Recipes of food & drinks for winter to keep you warm & cosy
Category: Winter

Roast Bavarian Duck with Black Garlic, Blood Oranges & Red Wine Sauce
Duck, is one of my favourite foods, and food loved by many around the world. That is why there are many types of ducks, especially in Europe, France, England, Germany and so on and according to the area …

Christmas Wreath Design
The Christmas wreath I have created a few days ago, was the spark that started the fire. The fire for creation and the remembrance of my forgotten but beloved blog. I guess once a blogger, always a blogger. …

Vanilla cake for Valentines Day with Blood oranges icing
. I still remember the first time, about 3 years ago, when I was scrolling my Instagram account and I came across a stunning cake, coloured with {natural} baby pink icing, on top. Although I loved it …

Pink Radicchio Risotto served with Gorgonzola cheese
From end of January until end of December, I was lucky enough to have spent a whole month, in the town which I soon discover, that was going to be one in my favourites towns in the …

High Protein, wholewheat Fusilli Pasta with broccoli, peas, sweetcorn & pesto
It’s amazing how many recipes we can create with broccoli. Or cauliflower. Or peas, sweetcorn, carrots and vegetables in general. It’s also amazing, how creative you can be in the kitchen or as a food stylist, or even …

A trip to Munich & an Original German Pretzel Recipe
I always used to see pretzels here and there, in Instagram or magazines and always knew they were called pretzels, but, I never got the chance to try them until a few days ago when I spent …

BBC GOOD FOOD | Fresh Talents Award 2017 by Pink Lady | Finalist Photos by Athena Konstantinou
‘ I would like to thank from the bottom of my heart the Pink Lady Food photography Competition 2017 and the BBC Good Food Fresh Talent Awards for giving me this opportunity and being among the best …

Soupa Louvana me tiganisi | A gluten free & vegan Cypriot traditional soup!
I know that this is the second soup post in a row but in Cyprus the weather is changing rapidly and spring is around the corner, so I wanted to catch up with a few more winter recipes. …

Trahanas Soup | A Greek & Cypriot super food soup with haloumi & sausage
I live in a country where it resides among three continents, Europe, Asia and Africa and co-exist amongst many countries where are influenced by the Mediterranean cuisine, the middle eastern cuisine, Turkish and the Greek kitchen and is …

Christmas Special | Caramelised Chestnuts with Honey & Thyme
Chestnuts existed in my life as a Mediterranean Greek ever since I can remember. They have been used everywhere and in every possible way, from around November to end January, with a peak in December and the festive …

Duck Liver Pate with Orange served on Rye toast bread with Goat’s Cheese
I can’t believe that Christmas are finally here, only days after Halloween as I can’t believe that there are people out there that say Christmas makes them melancholic and sad. I really can’t since I honestly believe that …

Cinnamon & other spiced rolls with cream cheese and nuts | A winter’s bake special
It’s November, the month of Food Festival in UK, the month of Thanksgiving in America and the month that brings Christmas’s to the rest of the world and that is why planning and preparing ahead are way up to …

Goat Cheese & Spinach home-made Ravioli
Halloween and October are coming slowly to the end and I have already uploaded my last post for the season a few days ago, saying farewell to the second month of Autumn. Sometimes I write my posts a few …

Slow-Cooked Shrimp Orzo with Shallots & Dill
Today I have decided to talk about truths. (!) As a person the truth is, I hate lies, but sometimes we need to adjust. To adjust to a situation, to a white lie, to a lie that can …

Spicy Pumpkin Cupcakes | Halloween special
Falling in love is not always about a man. Or a woman. Falling in love can be with various things. You can fall in love with Autumn, or Winter, your new or existing house, an opportunity that arose …

The golden Harvest & Halloween month | Cream of Pumpkin Spicy Soup
Back again, for one more October post, the cream of pumpkin spicy soup, another post that signals Autumn and the early days of winter, the first rains, the golden harvest, the change of the colour of the sky, …

Roasted Pumpkin with Sea salt & Cinnamon, Thyme & Olive oil | A Halloween treat |
Yes, Yes, Yes!! October – the month of Halloween is finally here, – the weather has not changed much but still, the smells have changed, cinnamon & herbs like thyme are added to our routine, the harvest colours …