I’ve made this a few times now and it is really delicious – although it is still really cold in London, this dish reminds me of summers in Greece π I love the fact it is really delicious, easy to make, and uses up various vegetables that I usually have to hand. Top tip: use over-ripe tomatoes for this dish and not tinned tomatoes, my local shop sells off ripe tomatoes cheaply and it really changes the taste to a naturally sweet one. Be liberal with the olive oil and surprisingly this goes really well with Mujendra., This is a longevity favorite on the Greek island of Ikaria, where locals live 10-15 years longer than us here in the UK!
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Right now, my home smells like Autumn; it smells of cinnamon, cloves, and orange and a distant memory I can’t quite grasp. This walnut cake is resting and cooling (the hardest part of the process!) This is a delicious Greek cake made with grape molasses and olive oil so no nasty refined sugars. All credit for this goes to an excellent Greek lady called Deppy whose website is 
This is my take on my favourite guilty pleasure for breakfast when ever I am in Greece. The first thing I do is find the local bakery and suss out how good the spinach pie is! My absolute favourite is the village style spinach pie (spanakopita) made in a massive round baking tin and fresh out of the oven – I have never really cracked the art of using phyllo pastry – a bit fiddly for me but when at home in London these are the next best thing. It’s not often I include any dairy in my recipes but I will make an exception for a high quality feta !
A real favourite of mine – these have the real flavour of Greece – oregano and fresh lemon π Like a lot of Greek dishes, every home serves them slightly differently but the basic elements stay the same. This dish is really easy and will make you look like a chef! Unlike their British roast potato equivalent – these are slightly crispy on the edges and also soft and lemony.
I love, love this dish! It has my favourite flavours of dill and mint and is filling (I may have mentioned I have a truckers appetite!) Β Iβm on a mission to prove that eating plant based and healthily is not expensive and doesnβt have to be time consuming. We all have to work and run a home etc – so we need easy, go to dishes that are nourishing to our bodies – and this is one of them! Another Greek – throw it all in the pot combo…..
This is a very cost-effective, tasty dish full of iron, anti-oxidants and fibre. I probably ate my own body weight of this last week! However, due to the filling nature of the peas, you don’t need to serve it with anything – no rice or bulgur – unless you are starving! This is the sort of dish that is great to have when friends come over – it’s easy to make and you can leave it simmering on the hob.
This is a great dish for getting some spinach in your diet, it can be eaten as a dish on its own or as a side dish with fish or a salad. I only use brown rice now, white rice and whole-wheat rice make my stomach bloated and again have been bleached, with a lot of the goodness taken out. Brown rice takes slightly longer to cook but is much better for you and has more protein and fibre than its white counterpart which has its bran and germ removed (why would you do that?!!! take out the bits that are good for you?) 
Oh my goodness – this is one of my summer favourites – light, tasty and as usual easy to make π The combination of sweet beetroot, fresh mint and salty feta is really refreshing – watch out thought it’s addictive! Beets are high in vitamin C and potassium and are known for helping lower blood pressure. Fresh mint is wonderful for the stomach and digestion, plus feta cheese (the real stuff! either sheep or goats milk or a combination of the two) has anti-cancer properties and immune-boosting properties – that’s why the Greeks are a healthy bunch!
A delicious, easy recipe that beats the heck out of the shop bought humous. Now, this is so easy, it will take you longer to get your shoes on and go to the shop for the processed stuff! It’s full of goodness and anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory turmeric – the wonder spice!
One of my favourite dishes for the summer and it gets better after a day or so! I know I love all things Greek but Cyprus potatoes are the ONLY ones for this dish π I much prefer this to the claggy mayonnaise variety. 
I was first served this soup in Zakynthos after being violently ill for about 4 days and the landlord’s wife of the apartment I was staying in, insisted I had a bowl of this to settle my stomach. I was about 19 at the time and living on my own on the island and at that point was not very adventurous in my taste! The soup was delicious and did indeed settle my stomach. The landlady added a little glug of red wine vinegar just before serving with fresh crusty breadβ¦β¦β¦…delicious and best of all, cheap!!! 
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