Souvlaki For The Soul

I’ve decided to redo giouvarlakia this winter.  I’ve blogged about giouvarlakia before and you can find my recipe here.  I love the “heartiness” of this dish and I can eat them non stop. They definitely warm up the insides.  However, in my “extreme makeover” (ok, maybe not that extreme) I add a bunch of chopped [...]

Cooler weather demands comfort food.  And lots of red wine!  That’s my motto and I’m sticking to it!  Seriously though, that’s probably the best part about winter.  The stews, braises and casseroles.  This time around I wanted to attempt that classic Greek dish called “stifado”.  It’s a one pot aromatic stew utilising baby onions, red [...]

Apples are everywhere at the moment.  I spotted these beautiful “Golden Delicious” variety the other week and knew I wanted to play around with them as soon as I got them home.  I was planning a dinner party and I wanted to present a low fat option for dessert.  Something sweet enough that wasn’t too [...]

At times, even I get bored with spanakopita!  Yes it’s true!  Lately I’ve wanted to get creative with traditional Greek recipes and bring a little “oomph” to them.  So…out with spanakopita (for the time being) and in with the scrolls.  Whilst flicking through the April edition of Delicious magazine I came across a recipe for [...]

Oh!  Let’s see…Greek Easter was over a week ago now and here I am posting my celebratory Easter dish that I cooked.  A little late I know, but hey no one said this was a race or a competition.  And really, you don’t need a special event to eat and enjoy this dish.  It makes [...]

“Christos Anesti” !
Just wanted to wish everyone the best for Greek Easter.

I hope everyone is indulging in red eggs, tsoureki and koulouria.  Have a great day and take it easy on the lamb!

All the best!
Peter

“Ryzogalo” is the Greek version of rice pudding.  Literally translated it means “rice milk” (ryzo=rice and galo=milk).   It’s something I always remember from my childhood years and I enjoy it even more as an adult.  It’s comforting, creamy and wholesome (just like me!).  My mother made this on a regular basis and I remember [...]

This post is probably a few months too late…sort of.  I actually had planned on blogging about this earlier, but I have been on a very busy schedule that I totally forgot about this recipe.  This is a very quick and tasty salad made with watermelon that is at its sweetest.  I actually saw a [...]

The weather’s still hovering around the late 20’s here in Sydney.  This has given us the opportunity to still enjoy summer fare however I’m really craving for some autumn food!  Will I ever be satisfied?  Probably not!  Anyway, I just wanted to share a very quick and easy meal I made the other day.  I’m [...]

Ever since I saw Laurie’s version of pastitsio with greens I had it bookmarked, waiting for the perfect opportunity to recreate it.  Well, the opportunity arose this month with the announcement of Anotnio Tahan’s “A Taste Of The Mediterranean” event.  This event which is co-hosted by Peter from Kalofagas encourages bloggers to make a twist [...]