Tuesday, February 28, 2017


What about .....Clean Monday?????


Clean Monday - Καθαρή Δευτέρα, also known as Pure Monday, Ash Monday, Monday of Lent or Green Monday, is the first day of Great Lent throughout Eastern Christianity and is a moveable feast, falling on the 7th Monday before Easter.

Clean Monday is a public holiday in Greece and Cyprus, where it is celebrated with outdoor excursions, the consumption of shellfish and other fasting food, a special kind of azyme bread, baked only on that day, named "lagana"- λαγάνα and the widespread custom of flying kites.

Eating meat, eggs and dairy products is traditionally forbidden to Orthodox Christians throughout Lent, with fish being eaten only on major feast days, but shellfish is permitted in European denominations. This has created the tradition of eating elaborate dishes based on seafood (shellfish, molluscs, fish roe etc.).


Thursday, February 23, 2017

Spaghetti with Salmon - Ζυμαρικα με Σολωμο

An easy recipe for the lunch today. It will takes you only 20 min.
Μια γρηγορη συνταγή για το μεσημεριανο σας σημερα. Θα χρειαστείτε 20 λεπτα.

Ingredients

300 gr spaghetti
2 cloves chopped garlic
200 ml milk or sour cream
300 gr salmon without skin and bone or 150 gr smoked salmon
50 gr grated cheese what do you prefer
salt, pepper, olive oil
half bunched chopped dill

Υλικα

300 γρ. μακαρονια
2 σκελίδες σκορδο ψιλοκομμένες
200 ml κρεμα γαλακτος
300 γρ σολωμο η 150 γρ καπνιστο σολωμο
50 γρ τριμμενο κασερι της προτίμησης σας
αλατι, πιπερι, ελαιολαδο
μισο ματσακι ψιλοκομμενο ανηθο

Directions

Cook the pasta according to package directions. Five minutes before you are ready and add the salmon inside. Once ready, drain and hold 50ml of water boiling.
Meanwhile, in a frying pan, heat oil, add garlic and saute until golden . Pour the cream, heat for 1 minute and add the pasta with salmon and the water kept aside.
Mix well, remove from heat and add salt, pepper ,the chopped dill and the grated cheese.
If you put smoked salmon, then add them together with the cream after cause is already cooked!

Οδηγιες

Βράζουμε τα ζυμαρικά σύμφωνα με τις οδηγίες της συσκευασίας. Πέντε λεπτά πριν να είναι έτοιμα ρίχνουμε και το σολομό μέσα. Μόλις είναι έτοιμα, σουρώνουμε και κρατάμε 50ml απο το νερό του βρασμού. Σε ένα τηγανάκι ζεσταίνουμε ελαιόλαδο, προσθέτουμε το σκόρδο και σοτάρουμε μέχρι να χρυσίσει. Ρίχνουμε την κρέμα γάλακτος, ζεσταίνουμε για 1 λεπτό και προσθέτουμε τα ζυμαρικά με τον σολομό και το νερό που κρατήσαμε στην άκρη.
Ανακατεύουμε καλά, βγάζουμε απο τη φωτιά και προσθέτουμε αλατι, πιπερι, το τριμμενο κασερι και τον ψιλοκομμενο ανηθο.
Αν βάλετε καπνιστό σολομό, τότε τον προσθέτετε μαζί με την κρέμα γάλακτος αφού είναι ήδη ψημένος!









Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Orange cookies

Ingredients

1 glass of water oil (not olive oil)
1 glass of water sugar
1 glass of water orange juice
1 small spoon soda
1 small spoon cinnamon
1 kg flour
1 baking powder

Directions

For 5 min beat at mixer the oil and the sugar. Dilute the soda at the orange juice and put it at the bowl, add the cinnamon also and mix for a couple of sec. We add the baking powder at the flour and add the flour to the bowl slowly, not all of one time. We have to have a pliable dough. We leave the dough for a half an hour to rest.  Then we make cookies in every shape you want. Beat an egg yolk with a little water and a brush coat cookies. Bake the cookies for 10 min at 180 degrees.
Make these cookies and enjoyed with a cup of coffee


Sometimes...some things happened and our whole life is change. This blog is dedicated to the one and only man in my life...My dad. I would like to thank him for the precious moments..  the natural charisma I took from him at cooking.  After a long time of grave...I feel strong again to continue what I love..to share with you cooking recipes and thoughts and things that I love.. stay tuned....