Day: November 14, 2019

Greek Yogurt Cheesecake with Ancient Grains & Spoon Sweets

  Forget Graham crackers in this delicious and light Greek recipe for cheesecake! I like to use traditional rusks, aka paximadia, made with ancient g rains such as barley or Zea wheat as my base. The yogurt gives this Greek recipe for cheesecake extra lightness and the spoon sweets make for an exotic, delicious topping.

Greek-Olive Bread Stuffing

  Notice the hyphen in the title! This delicious Greek recipe for stuffing, which you can either bake inside a whole bird or separately, as a casserole. I love to combine all the earthy flavors of Greek autumn in my stuffing, which is why there is a trinity of Greek olives (I love both our […]

Cranberry-Fig Sauce with Warm Spices and Petimezi

  OK, so we don’t’ really have cranberries in Greece, but that has never stopped me from making a Greek-inspired cranberry sauce, replete with those amazing umami-like Greek fried figs from Northern Evvoia, all the warm spices, and a drizzling of two really special ingredients: Petimezi, or grape molasses, and honey vinegar or balsamic, whichever […]

Carrot Ribbon-Apple-Frisee Rusk Salad with Tahini Dressing

  Here’s a Greek recipe for Greek salad that isn’t what you think! No tomatoes, for one. This Greek salad calls for all the wonderful flavors of Fall, with apples and carrots in the front and center. I love to embellish it with some texture in the form of Aegina pistachios and to add to […]

Warm Gigantes Salad with Pumpkin-Pistachio Pesto

  I am always looking out for new ways to serve Greece’s favorite beans, so love to serve classic Greek giant beans, aka gigantes (GHEE-ghan-des), grown in Feneos, in the western highlands of the Peloponnese, in a dish that echoes my Greek-American heritage, with pumpkin-pistachio–feta pesto. And, yes, those are Greek pistachios and they’re pretty […]

Baked Feta-Yogurt Mashed Potatoes

  I don’t know about you, but for me, mashed potatoes are one of the biggest sources of stress on Thanksgiving Day. You’ve got to make them fresh and serve them hot in order for them to be the absolute best. I’ve come to love my Greek recipe for baking them, which enables me to […]

Greek-Honey-Ouzo Roasted Turkey Thighs with Figs and Black Pepper

  I usually hold Thanksgiving at my home in Athens, with more people than I can usually handle! To make my life easier, I’ve started to roast turkey parts and to make the stuffing separately. Turns out that this has been a great way to experiment with some unusual and, yes, Greek-inspired gravy ideas. So, […]