Eggplant Baked with Cheese
Everyone loves eggplant parmesan! Here’s a baked eggplant dish with Greek cheeses that will have you coming back for seconds very fast! Opt for intensely flavored Greek dried herbs and olive oil, which you can find at my online store here.
Meatballs Braised with Leeks & Celery
In the mood for a meatball dish with a twist? This lovely northern Greek meatball and leek-celery medley works wonderfully over rice, wild rice or pasta and pairs beautifully with many of Greece’s red wines or full-bodies whites. To find the olive oil and trahana used in this recipe as well as other carefully curated […]
Gnocchi with Spinach, Feta & Walnuts
Italian gnocchi, bought fresh not homemade, to make this dish fast and easy, get a Greek lift when tossed with spinach, feta, garlic and walnuts. To find the feta and extra virgin olive oil needed for this dish, shop here.
Greek Salad with Spinach, Chick Peas, Blood Oranges, Avocado & Greek Olives
A wonderful, filling but light salad, that calls for Greek olive and Greek balsamic, which you can shop for here.
Seared Octopus on Avocado Toast
Greeks own grilled octopus! Here is one of my favorite ways to make it indoors. It pairs beautifully with avocado toast and the colors are stunning, too! For the olive oil, balsamic and Greek oregano you need for this recipe, shop here.
Roasted Portobello Mushrooms Stuffed with Greek Fava
This dish is unintentionally vegan, as are many of the recipes on my site. That’s the healthful, delicious nature of Greek cuisine. You can find the Greek olive oil, Greek balsamic and Greek fava you need for this dish here.
Red Cabbage-Caramelized Onion Tart with Whole Wheat Phyllo
When my 14-year-old son gobbled up a cabbage-onion tart, I know the recipe is a winner. The filling for this Greek open-faced pie is so easy to make. You can use commercial phyllo, too. To find some of the artisinal Greek products you’ll need to make this, visit my online shop here, where you’ll discover […]
Boiled Greens Salad with Extra-Virgin Greek Olive Oil
This wonderful salad, so simple, is one of the masterpieces of Greek seasonal cuisine. All you need is super fresh sweet greens in season, some beautiful zucchini and excellent Greek extra virgin olive oil, of course, available here.
Artichokes Braised a la Polita with Shrimp & Greek Saffron
One of the great classics of Greek urban cuisine, artichokes a la polita, or “of Contantinople,” braised with carrots, potatoes and, here, shrimp.
Beet Napoleon with Taramosalata
I love beets and I love them even more when paired with something tangy like taramosalata. Did you know that tarama,the fish roe used to make this filling dip, is one of the most nutritionally dense foods in Greek cuisine? To find some of the artisinal Greek products you’ll need to make this, visit my […]
Artichoke Gratin from Tinos
In the mineral-rich soils of the Komis Plain, in the prefecture of Exomvourgo, on the eastern side of Tinos, the island’s tiny, firm, complex-flavored artichoke flourishes. Local authorities organize a local artichoke festival every year. Artisans make pickled or olive oil-preserved artichokes, and taverna cooks created a kind of flan with the artichoke and bread, […]
Kale with Greek Olive Oil, Oranges and Garlic, Mani Style
My local farmer's market in Athens just started carrying kale and I couldn't think of a better way to cook it than this, inspired by a very traditional greens recipe from the Mani, where spinach and other sweet greens are cooked with garlic, oranges and olive oil. To find some of the artisanal Greek products […]