I remake my mother’s Special Sunday Lunch – Kotopoulo Kokkinisto me Bamies kai Pilafi – a step-by-step guide on how to make a traditional Greek Chicken in a Tomato Sauce served with Risoni-Rice and Baked Okra Recipe. My mother would prepare this dish when she had special guests for lunch on a Sunday. I learned […]
In June 2018, I was lucky enough to travel to Crete with my family. Eugene was attending a scientific conference there in a town called Kolimvari. While Eugene attended the conference sessions during the mornings, I headed off with the kids for some Cretan adventures. On our first morning we drove to Balos, a very […]
Baked Okra with Potatoes – two of my favourites come together to satisfy my palate and my hunger!!! Try it – it’s sooooo good!!! Greek Baked Okra & Potatoes in Red Sauce Recipe ¼ cup cup extra virgin olive oil ((EVOO) and more for drizzling) 2 medium brown onions, (diced) 1 kg desirée potatoes, […]
Baked Okra and Tomato… another Antigoni recipe!!! If you are part of the “KO’s Ntomatofai Cult following” then you know how good baked tomato purée is when paired with sweet baked peppers. Well then, this is the next recipe you need to add to your baked tomato purée repertoire! And it is soooo dang good!!! […]
For the Love of Okra… Greeks love okra! In the Southern Peloponnese, in the region of Kalamata, okra dishes are very popular. We cook okra in many different ways. The most popular of all is the Okra Stifado and that is why we choose it to share it for the “Meri of Month of May”. […]
Tourlou (meaning “mixed up” ) is a melange of vegetables baked to sweet and delicious perfection. This recipe is my mother’s and one that I learned as a young adult. It has travelled the world with me. I cooked it regularly when Eugene and I lived in Seattle – for ourselves and our guests. It […]
Okra form part of the culinary heritage of many cuisines – including the Greek cuisine. When my mother was growing up in Greece – 60-70 years ago – they had 3 different okra varieties that her family cultivated – including a hairy-yellow variety 🤓 They planted the seeds in spring – along with the tomato […]
The origin and journey of a recipe… Recipes go on journeys from one person to the next, through generations, across one nation, across many nations and way beyond their origin. This is such a recipe! Evmorfia @chooks_that_cook, who resides in Melbourne, shares her Galatopita recipe with you! This recipe was shared with Evmorfia and her mother […]
Greek Recipes, Pites with home-made fillo
Ruth’s Patatopita – Greek Potato and Fillo Pie Recipe with Feta and Olives
POTATO, OLIVE, AND ROSEMARY PIE WITH VILLAGE PASTRY Πατατόπιτα με ελιά και δεντρολίβανο με χωριάτικο φύλλο A recipe generously shared by Ruth Bardis for the Meri Month of May 2022 from her new cookbook Simply More Greek This recipe is from Metsovo – a town in the northwestern part of Greece prized for its […]
Greek Recipes, Pites with home-made fillo
Antigoni’s Tsouknidopita – Greek Stinging Nettle Fillo Pie Recipe
My mum’s Tsouknidopita – Stinging Nettle Pie! 💖 In Greece my mum collected the stinging nettles along the creek beds under the magestic Meteora. In Australia, they self-seed and grow in her veggie patch in Autumn and Spring and then we are the lucky recipients of her beautiful pita creations! Over the 70 years she […]