Cuttlefish Stifado (Greek Stew with Cuttlefish and Onions)

You might know in Greek Cuisine deep-fried squids (calamari) or octopus. But cuttlefish is also a very common dish. In general they belong to the same class of seafood. The difference is first of all in size (squids are small whereas cuttlefish is large) and secondly octopus has, as the name indicates, eight arms whereas…

Most Tasty Fish Soup

Saturdays we usually have fish for lunch. Either fried filet, fresh Dorado fish or salmon filet. Last time, my husband brought some deep-freeze cod filet from the supermarket. Unpacking, I realized that they were with bones.  So I thought after thawing to de-bone and to fry them. Unfortunately, the way they turned out, it was…

Salmon Filet with Spinach and Feta Cheese

You won’t believe it but salmon filet and spinach goes very well together, as well as spinach and Feta cheese. All three together are most delicious! For this dish I prefer frozen salmon filets. As the potatoes take long time to cook the cooking time of the frozen fish corresponds better than the fresh. I…

Octopus Salad

In Greek cuisine one of my favorite dishes is octopus salad. Octopus is an inherit part during feasting time as strictly religious people do not even eat fish during this time but still are allowed to eat sea food like octopus, clams, mussels or shrimps. My son and I always fight about the octopus salad….