Grilled charred eggplant is a staple in our home. Its firm skin protects its creamy interior and will absorb any flavouring you add to it during the cooking process. Inspired by Za’tar, a middle-eastern thyme- and sesame- based spice blend, have instead used freshly picked thyme & oregano, blended the leaves with toasted sesame seeds…
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Mediterranean One-Pan Chicken and Eggplant Stack
If your a lover of Mediterranean food, this dish features two Mediterranean staples – the eggplant and tomato. Eggplants and tomatoes spell summer, and to me, it is not summer without eggplants or tomatoes accompanied in a dish. Eggplants are grown in my garden every summer, as did at my greek mothers garden, and my…
Greek Chickpea Soup, ρεβιθια σουπα με λεμονι
This Greek Chickpea Soup is ideal for when the days are starting to shorten, become colder and the evenings are chilly. It is a satisfying and heartwarming dish which happens to have an impressive nutritional profile perfect for also warding off the seasonal cold and flu. This stew has a creamy texture, simmered with base…
Greek scrambled eggs with tomatoes, strapatsatha
For something a little bit different, try this simple greek dish of scrambled eggs and tomatoes or otherwise known as Strapatsatha or kagianas. Use nice ripe tomatoes, grate lightly using a box grater, reduce on the pan with a little olive oil and then scramble with the eggs. Strapatsatha or Kagianas is a popular dish from…
20-minute tender beef casserole in red wine
This stew is the perfect comfort food. Tender, pull-apart beef simmered in a rich and wholesome tomato and wine sauce. There are so many recipes for beef stew, beef casserole, beef bourguignon, and beef ragu. They are either simmered for hours over a casserole, in the oven, or a slow cooker. This recipe negates…
Whole Snapper Baked with Mediterranean Style on a bed of herbs
This baked whole snapper makes for a majestic dinner meal worthy to be displayed as the centrepiece dish on your dinner table. Snapper is steam baked cradled on a bed of herbs. Sealed, to lock in all the moisture and flavours you have added the result being a tender, moist and flavoursome seafood dish. Garlic,…
Vegan Spelt Cranberry and Pistachio Biscotti | Greek paximadia
This is a quick and easy to make butter-free, vegan biscotti, made with the addition of cranberries and piatachios. You don’t have to dip this type of biscotti in coffee tea or milk but it’s certainly tastes amazing if you do. This is a Greek version of biscotti made without any butter as well contains…
Baked Eggs Shakshuka with tomato sauce and beans
Baked eggs Shakshuka with tomato sauce and beans make for a bright and spicy start to the day with simple, healthy ingredients. Can be eaten with a slice of your favourite bread or on its own. This middle-eastern inspired dish of baked eggs, hearty tomato sauce and made as a complete filling meal with the…
Warm roast pumpkin quinoa & lentil salad
You don’t need to be vegetarian to enjoy this warm roast pumpkin, quinoa and lentil salad. This colourful warm salad is perfect for those autumn days where the days are slowly becoming a little shorter, and the air a little cooler. Enjoying salads in the cooler weather is even more important as they are loaded…
Healthy Grilled Eggplant Layered and Stacked with Herbed Ground Beef | A Quick mid-week meal
Stacks of succulent grilled eggplant are layered with a tasty herb loaded Ground Beef & tomato sauce to make a hearty, decadent and healthy meal. The eggplant absorbs the middle-eastern inspired sauce infused with herbs and spices. If you haven’t had grilled eggplant before, when prepared right it is crispy brown on the outside and…
Breakfast Apple and Chia Overnight Oats
Overnight Oats are a healthy and delicious meal-prep breakfast option. Easy to prepare, and fun too as the options for the ingredients are endless, and you can just pop them in the jar. No added sugars, just the naturally occurring ones from the fresh fruit, high in fibre, protein and lactose free, although you can…
Healthy Pancake Recipe
Waking up to the best ever healthy pancakes that are fluffy, easy to make, contain no artificial ingredients or processed flours and are cooked to a summer’s golden colour has to be one of the most wonderful way to start your day. Making these pancakes are quite easy as I add all my ingredients…
