Mushrooms have a way of absorbing the ingredients around it and in this simple earthy dish, the delicate lemon myrtle and garlic infuse the mushrooms with flavour. Serve on toast, or as a complement to a Winter Roast. Use a variety of mushrooms such as shitake, button and oyster for added interest.
How to Make a Traditional Hortopita, Greek Spinach Pie | Horiatiki Spanakopita
This recipe is a true Horiatiki Hortopita – A Greek Traditional Spanakopita, how the women from my village make it. Hortopita is a Greek Spinach pie made with traditional homemade phyllo loaded with various greens like silverbeet & herbs. A true Horiatiki Spanakopita. Travel off the beaten track where the roads wind perilously deep in…
Spanakopita Recipe for Beginners | a healthy recipe big on Flavour
Spanakopita is a popular greek savoury pie of primarily spinach, herbs and feta cheese encased in sheets of phyllo dough. This recipe has been adapted to use commercial phyllo dough that you can find at your supermarket. It is easy, healthy and big on that Mediterranean flavour. I made this recipe for my non-greek followers…
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…
Chicken Laksa Soup
You must try this Chicken Laksa Soup Recipe if you can at least once. There is something inherently pleasing about digging into a nice bowl of laksa, with its rich, fragrant and a little spicy creaminess. This laksa soup is complete with all the toppings you would find in a classic Laksa Dish. My daughter’s…
Drinking Coffee: Benefits, Nutrition and Some Risks
To drink or not to drink coffee and the debate as to whether it is good or bad for us has been controversial throughout the years. In this quick article we have a look at the health benefits of drinking coffee, are there types of coffees that are better ( or worse ) for us,…
Hearty Italian Minestrone Soup
Make this chunky and nourishing thick minestrone soup in your kitchen, for those chilly winter months when a hearty meal is needed to revive the body and mind. The Italians gave it the name ‘Minestrone’ meaning to administer ( or ministrare ). Traditionally, the head of the household would serve the soup from a large…
Spanakorizo Recipe with Tomato and Silverbeet, A greek Style Vegetarian Risotto, Pilaf
Fall in love with Spanakorizo, a creamy and satisfying Classic Mediterranean Diet Risotto with Silverbeet, Tomato, and served with copious amounts of lemon juice. I have been making this dish for over 20 years now for my family and they always look forward to eating, especially when they have had a busy day. Some will…
Top Greek Restaurants in Brisbane & Gold Coast -2019
Greek Restaurants in Brisbane rated by their atmosphere, authenticity, unique presentation, the use of fresh and vibrant ingredients and service. What is it about Greek Cuisine that makes it unique? It is not only the benefits of the Mediterranean Diet, but the secret to it is also tied to the people who consume it the…
Greek Tsoureki Recipe (Greek Style Sweet Brioche Bread) | Τσουρεκι αφρατο
Greek Tsoureki is a captivating sweet brioche style bread – light, pull apart and elastic, infused with a delicate touch of Mastiha, Mahlepi, Cardamom and Orange. The smell of this Greek Yeast Mastic Bread brings me back to memories of some of my favourite times spent in the early years living in a small…
Rainbow Silverbeet (Chard) Dolmades with a Traditional Stuffing of Lamb, Rice and Dill
Stuffed vine leaves go by many names in Mediterranean and middle-eastern cuisine such as Dolmades, Dolma, ντολμαδες or Waraq Enab. One thing is for sure, a flavoursome stuffing of just the right amount of lamb, rice and herbs makes for a great dolmadaki. These dolmades are layered in a bed of vine leaves, rolled in…
