decided to fully focus on the cellery. I figured that apple is great to be combined with celery root, and so it was. What a simple and delicious soup that can be done in just a few [...]

Salads and Dressings

Apple and Beetroot salad

The nice thing about this salad is the dressing. The mix of sesame oil and W gives it an Asian touch. I marinate the beetroot for a couple of hours in the dressing. I like it a bit spicy, especially in winter. The combination of apple and beet root is classic,  though not often found [...]

Fish

Gnocchi with fresh salmon and orange sauce

This recipe is a result of a twitter survey on gnocchi recipes I did. The most tempting proposal I got form Fraufeli and she suggested the use of orange for the sauce. This recipe is the outcome. I tested the recipe with lots of guests and everybody loved it. The recipe for the Gnocchi dough [...]

Deserts and Sweets

Grapefruit Sorbet with sweet Basil Pesto

I was not so sure if the Tarte Tatin would be the right finish for the Secret Supper, so I tried something else. This Grapefruit Sorbet certainly was more unique, especially with a sweet Basil Pesto on top of it. The Basil Pesto takes the bitter edge off the Grapefruit which means that you need [...]

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