Fasting for Lent can be a pain for family chefs (see picky eaters) but it is also a blessing. I remember myself in the first years of my marriage and motherhood, going through tons of recipes, trying to find dishes that not only excluded meat and diary, but were healthy and hearty and most of … More Simple Menu for Lent
Today starts what we Eastern Orthodox Christians call “Cheese Week” or “White Week” or “Tyrini” in Greek. It is the week before Great Lent starts and we can consume any food except meat. It is sinful to eat meat this week since you can eat everything else, just in the same way that Adam and … More Cheese Week Menu
Tomorrow is “Stinking” or “Smelly” Thursday or “Tsiknopempti” as we call it in Greek. The name comes from the smell that you get from barbecuing food on the traditional ‘foukou’ or bbq grill on this special Thursday. It is only celebrated in Greece and Cyprus. This celebration originates from the ancient times and survived until … More Carnival and Orthodox Church
When you live on a Mediterranean coastal city, one of the constant choices you have to make in the summertime is choosing what beach you go to (I know, life is difficult!). When my kids were younger, I used to take them wherever I felt like, but now they have their preferences which makes life … More Swimming at the Limassol Marina Beach
Living on the island of Cyprus, this sunny corner of the Mediterranean, means getting a lot of sun all year round. It also means long and hot summers. About six months of summer – May through October-, which really translates to yellow fields, not a drop of rain and scorching temperatures… But it also means … More Summer in Cyprus
Ah… Spring time… Now that Spring is here, my feelings are kind of mixed. You see, I am a winter type of person, I like being at home, I love the sound of rain and the smell of the earth after it. I like that the trees look really green and alive and not dusty … More Simple Creamy Vegetable Soup
How I wish my kids would just try this sauce… (big sigh…) and like it… (bigger sigh…). Kids can be so stubborn sometimes … This is such a simple yet delicious and nutritious sauce. And versatile as well. You can have it as a dip for veggie sticks, as a sauce for salads, inside a … More Tahini sauce – Simple but delicious
I have mentioned that Cyprus is a sunny island. And it doesn’t rain much. Usually. Except this year that we’ve had – and still having – lots of rain. Record-breaking amounts of rain. So much that the dams are overflowing and water ends up in the sea. Thank God for that. Well, last Saturday we … More Easy One-pot Orzo and Beef Dish – Youvetsaki
In Cyprus, during the end of winter and early spring, you can spot individuals in the fields, bent, as if trying to find something they have lost. Well, the truth is, they haven’t lost anything, they are just trying to find something. And this something is wild asparagus or Agrelia as we locals call them, … More Wild Asparagus with Eggs – A Cypriot delicacy
I think kids’ food preferences (or should I say non-preferences) is one of the many battles that us family-chefs need to fight constantly. What would you say if I told you that my oldest son cannot stand the taste of yogurt but goes nuts on tzatziki (whose main ingredient is yogurt)? I personally gave up … More Simple Delicious Yogurt Sauce- Tzatziki
My Cypriot Life 