Greek Vegan Custard Filo Pie
How do you take a dessert that starts with filo brushed with butter and filled with a custard made from milk and eggs and make a vegan version? It ended up being surprisingly easy, it worked on the first try!
When the Going Gets Tough…Greek Style
Cooking without recipes is so freeing, the food is truly yours, and it allows you to add herbs, or spices, and other ingredients to see how they change the character of the dish.
Easter and Greek Easter Ideas
Greek and "American" Easter are on the same date this year, Sunday, April 16. I love Easter, it's my favorite holiday because it means we're heading into my favorite seasons, spring and summer. Growing up Greek had the bonus of getting two Easters most years, and more importantly, double candy. I've provided two [...]
Greens and Beans Soup
Whenever I feel particularly overfed (which truthfully is daily!) I make this soup because it’s fast, easy, delicious and very nourishing. I make my own bone broth (formerly known as stock), but you can substitute store bought. But if you have the time, I really think homemade broth is far more nutritious. I like [...]
Eating Greek
My nieces came over for dinner yesterday. It was dinner and Skype day, a way for us to all visit with Claire. I always let them choose what they'd like to eat and they requested Greek, so this time I did an easy Greek family dinner. The kind of dinner we had often growing [...]
Kalouria
My mom was a great baker. I cherish her spiral notebook with her handwritten Greek recipes and her notes in the margin like “add more butter” or “Mrs. Olga’s recipe”. Mom had several signature recipes, she was known for her Galactobouriko (filo custard pie), Paximathia (Greek biscotti) and Kalouria. Kalouria are a very simple [...]