When I was growing up in Germany, my mother used to make fish fillets with an herb crust. She bought them frozen from the supermarket. You may have seen them in your local store, too. They are sold by different producers under names such as “Cod Bordelaise” or “Cod Provençal.” In Germany, this type of…
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Cream Sauce of Herbs Provençal
This creamy herb sauce goes very well with fish and rice dishes. When I was growing up, my mother used to make fish fillets with an herb crust. As a side dish, she served rice with a creamy herb sauce, which she usually bought as a powdered mix in a sachet. All you had to…
Stuffed Vegetables (Gemista)
Stuffed vegetables (Γεμιστά [jemista’]) are a common food in Greece! Every housewife has her own recipe. And, during periods of fasting, it is one dish that is absolutely vegan. The stuffing is basically the same as in stuffed vine leaves (Dolmades). You can make stuffed vegetables vegan style or add minced meat. The secret for…
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…
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…
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…
Stuffed Vine Leaves (Dolmades)
I believe in Greek kitchen preparing stuffed vine leaves is the highest art of cooking – if you know how to do them! I have tried a lot of Dolmades until now, but Mama Marikas’, my beloved mother-in-law, is making the very best you’ll ever get. 86 years of age by now she still wakes…