Baked Eggplant with Feta

Simple things, concentrated flavor and Low Carb diet.
Grilled eggplant, sprinkled with a little feta cheese and chopped fresh cilantro to make a delicious and hearty appetizer. We enjoy in the terrace in the evening with friends.
Drinks at will in kind and in quantity!

The recipe

Baked Eggplant with Feta

can be found in the book «Μεζέδες».


Author Zambia G. Sifaki

work: 10′

time: 1h:00′

very easy:

Farfalle with Tuna & Caper

Farfalle salad! A delicious dish of pasta, where on each fork, each one of its ingredients, expresses its presence and combines harmoniously to absorb the juices and aromas of the other ingredients and to give them a dynamic and promising taste!
Salad dish with a short preparation time, just 15', which can also be eaten as a light main meal. Gourmet, easy to digest, easy to make with fine fruity notes, with tomato and balsamic vinegar giving the acidity that goes to it!
Yours!

work: 08′

time: 15′

very easy:

Black-eyed Pea Salad

Pulses are known as the food of the people from ancient times. The proteins they contain may be substituted to some extent the animal proteins, necessary for human nutrition. They are rich sources of complex carbohydrates, fiber, vitamins, minerals, and trace elements, forming an integral part of the Mediterranean diet.
The Black-eyed beans and lentils contain large amounts of iron.
The black-eyed salad is very easy and quick to make, since they do not need to be soaked for many hours like other legumes. Season with aromatic herbs and spring onion, garnish with black olives, Capers & roasted pepper and thus enjoy a very satisfying dish rich in flavor and nutritional value.
Try them!

work: 10′

time: 1h:00′

very easy:

Marinated Salmon Fillets

Roast fillet of fresh salmon, marinated in a tasty and spicy sauce made from soy sauce, green onion, crushed garlic, hot red chilli pepper and ginger. The total time -preparation and baking to have served ready to our table- is only 40'. To remain juicy and irresistibly delicious bake only 10'-15'.
The dish has its own story to the delicious offerings of our two kitchens, with several tests -since everybody likes salmon- to become a family affair and to create what we now recommend only to you as a first publication. All kudos belong to the younger family chef, in her the only.
Try it. Mandatory and only parameter to make this dish and enjoy the tasty dynamics is to like salmon, leave the rest to us!
From our kitchen to yours with the exhortation to make.

© Iris Kariotelli's Recipe

work: 5′

time: 35′

very easy:

Chicken Salad

Hearty and very tasty salad, made with chicken cooked along with vegetables. Made through any meat is in the refrigerator and not consumed. We can prepare it with ready spit roast chicken (even more delicious) or the remaining of a huge turkey, that was left because many ignored its presence and only ate the filling and the accompanying. Thereby changing the texture, flavor and its appearance is consumed easily. Also we can make it with smoked turkey ham, when we do not have much time at our disposal.
Prepared by the previous day and served on the festive table, as though they offered to us as a starter in a delicious meal at the family table years ago and since then we often enjoy it and never have bored.
Yours!

work: 1h:30′

time: 2h:30′

easy:

Cold Bean Salad: Piyaz

Tasty summer dish as a main but also accompanying tsipouro meze. Garnished with chopped onion, parsley, oil and lemon and sprinkled with freshly ground pepper, sumac & chili peppers for color and flavor and all together for health and vitamins! Whether you say it bean salad or Turkish piyaz, is one of the most classic dishes with beans after the bean soup.
All beans contain high amounts of protein and fiber. An amazing combination for the protection of the digestive system and moving the food through the intestines. Fiber helps to better digest food and help ensure that the waste products to be eliminated. It is known for their irreplaceable effects in the digestive tract, while protein helps the body to maintain optimal health and build healthy muscle mass.
Try them!

work: 15′

time: 45′

easy:

Hard-Cooked Eggs with Cheese Sauce

Simple Salad with boiled eggs or red Easter eggs served with a Cheese Sauce.
Boursin is an aromatic fresh cheese from Normandy with various flavors. It is fermented with fragrant herbs, onion, garlic, and chives, and it is soft and easy to spread onto bread, crackers, or toast, it gives the taste of yogurt with delicious Cheese Dip.
The egg with milk are the only complete natural foods, as they contain all the necessary components for a complete and balanced diet. The biological value of the protein of the egg is greater than that of milk, meat, beans or salmon and used as a standard for the quality assessment of other food proteins. The egg contains antioxidants, like fruits and vegetables.
Yours!

work: 15′

time: 15′

very easy:

Fresh Dip of Tzatziki

The traditional Greek Tzatziki is the most famous dish of Greek Cuisine and of our favorite summer dishes. Variations are also known throughout middle east.
The Fresh Dip of Tzatziki contains sheep's greek yoghurt and fresh cucumber grated. The refreshing taste makes it a perfect companion for a variety of dishes, such as roasted, fried or raw vegetables, various vegetable meatballs (tomato balls, zucchini fritters, κ.λπ.) stuffed vines leaves, grilled meat, oven french fries or baked stuffed vegetables, as well as a basic ingredient in our favorite Greek kebab or fresh bread.
The ultimate dominant in the accompanying and appetizers is the wonderful, intense and fresh taste, with very spicy presence of garlic to balance perfectly with velvet yogurt and herbs!
Yours

The recipe

Fresh Dip of Tzatziki

can be found in the book «Μεζέδες».

work: 15′

time: 30′

very easy:

Tuna Salad Niçoise

The classic Niçoise salad is a famous salad from Nice, France. Today it has spread to all over the world, since it is so tasty and beloved by many.
As a salad based on the best quality of ingredients and has great "flexibility" and is customizable by adding various vegetables, as colorful peppers, chives or fresh artichokes, which make it delicious, colorful and seductive. The base, however, always include tuna, anchovies and hard-boiled eggs.
Yours!

work: 15′

time: 30′

very easy:

Grilled Fish & Salad Greens

Grilled fish and salad Stamnagathi (Cichorium spinosum), boiled or raw if preferred. A dish with complete nutritional value and taste affirmed with few, very few ingredients but with such unsurpassed taste.
Try to combine with potatoes fried in oven and you will have an additional reason to enjoy with your soul.
Yours!

work: 30′

time: 1h:00′

easy:

Taramasalata with Bread

For a very soft mixture of taramasalata a tasty and fluffy as a mousse is the frequent testing during the preparation and the addition of lemon and oil in a very thin stream. Its ingredients are simple and what counts is the good quality of the tarama, without colorings and the very good beating in the food processor.
Yours!

work: 30′

time: 30′

very easy:

Apple ‘n Cabbage Slaw

Salads with winter cabbage are delicious and easy to make. The pomegranate, apple -golden delicious- but also, of impressive color, red cabbage make it festive. Try, daily or festive, and certainly you will like it.
Yours!

work: 15′

time: 15′

very easy:

Crostini with Whipped Feta and Tomatoes

Toasted slices of fresh bread-Crostini, sprinkled with olive oil, spread with a lemony whipped feta cheese, and a… salad on top, are a very tasty morsel in summer mood to combine with a cold beer. If the beer is flavored with honey and coriander, then the aromas and flavors increase and enjoyment doubles.
It is a good suggestion for a light and quick dinner, you just have to try them.
Yours!

work: 15′

time: 15′

very easy:

The recipe

Crostini with Whipped Feta and Tomatoes

can be found in the book «Μεζέδες».

Asparagus & Smoked Bacon Quiche

Asparagus in savory tart inside and out, with sour cream, eggs, cheese & smoked bacon in an interesting flavor combination for a complete meal. All placed on thin and crispy golden brown crust.
It is combined with a fresh, cool salad of arugula, salad -French lettuce- and radicchio, this wonderfully red and spicy Italian vegetable. Drizzled with white balsamic vinegar & drops of olive oil.
Yours!

work: 15′

time: 45′

easy:

Potato Salad with Aromatic Spices

Potato salad hearty and fragrant.
A simple boiled potato salad can be given flavor by adding aromatic spices & herbs, and give a hearty dish on its own or to accompany a seafood dish. In our table it combined with the Grilled Octopus in Parchment Paper.
The mustard with whole grains is much more palatable than the other common ones. Spices, each alone is very fragrant and combined tantalise the taste of the dish into which will be added. Finally a little bit of spring onion and fresh parsley add color and flavor to all.
Yours.

work: 15′

time: 25′

very easy:

Savory Torte

Green and red colors, are festive, for Christmas and Official Days on this cake, Savory Salad Cake without cooking. The delicious and popular ingredients make it impressive, but hearty and very tasty. Bread, cheese, ham, pickled peppers, cream cheese and others are the ingredients that compose it.
For gourmet selections in crowded festive dinner parties, together with a sparkling wine and a simple white sec demi wine is the best company that we can enjoy.
Yours!
Keep cooking and enjoy it!

work: 45′

time: 1h:00′

medium:

Turmeric Garlic Dip

It's tradition in Greece at March 25 and October 28 to consume as a nation a delicious meal of Greek cuisine. This is the salted cod and of course the necessary accompaniment, the garlic sauce.
Today reversing the usual order of rotation of posts to the blog, which require a dessert I propose Garlic with Turmeric. The turmeric gives the garlic a nice and bright yellow color. Taste is great, a healthy choice and velvety texture. If your taste habits contains the garlic sauce then make it with the way I propose.
Yours!

work: 10′

time: 20′

very easy:

BLT Dip

If you are looking for a quick and easy appetizer to become favorite for you and your company, this one is the best. With a few ingredients and little time you prepare a very tasty and hearty dip.
Made with mayonnaise, roasted bacon, chopped tomato and cream. A delicious dip made ​​finger food and eaten with crispy crackers, which here serve as spoons to grip robust quantity dips.
Yours!

work: 15′

time: 15′

very easy:

The recipe

BLT Dip

can be found in the book «Μεζέδες».

Savory Clafoutis

French origin with hellenized ingredients. Feta cheese, tomato, oregano and cheese guaranteeing tastiness. It's delicious, easy and filling. With flavors and aromas of Greek summer. Eaten pleasantly with a green salad and a glass of red wine.
Enjoy!

work: 10′

time: 30′

very easy:

Asparagus Skewers

Greek asparagus, cultured, fresh, tender and crunchy. Eaten raw in a salad. Here were wrapped with bacon and were skewered. Grilled briefly and accompanied with a sweet-spicy mayonnaise sauce with chopped red pepper pickle.
Besides the sauce, accompanied with a light green salad, drizzled with balsamic cream.
Goodies for foodies and snack for intoxicating moments with beer or a light rosé wine.
Your own!

wokr: 10′

time: 30′

very easy:

The recipe

Asparagus Skewers

can be found in the book «Μεζέδες».