Enjoying life with family & friends through food
Nothing like a nice starchy potato to comfort you. These rosemary, garlic, and lemon potatoes will do just that! A wonderful side dish to pair with roasted chicken, a steak, or even loukaniko (a Greek sausage, but you can use Italian sausage too 🙂 ).…
We Greeks love our tomato based veggie dishes (that also have a lot of yummy and healthy olive oil) like my Greek style green beans with potatoes and chicken-meat optional, eggplant with potatoes, or my stuffed eggplant…and here is another one…cauliflower in tomato sauce. A…
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,…
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,…
I love the flavor of these little cookies with frosting. They have that perfect balance that isn’t too sweet. I first had something similar to these at a local backery in KC called McLain’s. They call them “cupcookies”…I’m assuming because they are cookies with a…
This is a very easy and yummy refresher on a warm day or if you want to cleanse your palate between meals. We had a friend over for dinner last month and I made a multi-course meal for him. Between the appetizer and main courses…
If you love cheese and potatoes then this is a recipe for you. Ooey, gooey yumminess. I call them “Christmas” skins because the red and green jalapeno’s on top give them a festive look. Would look wonderful on the table during your holiday gathering served…
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…
If you like a burst of sweet and tart in your mouth, with a crunchy side effect 🙂 , you are going to LOVE these little bundles of joy. You have the crunch of the graham cracker, the creaminess of the cream cheese, the sweetness…
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…
