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Tasty Greek Spinach and Rice (Spanakorizo)

This Spinach and Rice/Vegetarian dish is a quick lunch or dinner meal for the whole family. The main ingredient is Spinach, which is and I also consider to be good for you.  The additional ingredients give this dish a spectacular boost of taste.  There are two ways that this recipe […]

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Marka

This is not my usual post regarding food recipes but yesterday, was a very sad day for our family…my brother’s beautiful dog Marka passed at the age of 6.  She was a beautiful, kind, playful soul.  She was a good friend to my previous dog Frankie who passed about 1 […]

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Greek Beef Stew (Styfado)

This is a classic, popular, melt in your mouth, comfort food, Greek Stew Recipe..:) with beef and onions sautéd in fresh tomatoes and a variety of different herbs and with a dash of tomato paste. As the winter weather is becoming stronger each day, I thought that this stew would […]

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This is for our beautiful four legged Doggie friends

I am sharing this on my site for our beautiful doggie friends out there.   via Help Me Raise £250 For The Dogs Trust By Leaving Me A Link To Your Blog via Help a Charitable Friend! — But I Smile Anyway…

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The Christmas Tag

I have been nominated for the Christmas Tag by my lovely blogger friend Karin from The Austrian Dish.  If you have not yet come across her site please pop over and see for yourself the wonderful traditional dishes and recipes Karin posts. The Christmas Tag was started by littlediyprojects.wordpress.com. 🙂 […]

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Mac n’ Cheese Spinach Casserole

Amongst some of my favorite cooking shows American, 🙂 British, (I do enjoy watching Nigella but my absolute favorite is Lorraine Pascale) 🙂 French and Italian, 🙂 haven’t found a good Spanish one yet..(so if anyone in Spain knows one please let me know so I can watch it),  I […]

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Greek Christmas Cookies (Melomakarona)

Hello everyone, I hope you are all doing well..I have recovered from the flu and happy to be feeling better.  Thank you all very much for your kind messages, I was so moved.  🙂 This time of year my mom comes over the holidays, and she brought over Melomakarona this […]

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Christmas Butter Cookies (Xristougeniatika mbiskota boutirou)

Hello everyone, I hope that all are well and getting ready for the holidays.  I am feeling better and better each day :).  Christmas is coming up rather quickly, so I decided to start my christmas cookies, so I haven’t made Christmas cookies in years, so I took out the […]

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Lemon Flavored Chickpea Soup

It has been snowing non stop for two days and it is so beautiful.  Why is it that after  it snows there is this sort of tranquility in the atmosphere?  I went out for the first time today in over a week, 🙁  and had a lovely walk with Charlie…feeling […]

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Baked Eggs, Tomatoes & Smoked Scamorza Cheese

Hello everyone! 🙂  Sorry I have not been posting these past days, unfortunately I have been trying to recover from the flu.  This morning is actually the first day that I am feeling better and was able to make this quick little brunch treat.  I wanted to make something tasty that […]