Veg. & Pulses
Boiled potatoes with milk, onion and garlic
This is a dish up of some remaining food ingredients, leftovers in the fridge.
Mashed chick peas from Arkadia
This dip is something between skordalia (garlic sauce) and houmous. maybe 8 garlic cloves are too many. For a mild taste add max. 2 cloves.
Giant Beans casserole with baby onions
We used giant beans from North Greece and more specific from Prespes lake. This lenten dish was prepared for a Epiphany day, which is on the 6th of January according to the Orthodox Calendar. It serves 8 persons as a main dish
Giant black beans salad from Prespes
With this recipe we try to demonstrate how to make a black beans salad that we tried in Prespes district in North Greece. The nice tavern that we tasted this salad was in village Oksia – Mikrolimni (Οξιά – Μικρολίμνη).
How to trim artichokes
Before cooking artichokes, you’ve got to clean them. Their sharp outer leaves and the prickly choke inside needs to be removed. the following pictures demonstrate the trimming process. I am sure that most people prefer frozen ones that are sold in the food stored, packed and already cleaned. But is the taste the same?
Fried artichoke pieces with garlic sauce
Artichokes are not favorable to children. If they taste this appetizer they might change their mind. This recipe serves 4 as an appetizer.
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