Category: Vegetarian

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.

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.

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 […]

Baked Vegetable Orzo Casserole – Yiouvetsi

There are a gazillion versions of pasta with vegetables. Here's a Greek classic, yiouvetsi, brimming with vibrant vegetables and luscious with Greek olive oil. You can find the Greek olive oil and herbs you need for this dish on my Amazon store, here.

Greek Tea-Smoked Giant Bean Salad with Charred Vegetables

This is what happens when my restaurant self rears its head in my home kitchen! A seemingly simple giant bean salad with a great twist: home-smoked over Greek sage and Greek mountain tea. To purchase the teas, giant beans, olive oil and more, To find some of the artisinal Greek products you’ll need to make […]

Cauliflower Baked with Three Greek Cheeses

Cauliflower is an often maligned vegetable in Greek homes. Too many people have memories of over-boiled cauliflower drizzled with nothing but olive oil and lemon juice. Here, I take a cue from a classic summer dish, eggplant baked with cheesse (melitzanes me tyri), and use seasonal, wintry cauliflower instead. My 14-year-old carnivore devoured it! To […]

Ikaria Fettucine al Greco with Greek Yogurt and Herbs

What do Ikaria and Fettucine Alfredo have in common? Well, nothing really, except that this version of a creamy fettucine dish is a lot like the classic Alfredo, without the eggs, butter or heavy cream. It’s a dish I learned to make from my friend Eleni Karimanli on Ikaria.