Slow-Cooked Peas with Tomatoes and Herbs

Slow-Cooked Peas with tomato and herbs

It’s easy to…eat your peas if they are cooked up in a tasty Greek recipe like this, with an extra drizzling of extra virgin Greek olive oil to make them even more delicious. Peas contain just about every vitamin and mineral you need, in addition to a good deal of fiber. This is typically a […]

Mavromatika Salata – Black Eyed Pea Salad, Mastiha Vinaigrette

Black-eyed peas are a staple in the Greek kitchen and in the cooking of the North Eastern Aegean islands, they have a special place. They are one of the most prized legumes in local Greek recipes for stews, typically combined with greens and tomatoes to make luscious, filling totally vegan or vegetarian dishes. This Greek […]

Messinia Style Giant Beans Baked (Gigantes) with Spinach & Feta

Messinia Style Giant Beans Baked (Gigantes) with Spinach & Feta

Giant beans, aka gigantes (GHEE-ghan-tez), are a classic Greek ingredient and popular in Greek recipes from every part of the country. This Greek bean recipe is inspired by the delicious traditions of Messinia, in the Peloponnese, where beans and greens are often cooked together with a generous amount of local extra virgin Greek olive oil, […]

Super Food Cabbage Salad

Greek recipes for Greek salads abound and they aren’t all the tomato-cucumber-feta trio! Here is one great salad recipe that calls for Greek superfoods such as dried figs, Kalamata olives, and, of course, extra virgin Greek olive oil, all mingled with a mountain of cabbages, carrots, herbs and seeds. I enjoyed this inspirational salad with […]

Tinos Artichoke Bread Pudding

This Greek island recipe, from the Cyclades, specifically Tinos, attests to the creative ways in which Greek cooking evolved, using both local and everyday ingredients to create delicious, regional specialties. This Greek recipe from the island of Tinos calls for artichokes, one of the island’s most prized local cultivations. I’ve adapted it for American cooks […]

Spanakopita Macaroni & Cheese

Spanakopita Macaroni & Cheese

Inspired by the Athens Riviera, I love to cook hybrid, fun and/or contemporary versions of Greek recipes and American classics. This one combines my two sides, Greek and American, and the result is a macaroni and cheese that gets everyone eating their spinach!

Skordomakaronada – Crunchy Garlic-Rusk Pasta

Skordomakaronada

This rustic pasta dish calls for a sprinkling of dried rusk crumbs and speaks to the ingenuity of Greek island cooks, who used this simple technique to mimic the texture of ground meat. The recipe dates to older, poorer times, but it’s still delicious and a vegetarian’s delight!

Spring Risotto with Artichokes & Feta

Risotto with Artichokes

A wonderful and easy dish for delicious spring Sunday lunch or dinner. Artichokes and feta are great together. To find some of the artisinal Greek products you’ll need to make this, visit my online shop here, where you’ll discover a host of lovingly curated Greek ingredients.

Cauliflower Steaks With Crispy Capers and Spicy Tahini Sauce

Cauliflower is one of my absolute favourite vegetables, but Greek recipes for this often misunderstood food tend toward the boiled, lemon-olive oil approach. Roasting it brings out so much incredible flavour. Dressing it up with tahini and capers, as this recipe does, catapults cauliflower from banality into stardom!

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