First time we tried this dish we purchased it ready to cook from a local supermarket. As we liked it very much I decided to make it myself and it turned out really good. It is easy to make and the ideal dish if you invite for a party. The recipe is enough for at […]
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Chicken Curry
This is a colorful, healthy and spicy chicken curry. In my family we all love chicken fillet. So I decided to make a different dish as we usually have for lunch (either fried or cooked). As lately we found our love for Asian tastes I was looking around for a recipe also to try out […]
Stifado – a Traditional Greek Beef Stew
This Greek beef stew is characterized by the use of lots of onions. I admit, it’s a quiet heavy food, but most tasty, you will lick all your fingers. Traditionally, this dish is made with small onions about the size of a ping-pong ball or pearl onions. You also can use larger onions, you just […]
Noodles with Chicken and Vegetables
This is my daughters favorite Asian style dish! She first tried it at a take-away noodles snack bar, so she tried to make it at home. The result was really good, even though she for sure didn’t make it exactly the way they do at the snack bar. If you like it more vegetarian you […]
Moussaka – another Greek classic
If you think of Greek dishes, “Moussaka” is for sure one of the first coming to your mind. Beside of “Pastitsio” , it is one of the most delicious dishes. But, just like its “brother” made with macaroni pasta, it is also time consuming and very rich in calories – so it’s not something to […]
Pastitsio – a Greek classic
Pastitsio is one of the most tasty classic dishes in Greek cuisine, must also one of the most rich in calories! Still, there is not one housewife, Greek tavern or tourist hotel not serving this fantastic food. There are many different recipes for Pastitsio, as every cook has his own way of preparing it. But […]
Chicken in Yogurt Sauce with Oregano
Did you ever try to replace the cream in a sauce by yogurt? If not, you really should try it out. This chicken dish with yogurt is a light meal for summer and who ever is on a diet can add it to the plan without any regrets. And the nice thing is, it is […]
Soutzoukakia Smyrni (Meatballs from Smyrni)
There are a lot of variations how to make meatballs. In Greece there are the classic pan-fried burger patties “Bifteki” (μπιφτέκι), round meatballs “Keftedakia” (κεφτεδάκια) which are also simply fried in a pan or cooked in tomato sauce, or “Soutzoukakia” (σουτζουκάκια), formed as small sausages. The latter are served as grilled skewer “politika” (πολίτικα) or […]
Koofteh – Meatballs Persian Style
In his working life my father used to travel a lots around the world. In this time he met someone from Persia living in Germany and working for the same company as my father did. They became lifetime friends. He taught my mother to make Koofteh [koufteh] and since she made it once we all […]
Marinated Stuffed Turkey Roast Asian Style
Lately my daughter fell in love with Asian food. So I decided to make a dish for the weekend that my husband also would like as he is not that much into this kind of food. Searching around in the internet I could not find something really adequate to my vague idea but I got […]
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