Greek

Greek Style Baked Lima Beans

Greek Style Baked Lima Beans

This is one of my favorite non-meat traditional Greek dishes to eat. My mother would always make it, especially during times when we would be on a non-meat fast for church. As you may know, in Greece they try to eat more fresh fish, legumes,…

Greek Avgolemono (AKA Egg-Lemon) Soup with Optional Chicken

Greek Avgolemono (AKA Egg-Lemon) Soup with Optional Chicken

This is a refreshing and creamy soup that can be eaten any time of the year…but if your experiencing a cold day where you are it especially hits the spot. It’s warming and comforting yet healthful. This can be made with rice or with orzo,…

Pastichio (AKA Greek “Lasagna”)

Pastichio (AKA Greek “Lasagna”)

I have been wanting to post this dish on my blog for a long time, it should have been one of the firsts since it is a popular Greek dish in America and available at almost every restaurant in Greece. Pastichio is the ultimate Greek…

Skordalia (Greek Garlic Dip)

Skordalia (Greek Garlic Dip)

If you like garlic then this is a dip for you. It uses simple ingredients to make a very flavorful dip. It can be used with pita bread (any bread for that matter) or dolloped on meats and veggies. There are two ways to make…

Greek Yogurt & Olive Oil Cake with Lemon Glaze and Cherry Sauce

Greek Yogurt & Olive Oil Cake with Lemon Glaze and Cherry Sauce

Right when my daughter said, the night before, “don’t make any more desserts cause then we will eat them” I thought, “I have some extra homemade Greek yogurt that I need to use up…hum, how about some olive oil and yogurt cake?”…lol. So here we…

Baked Shrimp with Tomatoes and Feta

Baked Shrimp with Tomatoes and Feta

Baked Shrimp with tomatoes and feta is such an easy dish to make and pretty healthy too. My daughter, Lexi, is always asking me to make this for her, not that she can’t make it herself-because it is that easy, but she is a teenager…

Pasteli-Greek Honey Sesame Seed Bars

Pasteli-Greek Honey Sesame Seed Bars

This is one of my favorite sweet bars to eat when I go to Greece. I love seeds and nuts and this is full of them. The traditional version that I always used to eat, when I was younger, was just sesame seeds and whatever…

Chicken Meatballs with Mint

Chicken Meatballs with Mint

I love these meatballs, they are so easy to make and pretty healthy. My mom used to make them with beef, when I was growing up. I’m not sure ground chicken was so easily available in grocery stores 30 years ago as it is today.…

Crispy Greek Oven Fries

Crispy Greek Oven Fries

These oven fries are so good and crispy that you won’t miss frying them…plus they are much healthier. They are good as is, out of the oven, or you can embellish them with some feta, dried oregano and a few squirts of lemon juice, oh…

Tsoureki Bread Pudding with Honey Bourbon Whiskey Sauce

Tsoureki Bread Pudding with Honey Bourbon Whiskey Sauce

Has anyone found themselves with left over tsoureki (a Greek Easter bread) or any type of sweet or otherwise bread? Are you tired of eating the same version of the bread until it’s gone? Well, if this is you you can re-purpose it into a…



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