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Chicken & Green Bean Pot Stew

Hi everyone!!! After yesterday’s Clean Monday or Ash Monday and a day of fasting, I am back with another Chicken recipe. 🙂  Fasting usually last for about 40 some odds days, which is way to long of time  at least for me that is, so  what I usually do is […]

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Food Treats for Greek Clean Monday (Kathari Deutera)

This post is about our Greek Clean Monday otherwise known as Ash Monday or Pure Monday, which is actually today in Greece.  This is the start of Lent which  begins on the 7th week before Easter Sunday for the Orthodox Church.  Each year on this day we get together as […]

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A bowl of homemade Tomato Soup

At the beginning of the New Year I set a few goals, one of those goals was to try to post at least 3 recipes a week.  But, it seems that I am not at point with this goal so far this month and I am hoping to get back […]

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Chicken baked with Phyllo & Feta Cheese (Kotopita)

Happy Valentine’s Day Everyone!!! 🙂  Wishing everyone a lovely and loving day!!! So, the weather has been good to us here, we have been having much sun but with low temperatures so this is great for taking long walks with Charlie and just enjoying the outdoors.  When we returned from […]

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Mushroom, Orzo, and Pea Salad

I hope everyone had a good week, mine has been a bit hectic but it looks like everything is slowly getting back to normal.  I needed to put together something very quickly to eat because these past few days, I have not been sleeping or eating well.  I truly was […]

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Almond Brittle (Pastelli Amygdalou)

If your looking to make a change in the dessert/snack area here is a nice change from the regular desserts which we love to eat with chocolate or vanilla filling.  I made this Almond Brittle earlier today and enjoyed a piece or two with a nice cup of  late afternoon […]

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Baked Aubergine & Zucchini topped with Cottage Cheese Casserole

I guess you might have noticed that I enjoy eating Aubergines, this is such a delicious recipe that I just had  to share this with you.  You might be thinking right about now “‘baked Cottage Cheese”  yes, baked and seriously delicious.  

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Greek Style Scrambled Eggs & Tomatoes (Strapatso me giaourti)

This traditional Greek recipe has been around for ages and ages, and I have been making this for as long as I can remember, but I only knew the main ingredients this recipe called for.  So, a  couple of weeks ago I was watching another cooking show and it seems that […]

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Creamy Cheesecake

I remember when we were still living in the states both my mom and I loved going into NYC, to spend the day shopping at Macy’s, Bloomingdales, etc :). During the day we would stop over at this coffee shop named Chock full o’ Nuts to enjoy a great cup […]