Take an ordinary meatball, pack it full of Greek flavor, and you have fresh, delicious, slightly sweet yet savory Keftedes; a Greek version of meatballs. Serve with some creamy tzatziki sauce and pita breads or as a main course with some basmati rice & a Greek salad. Want to do fewer dishes afterward? Forego the…
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Rizogalo (Greek Rice Pudding)
I’m not a big fan of most rice puddings. But this Rizogalo (Greek style rice pudding) will even make non rice pudding fans into rice pudding believers. Why? It’s simple, it’s smooth, and it has a cinnamony outside layer that complements the creamy middle. Raisins, need not apply! Rizogalo (Greek rice pudding) step 1: ingredients…
ARAKAS (Greek Peas in Tomato Sauce)
I’m half Greek and I’m a Greek food addict. I don’t really appreciate the Greek food you find in most Greek restaurants around the Boston area. Those restaurants make fatty, greasy, salty, Americanized Greek food. I like the farm-fresh, simple, delicious Greek food you find at say a Taverna in Greece. One of my…
A Five-Step Stuffed Greek Zucchini Your Yia Yia Would be Proud of
As a boy, I loved eating my Yia Yia’s stuffed peppers. Unfortunately that was over 20 years ago and the times that I’ve eaten stuffed peppers, stuffed zucchini, anything stuffed, seems too few and far between. Because I couldn’t let another 20 years go by, I decided to give stuffed zucchini and stuffed peppers a whirl….
