Enjoying life with family & friends through food
Nothing like a tasty appetizer or dip to start your meal, eat eat as a meal in itself! Take a look at these recipes and try something new.
Something is sure to satisfy your taste buds!
Saganaki is a Greek dish that is prepared in a small frying pan with two handles. This process is best known using floured semi-hard cheese and frying it in olive oil (or butter). Traditionally, in Greece you fry up the cheese and serve it with…
These potatoes make a wonderful side dish. Just with a few ingredients you can make a tasty side to serve with steak, chicken, fish or just on their own. You can use any type of potato you like, I love the flavor of gold potatoes…
Valentine’s day is around the corner. If you want to skip the busy restaurants and overpriced meal and make a romantic dinner for your loved one at home then these crab cakes are wonderful and can be used as an appetizer or as the main…
Everyone loves a good cheeseball, don’t you? It makes it even more fun and festive when it is shaped as a pumpkin, or any other holiday themed shape. This cheeseball is easy to make and tasty for you and your guests, and comes together in…
If you and your family like spanakopita then this dip is for you. Great for a family get together or watching the game with friends (football or otherwise 🙂 ). I got this idea when I was making spanakopita and had a couple of cups…
These ribs are not only easy to put together but they are also tender and fall off the bone. They can be started a couple of days in advance, if needed. I usually steam the ribs in a covered pan in the oven the evening…
I learned how to make these while studying at the Bangkok Thai Cooking Academy in Thailand. They are quite easy to put together and so flavorful. You can smell their wonderful aroma from street food vendors while walking down various streets in Bangkok, or permeating…
These are one of my favorite snacks/side dishes to eat and the sister to spanakopita, another one of my favorites 🙂 . A nice creamy and perfectly salty bite with a crunchy exterior. You can’t only eat one piece of this savory pastry, so go…
This is one of the yummiest shrimp cocktails, if done right. I have had many versions of this in my time, some excellent and some not so much. This version combines all of my favorite ingredients to have in a Mexican shrimp cocktail, which gives…
This sauce is simple to make and goes wonderful with falafel, gyro, souvlaki, roasted veggies or even on a salad if you thin it out with some water or extra lemon juice and olive oil. It also goes surprisingly well with curry dishes. Tahini is…
