Category Archives: Main Course

Our bread machine has paid off especially during this second lockdown. I have tried a lot of different recipes. Its like magic: measure your ingredients, place them in the correct order and let the machine do its magic. Ready to roll and bake dough perfectly prepared. And then bake anything you can think of.  The recipe for pizza dough was inspired by an instagram friend who was looking...

And here we are at quarantine part 2 here in Athens! I think all of us were expecting the lockdown to come sooner or later. I thought it would happen a little later. This time a had a little harder time digesting the quarantine news. Maybe I was caught off guard. I really don't know.  Of course my thought is with those who are really the ones suffering the severe economic consequences...

Today's post is the result of our culinary experiments during quarantine. The one of March- April. During the first wave of the pandemic. And here we are in the second wave. Let's hope to leave it soon behind as easy as possible. The (perhaps only) good of the whole situation is that we stay in more. And I have more time to post to my beloved blog.  This is one of many recipes that...

The good news of this whole new situation is the opportunity to eat fresh cooked meals every day. Even the working days. Just because we are already home at lunch and dinner time.  But what happens when (almost all of us) we are working from home? No time for elaborate recipes. This is exactly when such easy to make recipes come in handy. Only 3 ingredients and 10 minutes of your time...

This is an official comeback and not April’s Fool.  This must have been the longest I ever stayed away from blogging. And beyond the usual reasons (tons of work at the office as well in the household) there were other reasons also: I lost my godmother recently. I was very close to her, she was my second mother. Losing her was extra painful for the whole family. I really miss her a lot...

I have a confession to make: I never have cooked chickpeas again. And of course as I kid I really dispised them. And then I tried out falafel when I grew up. And love it. And then tried fava. I adore it. This was the point I started wondering why I was missing out this yumminess all these years.   I decided to start trying out chickpeas recipes as soon as possible. This quite simple...

It's finally this time of the year where the fireplace pics appear all over the social media. We haven't yet used our own fireplace. However I love watching other fireplaces all fired up and toes snuggling in front of them. What about a hot soup in front of the fireplace? Especially one full of colour and aroma ? This post soup gathers some of my favourite ingredients: mushrooms, lime and...

  This Sunday is the Classic Marathon here in Athens. For half of the Athenians it is a day of celebration. For the other half, a day of wining for closed roads. I understand both sides since I was the one wining on Marathon Day for the closed roads up until seven years ago. Up until one year Yiannis decided to participate at the 5km racing. And the next year I decided to join him....

Don't be fooled by the title. This is not a clean eating recipe. It's just broccoli and quinoa hacked. I always try to find ways for Yiannis to eat some broccoli since he totally hates it on its own. Check another yummy broccoli recipe here. I, on the other hand, totally love broccoli just steemed with some lemon drops. I am so pleased that you love it also, judging from the appeal my...

  October for me is the month where the frenzy daily life is at full speed. Work, homework, activities, household handling.... 24 hours are just not enough! The cooking has also gone wild since the goal is to eat home cooked meals on a daily basis! Up to now I can proudly say that I manage to achieve it!!! This means that during the weekend I cook more than one meals to...

One of this season's goals is to avoid tossing any food supplies. I think it's so bad to throw food away when there are people struggling for the basic in life. So I check regularly all expiry dates on our food and as soon as I see something that is ready to expire I see that it gets immediately cooked or baked.  This is the case for the spinach in the lasagna above. I found them...

Spring is officially here and the weather is screaming spring despite the cold the past couple of days.  I am in a full spring mood! I just want to sleep, stroll into the sunshine and enjoy the good weather! Instead of that we have Penelope's getting down with the flu, having a lot of work at the office (this is a good thing) and a crazy daily schedule! Despite all that, whenever I...