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…
Tag: Vegetables
Homemade Curry Paste
Since a few years, in Greece, where I live, it is getting easier to buy exotic spices in the big supermarkets. So, it makes it much easier to cook Asian style food which lately is the favorite of my daughter and even my husband is willing to try and appreciate. Still, some things are not…
Neapolitan Sauce
The Neapolitan is a basic sauce that goes with almost every pasta dish and can be varied with lots of other ingredients like minced meat, tuna, salmon etc. You can buy it ready in the supermarkets. I wouldn’t call my website “Cooking without flavor enhancers” if I didn’t publish my own recipe here as well….
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…
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…
Mexican Style Tuna Salad
In our family tuna is one of our favorite fishes. One day I saw in a supermarket a canned tuna salad which gave me the idea for this refreshing summer salad. My family and I prefer canned tuna in brine for salads and sandwiches. The oil used in canned tuna has a minor taste at…
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…
Colorful Pasta with Fresh Vegetables
Dieticians often say that it is not the pasta having lots of calories but the sauce. Well, this colorful pasta dish will blow your mind and even your children will love it. You can use any kind of pasta you like. White pasta, whole wheat, tricolor… Penne, Fussili, Spirelli… You can make it vegetarian or…
Vegetable Lasagna
This vegetarian lasagna even meat-lovers will lick their fingers! First time I made it, even my children said to re-make it one day. It contains lots of fresh vegetables, but in the combination you won’t miss the meat. As lasagna pasta I prefer the ones without precooking. Therefore you will need enough liquid from the…