Boiled white beans with carrot, potato and parsley are one of the simplest, healthiest and most delicious meals you'll find in any Greek household.

Bourgouri (πουργούρι) as it's known in Cyprus or Pligouri (πλιγούρι) as it's known in Greece has been part of the Mediterranean and Middle Eastern cuisines for thousands of years.

Here in Cyprus it's a particularly popular dish, that's tasty, low-fat and more nutritional than rice. Bulgar Wheat is a  Read more

Tahini is a well-loved sauce in Greek cuisine, made from roasted, ground sesame seeds. The sauce is most popular in Cyprus, where it's used as a dip to accompany any family meal, or in the traditional Cypriot kebabs ('souvlakia').

A delicious meal that our grandmothers used to make. It's made with scrambled eggs cooked in a tomato, oregano and garlic sauce. 

This simple yoghurt recipe is easy to make and doesn't require any special gadgets or machines. It's the authentic recipe used by shepherds in Cyprus, who'd come home with their day's milk and turn it into yoghurt.

This is a cake version of the cyprus olive bread and pies that are traditionally baked in wood fired ovens. Olive bread and pies prepared in modern commercial ovens are now readily available throughout Cyprus city bakeries.

They are however still  also prepared and baked in their true original form in many Cyprus villages. This cake version uses the same basic savoury ingredients a  Read more

Cinnamon buns are gaining in popularity in both Greece and Cyprus. They bring back a flavour memory of a traditional Greek bun.

This is an easy one-pot meal, perfect in the summer time when okra - or 'bamies' - are in season. It's the kind of meal that our mothers and grandmothers would cook last thing at night or first thing in the morning so the family would always have a pot of cooked food sitting on the stove.

Kolokasi  (Taro in English), is a root vegetable that originates in southeast Asia and Malaysia. In Europe it's hard to come by and is only grown in substantial quantities in Cyprus and the Greek island of Ikaria. There are different Taro root varieties but the variety grown in Cyprus is known as Colocasia Esculanta.

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‘Kidonia’, quinces, are a beautiful fruit.  They can even be used just for decoration, and really bring a space to life! This is a recipe for the popular 'kidonato' Greek dish - meat slow cooked with quince.

An all-time family favourite and a must for having the grandkids over :-) A great accompaniment for tea and coffee or a nice cold glass of homemade lemonade!

Frugality has made Greek women plan and stretch!  During hard times, our mothers and grandmothers would make a whole family meal with only a handful of mincemeat. Youvarlakia is one of those family meals! A a simple, nutritious and tasty meat ball soup with egg and lemon sauce.

As  a child I remember watching my mother cook this dish and how we all usually ended up playing a part in the preparation process.

A big pile of the fresh black-eyed beans sitting in a tray on our veranda on a hot summer's day and everyone joining in to help shell the beans from the pods....if we wanted to eat by lunch time!

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Moussaka is possibly one of the best known Greek dishes, and for good cause – it is delicious! It involves a lot of work, but the end result is worth it.

Sharlotta is a light, cool, refreshing, welcoming and nutritious desert.  It’s a very popular desert on a hot summer evening in Cyprus, when people sit in their gardens or verandas enjoying the jasmine-scented breeze. 

This is a beautifully refreshing dessert to make when oranges are in season. The custard-like orange cream (or ‘krema portokaliou’) is a particular favourite for grandmothers to make for their grandchildren, who call it ‘kremoula’.

Pastitsio is a dish for those special days when you have the time to prepare it. You need an hour for preparation, but it’s well worth it! Pastitsio - also known as Makaronia tou Fournou (or oven-baked macaroni) – is ideal for parties and picnics as it’s enjoyed both hot and cold.