Apricots Roasted With Honey, Rosemary, And Sage
Apricot Appreciation! Apricots, with their delicious tart-sweet flavor, are a great fruit to pair with yogurt for an easy, elegant dessert. They’re also a good source of potassium, phosphorus, and Vitamin A. From a cook’s perspective, because they aren’t super sweet, they pair beautifully when roasted with aromatic, robust herbs like sage and rosemary.
Sweet Potato Pancakes With Greek Yogurt
ALMOND FLOUR NUTRITION: Almond flour can replace wheat flour in almost every recipe and it’s a great alternative for people watching their gluten intake. The vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants in almond flour can provide important health benefits. For example, manganese helps the body properly clot blood, allowing it to heal after injuries. Manganese also helps […]
Sweet Feta Truffles with Dark Chocolate & Spices
Here is a Mediterranean diet dessert recipe made for Love and Valentine’s Day! I know, I know, Greek feta is not something one usually thinks of in combination with chocolate, but the match is a beguiling one, especially as the tang of the cheese is mellowed with the addition of extra virgin Greek olive oil […]
Banana – Nut Butter Smoothies
HELPFUL TIP & A LITTLE NUT BUTTER LOVE: Freeze the bananas before pureeing and reduce the amount of ice cubes to a cup to get an extra-smooth smoothie! It’s the nut butter that adds that extra oomf in this easy smoothie recipe. Why? Almond butter is a good source of monounsaturated fat and protein and […]
No-bake Vegan Cheesecake With Greek Flavors, Coconut Crust And Cinnamon
A PLACE FOR DESSERT: Why a Vegan Cheesecake? Why a dessert at all in a compilation of recipes that aim to be plant-based and life-enhancing? For one, at least in my experience on Ikaria, centenarians don’t avoid eating sweets. They just do so judiciously and make a special occasion out of it. Most traditional Greek […]
Greek Christmas Cookies / Kourambiedes
My sister Koko, short for Konstantina, makes these delicious, traditional Greek Christmas shortbread cookies every year and this is her recipes. Share them with friends and family and give them as gifts. Try a Greek dessert wine, such as the sweet wine of Monemvassia, with all your holiday sweets. To find some of the artisinal […]
Olive Oil Oatmeal Cookies with Greek Honey
There are many great Greek recipes for cookies, both traditional and contemporary. This one, for olive oil-honey oatmeal cookies is definitely of the newer variety. They make for an easy on-the-go Greek breakfast!
In season: Apple Crisp with Greek Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Many traditional Greek sweets, especially during periods of fasting, such as Lent, call for olive oil instead of butter. An apple crisp isn’t exactly traditional Greek food. I’ve “hellenized” a classic American dessert by adding two distinct greek flavors, that of olive oil and the scented geranium, arbaroriza in Greek, which Greek cooks often use […]
Refrigerator Cheesecake With Grilled Fruit & Greek Honey
This Greek recipe for cheesecake is a year-round classic. You can top it with seasonal fruit or simply drizzly it with a generous spoonful or two of Greek honey!
My Big Fat Greek Mess
Who needs an Eton Mess when there’s a great Greek recipe for a mess — a mélange of broken meringues, Greek spoon sweets, toasted almonds and tangy Greek-yogurt whipped cream. This easy Greek dessert recipe is adapted from my last book, My Greek Table! Don’t worry about who will clean this mess up…you’ll lick the […]
Mastiha-Scented Tiramisu
This Greek recipe for an Italian classic is a marriage of complementary flavors. What gives it a Greek touch is the addition of mastiha, a fascinating, resinous spice from the island of Chios. The recipe calls for either or both the liqueur and the powder. If you use orange liqueur, rest assured that mastiha, orange, […]
Cornmeal Muffins with Raisins or Sea-Buckthorn, EVOO and Greek Yogurt
This contemporary Greek recipe for cornmeal muffins studded with either the ancient super food sea-buckthorn or great Greek dried currants from Corinth make for an amazing breakfast treat! The Greek yogurt, extra virgin Greek olive oil and honey add tang, sweetness and moisture to this lovely Mediterranean diet recipe!