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Happy Easter – Kalo Pasxha

Written by Published on Updated on April 30, 2021 in Monthly Notes

Hey there friends,

I hope you are doing well.  Greek Orthodox Easter is on Sunday, May 2nd.  I have been working hard preparing a few things for our Easter treats such as dyeing eggs and baking Easter Cookies. The past few days I have been following posts and photos of my Greek Food Bloggers friends on IG and their blogs. I  loved all the Greek Cookies (Koulourakia) and dyed Eggs of all colors and designs.  There was so much thought put into each and every design!!  They looked more like paintings than dyed Eggs…

But I did something different this year I went back in time and tradition.  I dyed my eggs Red which is how they used to dye them back in the day in the villages.  But preparing the cookies was my favorite part of this year’s preparation.  I tried to shape my cookies the way my grandmother used to shape them uneven and made with love. 🙂

 

I would like to wish my family and friends a wonderful Easter!!

 

KALI ANASTASI KAI KALO PASXHA

 

 

Welcome to a small corner of my Greek Heritage. Growing up in New York from Greek parents, was a challenge of its own...but the traditional food, tastes and aromas that my mother cooked always travelled me back to Greece. My mother is a wonderful cook, our house would always have that smell of home cooked food. I remember very clearly that we were only allowed fast food, once a week, that was a huge day for myself and my brother. Jumping up and down in the back car seat, laughing, just being kids. It is true that we all like to eat different foods, taste, smell, even try food that looks different than our regular meals at home and I think that is so natural. In my teens, I was not really into cooking, I enjoyed my magazines after school, listening to music, and just taking a breather. There were times that I would glance at some of my mom's recipes, more out of curiosity than to actually try to cook them. At that time I did not realise that cooking would become my passion one day. Slowly, I would start to look into my mom's recipes a bit more each day and I started to find it interesting as a hobby. Each month I would go into our neighborhood bookstore and pick up my monthly book, until one day I decided to stroll over into the cooking section. That summer was the first time I actually bought a cooking magazine....and I loved it. Cooking and baking started out as a hobby, but now after many years it is my passion. Exploring the cuisines, the spices, the oils, the scents, the variety of smells and tastes that exist. It was and still is an amazing journey without limits. So, come along with me on this adventure, and I hope you enjoy my recipes. Sophie

8 Comments

  1. Dorothy's New Vintage Kitchen
    April 30, 2021 at 1:33 pm  ·  Reply

    Lovely! What did you use to get the eggs so brilliantly red Sophie?

  2. Invisibly Me
    April 30, 2021 at 3:13 pm  ·  Reply

    What a wonderful idea to get into the history and tradition. I never would have thought about dying eggs until your blog!

    In case I don’t speak to you before then… Greek Orthodox Easter for Sunday, Sophie!!! xxxx

  3. dtills
    May 1, 2021 at 5:55 pm  ·  Reply

    I hope you and your family have a wonderful Easter celebration Sophie!❤️

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