Fresh Spring Recipes
Category: Spring

Flaounas | A Cypriot Easter Traditional Sweet & Savoury Cheese-filled Pastry for the Whole Family!
Tradition, tradition, tradition, is a word you will come across many times in this blog since tradition is part of our Greek culture, life and mentality. Flaounas in not an exception, on the contrary is one of …

KOKORETSI; A Sunday Easter Tradition For Every Greek Household!
The Orthodox Easter is the biggest celebration in the Greek Orthodox religion. It is celebrated by millions of Christian Orthodox around the world, with Greeks, Cypriots and Russians to hold the majority and is usually a week …

Hummus, a Middle-Eastern classic dip, turned into a main dish or side dish, served with pitta bread!
I am sure you all heard about the so famous hummus so far and read a lot about the various recipes that are trending in hundreds of food blogs daily, and probably, most of you have already …

Flat green Beans with artichokes cooked in fresh Tomato sauce, onion & garlic
Greeks and Cypriots developed hundreds of ‘yiachni” recipes, with all kind of vegetables, meat and fish and they still evolving original recipes from their ancestors. Below are some of the best vegetable, meat & fish suggestions for …

Slow-cooked chickpeas ragout, with spinach & carrots, served with tahini & pickled beetroots
Oh… I have so many stories to share with you and not enough days before Greek Orthodox Easter to do so. So let’s start with Lent and Green Monday | Greeks and Cypriots are fasting for 40 days …

Time for a change? Welcome Spring in your life and transform your Bedroom, with 5 Easy & Inexpensive steps
PHOTGRAPHY: ATHENA KONSTANTINOY | STYLING: ATHENA KONSTANTINOY Room | Design | Styling Ok, I am back! And SUPER excited, since I really got the chance to rest, eat, drink read watch and listen without any stress, any …

Magiritsa | The Greek Easter Traditional Soup
Mageiritsa it’s a very easy-to-make soup, but you must have some cooking skills and patience, especially with the lamb offal (since I feel a bit weird when I wash them and prepare them) and I promise you that …

Coloured Glazed Vanilla Cakes | with winter fruits & icing sugar
I can’t believe that is nearly the end of the first month of 2017! It was only a “few” days ago that I had to start preparing my posts and work for Christmas and I had to have …

Spanakopita | Greek spinach pie with fetta cheese & dill
Spanakopita is one of the top five most famous Greek dishes worldwide, among the Greek salad, mousakka, souvlaki and tzatziki. Spanakopita seems complex but really is derived from two simple words, that’s spinach and pitta, which means pie …

Flaounes | A Cypriot traditional Sweet & Savoury treat for Easter
Flaounes – The Cypriot Easter Tradition “PASKAZW” … Is a typical Cypriot word arising from Easter Sunday’s food that means we are very happy, from the fact that we have eaten all the treats linked to Easter.” Tradition, tradition, …