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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Aromatic Pork Neck Roast or Pulled Pork Cretan (Minoan) Style
by Elisabeth Duckeck The Cretan diet has become famous all over the world since the last few years. It is considered to be the most healthiest diet because of its use of extra virgin olive oil, lots of vegetable and herbs. The Cretan diet developed from the Minoan traditions. This old civilisation used the wild…
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…
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…
Seasoning Mix “Herbes de Provence”
As a child I spent two years in France due to my father’s work for an electronic company. During this time, my mother learned about French cuisine and the herbs used. Later, when we moved back to Germany, besides of the new dishes she has learned to cook, one thing remained in her cooking and…
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…
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…
Cretan Villager’s Salad
There are a lot of different recipes for potato salads but this is the best I ever ate. In my childhood I grew up with Swabian potato salad, just containing potatoes, onions, different spices and oil. Since I moved to Crete more than two decades ago, I honestly prefer this one below. Especially on hot…
Burrito with Mushooms
This is a Mexican Style vegetarian Burrito with mushrooms that even meat-lovers will like. You can use any kind of mushroom you like. I prefer especially “Pleurotus” mushrooms mixed with “button” mushrooms. You may find Pleurotus under the name of oyster mushrooms, abalone or tree mushrooms. Of all mushrooms they are my favorite as they…
A (almost) Gluten free Advocaat cake
This cake I made a few days ago more or less unavoidably because I had an Advocaat in my fridge. This intro may sound strange. But if I tell you that I don’t like Advocaat at all you’ll understand. The first time I got an Advocaat as a present from some friends a few years…