HELPFUL HINT: I am of two minds when it comes to vegan cheeses. On the one hand, I love real cheese so have no qualms about cheating once a week with the real thing; so many vegan cheeses are an amalgam of fillers that they’re ultimately not that healthy. Look for vegan cheeses produced […]
In the Mediterranean diet and Greek kitchen, chocolate finds its way into delicious desserts with olive oil, superfood Mastiha, Greek wines, tahini, nuts and more. Just in time for Valentine’s Day, here are five ways to use chocolate in traditional and modern Greek baking…all in the spirit of the healthy Mediterranean diet!
If you’re looking for one of the secrets to Ikarian longevity – and, indeed, a key component to the Mediterranean diet as a whole – you need to take a look at the island’s bounty of herbal teas. Yes, you probably know all about the way fresh and dried herbs spice up many a Mediterranean […]
Mediterranean Diet: 5 Essential Greek Soups The Mediterranean diet is renowned for its variety and healthy choices, not least of which is the array of delicious, easy soups that found all over the region and are based on a long list of Mediterranean ingredients you can find almost anywhere. Where do Greece and Greek cooking […]
January is Slow-Cooking Month, a time to retrench after likely holiday excesses and to retreat into winter mode more fully. At least it is for me, especially from my perch in Greece and on Ikaria, where the Mediterranean diet reigns supreme.
Do you love tahini as much as I do? It is one of the most nutritious ingredients in the Mediterranean Diet, an excellent source of copper and selenium, important for immunity boosting and more. It’s also delicious, of course, and Samythos, which you can find online, is special: Passionate artisan Thanassis Polyzoidis produces dark, nutty cold-pressed tahini from organic unhulled sesame seeds, which he grows in what was traditionally the sesame basket of Northern Greece. Guest writer Diana Farr Louis talked to Polyzoidis about why tahini is his life’s work.
Friends, fans and followers, welcome to this little collection of 35 Vegan Thanksgiving Recipes Inspired by Greek Flavors! So much of Greek cooking is naturally vegan that we often just take our great plant-based dishes for granted.
Enjoy this selection of traditional and contemporary Greek-Inspired Vegan Thanksgiving Recipes…from my Greek table to yours!
Corfu is not your typical Greek island. It’s very humid, and it averages the most rainfall yearly in all of Greece, making it incredibly green and giving the island a distinct terroir from the rest of the country. And so perhaps it stands to reason that Corfu also does not produce your typical Greek olive […]
Greek Meze Primer All over the Mediterranean, small, savory plates of food enjoyed in a convivial atmosphere make for one of the region’s basic dining experiences. Known widely now as tapas, antipasto, merende, even hors d’oeuvres, these tidbits comprise a whole pan-Mediterranean culture: that of sharing food and drink with friends in an unrushed, unharried […]
Lentils are a kind of miracle food. They calm us down and fill us up with good nutrition. They’ve been part of the Greek diet forever and are, indeed, one of the indigenous pulses of the Eastern Mediterranean, around forever. I am paying homage to the humble Greek lentil soup in several variations, peppered with a little nutritional info, too!