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    What's For Dinner? Wednesday, Sept 5th

    yes I drink it. I make yogurt at home, and instead of eating it with a spoon, i put a stab mixer in the pot and make my yogurt ready for drinking :) my children love it this way
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    What's For Dinner? Wednesday, Sept 5th

    Homemade crescent rolls served with a glass of yogurt
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    Harry's lamb kebabs in onion water

    Nice Harry :) I will try this soon Thanks
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    Before & After: Aperitivi & Digestivi

    During the hot summer days, I often enjoy a glass of cold white wine with sparkling water, half-half
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    Leeks: do you keep the green part?

    Thanks for the tip Claire
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    Burger Dogs

    Nice, Serbian cevapcici would look lovely served in this buns. Thanks for the idea Cerise :)
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    Leeks: do you keep the green part?

    I use the white and the green in pies, leeks is an awsome vegetable and I would not want to throw anything away. When I sautee the leeks for a pie, i add several tablespoons of water, several times, until it is tender and soft on low heat and then I add the oil and sautee as the recipe says...
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    Always wanted to know - meat first or garlic/onions? Or it depends?

    Berabouman I also am cooking only for my family and friends. And I always fried onions and garlic first and then the meat. Until one day I was watching a famous chef here in Greece. She was on TV and was preparing beef stew with vegetables and potatoes. She fried the meat first (untill it...
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    Anyone else growing lemongrass?

    I asked for lemon grass in Greece and they gave me Luiza. It is a very beautiful and green herb. I am making my tea and use it when cooking. And I am also keeping several jars of dried leaves for the winter HERB LUISA (lippia triphylla kuntze) - HIPERnatural.COM
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    What are you baking today?

    coconut revani (semolina cake with syrup)
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    What have you had for lunch lately?

    I am baking a domestic rabbit meat with vegetables today :yum:
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    Grilled Eggplant Salad

    Just pierce the skin of the eggplant. poke poke poke :) lol you might clean them, most of the times i am bored and i wrap the whole eggplant as it is. I think the result is the same.
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    Grilled Eggplant Salad

    Luca When I am lazy to go to the balcony and do the grilling I grill eggplants on the electric stove. I clean the eggplants, poke them with a knife, wrap every eggplant in a kitchen foil, put them on the stove and grill them on low heat. turn them from time to time, when you press the foil...
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    Dip: Classic Greek Taramosalata

    Taxlady No I have never tried cod or any fish liver. :) Must be yummy, and I am going to try and find some, since you say it is good. Now the traditional old recipe for taramosalata given to me by Giagia Maria, my husbands grandmother is: -100 gr. white taramas, fish roe -500 gr. cooked...
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    Dip: Classic Greek Taramosalata

    pink taramosalata Dear Taxlady :) I was reffering to the taramosalata ready and packed from the factories. It is widaly sold here in Greece in every market and I really get angry when I see tourists buying it. If they just read the ingredients it says that it is artifitial color. Well...
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    Harry & Laila's lamb tagine

    Yes Bolas I know. I have eaten lamb hat was not smelling to strong only once in my life, and it was grown by an old man high in the mountains, where green and flowers are abundant. What can I say , you are lucky :)
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    Sicilian Calzones & Bufala Di Mozzarella

    Lovely I often bake small calzone pizzas and sometimes when in a hurry I fry pancerotti it is a good meal for the kids to take to school. I am sure they will like lthe eek inside, and I am very itriqued by the fresh fennel, i like it as it is but I need to discover how it tastes together...
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    Harry & Laila's lamb tagine

    wow Harry, you got me here. I am crazy about lamb, and I can not resist eggplants in any form (sweet, cooked, baked, grilled, cooked). And it just happens that I have a kilogram of lamb in the freezer. Thank you :) If you have time you could try and cook the lamb in a mix of milk and water...
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    Dip: Classic Greek Taramosalata

    Acerbicacid you are right avgotaraho is the same with bottarga But when we make taramosalata we bye fish roe especially packed for this purpose. It is white and packed in plastic trays or plastic bags. It can be made fro the roy of gray mullet or roe of smiked cod (i prefer the cod) The ready...
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    Greek Fig Spoon Sweet Preserves

    Yes Margi :) a slice of bread, a slice of goat yellow or white cheese and a slice of fresh fig, nothing better to have for breakfast I also like pizza with white goat cheese and figs, before servig a top it with slices of prosciutto, :yum: I think I tried this in Croatia, might as well be an...
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    Greek Fig Spoon Sweet Preserves

    croatia Yes I have travelled there. Plitvice lakes, Zagreb, and Dalmatian coast: Crikvenice and Krk island wonderful country. I have visited Slovenia and Serbia, too.
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    Avocados - How Do You Prepare/Dishes You Like?

    I like avokado served with roasted goat meat. Once I baked goat meat pizza and had some slices of avokado i served to the kids before,, so i tried it with the pizza. it was somehing very very tasty, since then when i bake goat meat, avocado is always on the table.
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    Greek Fig Spoon Sweet Preserves

    LOL Bolas, i thought food had no nationality? just joking. I came across this recipe, i liked the caramelised taste, sort of burnt sugar taste in this sweet.... so i am always preparing several jars. I also prepare greek fig marmalade ;)
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    Dip: Classic Greek Taramosalata

    Bolas, I do not know how much you know greek cousine but avgotaraho is eaten as an apetiser and cooked on many ways. 'In Greece, avgotaracho is produced primarily from the flathead mullet caught in Greek lagoons. The whole mature ovaries are removed from the fish, washed with water, salted...
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    Olives: What do you do with them?

    Margi what about fried olives? Spicy Cheese-Stuffed Fried Olives | Food Republic i use a simpler method, i use green olives stuffed with peppers, then panee them in flour, beaten eggs and bread crumbs... i usually prepare 10 olives per person :)
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