Shrimp Saganaki on a Stick
Greek recipes include many regional variations on the classic Shrimp Saganaki. Enjoy this grilled shrimp variation, on a skewer. It is a lot of fun to make if you’re planning to grill. Think Greek souvlaki with a healthy spin!
Rhodes-Style Grape Leaves Stuffed with Broad Beans and Bulgur
The most common vegetarian stuffed grape leaves in Greece call for rice and herbs. This is an old recipe from Rhodes and attests to the place of wheat in the old, traditional Greek diet, before rice became prevalent enough to be affordable on the every day table.Adapted from my latest book, My Greek Table – […]
Fish Steaks with Santorini Capers, Blood Orange, Ouzo & Leeks
Fish is an integral part of the Greek-Mediterranean diet and there are many Greek recipes for fish and seafood. Most of these Greek recipes for the fruits of the sea are easy and make for delicious, healthy quick meals. Enjoy this simple fish steak recipe, and use any fish of choice.
Spaghetti Primavera with Feta
There are so many choices now when it comes to pasta, that after a weight-watching hiatus I’m slowly starting to add it back to my diet, albeit in small quantities. Here is one of my favorite, easy Greek recipes for plant-forward, vegetarian pasta. I season my Greek primavera with wild Greek herbs and sea salt, […]
Grilled Lamb Chops with Wild Greek Herbs & Lemony Caper Sauce
Greeks own grilled lamb chops! In this recipe, wild Greek herbs and garlic make for a great dry rub and capers, ouzo and lemon zest provide the flavors for a delicious sauce to pour over the succulent chops. Check out my online Greek specialty shop for a great selection of single-origin olive oils, wild herbs, […]
Kokoras me Hilopites – Egg Noodles with Braised Rooster
Roosters in the Greek countryside are the stars of Sunday and festive meals. This classic dish from the Peloponnese is an all-time favourite, comforting, easy, and great year-round.
Mageirio – Ikarian Vegetable Stew
Mageirio, after the verb, to cook, “mageirevo,” is essentially an all-purpose summer stew, a kind of “throw-everything-in-one-pot,” dish that almost every home cook makes at least once a week, making use of everything that grows in her garden. This and the next recipe offer slight variations on the theme. If amaranth greens are unavailable, you […]
Tomato Rice with a Modern Twist
The range of Greek vegetable-rice dishes covers all manner of seasonal ingredients. These recipes are more similar in texture to Italian risotti than to the pilafs (pilafi in Greek) of the East.This is one of my favorite go-to recipes when I want to create something that harks back to tradition but is modern, easy, and […]
Spartan Chicken Melt Sandwich with Olive Oil and Mustard
What happens when you combine a very traditional recipe for chicken in onion-feta sauce from Sparta, Greece, with the lunchtime favorite, tuna melt? Sparta chicken melt, with Vrisi 36 olive oils and Peloponnese mustard. Yum.To find some of the artisinal Greek products you'll need to make this, visit my online shop, where you'll discover a […]
Hoirino Me Mapa – Pork and Cabbage Stew
Throughout the Peloponnese, cabbage is referred to colloquially as mapa–mop! This local recipe is made with very few ingredients, but the flavors are complex and absolutely delicious.
Bohemian Pastitsio
When a home cook like me works side by side with the chefs de cuisine at various Greek restaurants, all sorts of ideas germinate. Pastitsio, the classic baked pasta and meat dish, gets a breath of fresh air in this fun and easy recipe. I took the basic components of a classic pastitsio and turned […]
Chicken Sartsa
This is total comfort food and a classic recipe from the island of Zakynthos in the Ionian Sea. What makes this dish special is the addition of large cubes of Greek cheese, which melt slightly and turn this otherwise simple tomato-baked chicken into something soothing and irresistible!