Discover the wholesome flavors of the Mediterranean with this Greek Trahana Breakfast Bowl, a nourishing, traditional Greek breakfast recipe using trahana—a time-honored staple of Greek cuisine and longevity nutrition. Adapted from my cookbook, Athens: Food, Stories, Love, this vibrant breakfast bowl blends creamy trahana with dried figs, apricots, almonds, Greek pine honey, and a touch […]
Mediterranean Diet: 5 Essential Greek Soups The Mediterranean diet is renowned for its variety and healthy choices, not least of which is the array of delicious, easy soups that found all over the region and are based on a long list of Mediterranean ingredients you can find almost anywhere. Where do Greece and Greek cooking […]
Before rice became a common grain in Greece, wheat and all its manifestations, in the form of bulgur, trahana, the local pasta, matsi, and more were the staples by default. Today all over Greece, Greek recipes for fish soup almost universally call for rice. This old Ikarian recipe, from my Ikaria book, however, calls for […]
Trahana is a tangy, sun-dried milk- or yogurt-infused grain product that is one the oldest foods in the Eastern Mediterranean. It was a way to preserve fresh milk before the advent of refrigeration and dates back thousands of years. It is found in various forms and shapes all over Greece, and especially in rural communities […]
Stuffed vegetables are always one of the most satisfying plant-based option. This Greek recipe calls for trahana, an ancient grain product that is one of the most beloved ingredients in the Greek kitchen.
This Greek recipe for lamb chops is one countless Greek lamb dishes across the country. Its modern presentation belies the fact that it is made with the most traditional Greek ingredients, including the ancient grain product trahana.
One of the best things in the world on a cold winter day is soup, especially one that combines seasonal vegetables with one of Greece’s most ancient, traditional grain products, trahana. Here is a Greek recipe for soup that combines hearty winter vegetables with trahana in a beautiful, sating, healthy Mediterranean Diet way!
What is Trahana? One of the World’s Oldest Foods. The Original Slow Fast Food! Trahana is one of the oldest foods in the Eastern Mediterranean, a tiny, pebble-shaped grain product that varies widely all over Greece. For the most part it evolved as an ingenious way to preserve milk. Trahana is made with either semolina, […]
Eggplant and trahana, the Greek pebbly grain product that is one of the country’s most unique and delicious ingredients, make for a wonderful one-pot meal, filling, healthy and pleasantly tart and sweet all at once. This recipe is adapted from a Cretan Diet classic, which calls for the local version of trahana, called xinohondros on […]
THREE EASY END-OF-SUMMER STUFFED TOMATO DISHES Long before we left for Ikaria, way back in late April, when it was unseasonably cold and wet here, I went to a local nursery to pick up seedlings for the garden we’d need to plant. Our garden is an integral part of the summer experience for us, and […]