Greek food, culture and traditions...a recipe for life.
By Sava Mom’s Chicken, Potatoes and Peas Here we are on Christmas Eve, trying to slow down after running around like crazy, preparing for the big day! It’s hard to resist fast food when we are so busy winding up end of year reports at work, trying to get shopping started, if not done, and […]
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I read recently that during classical antiquity in Greece, the vegetarian diet was called “abstinence from beings with a soul”. It also said “the earliest reliable evidence for vegetarianism theory and practice in Greece dates from the 6th century BC”. ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_vegetarianism) There were several religious leaders and movements at that time that would not eat […]
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I am quoting from Wikipedia: “Cauliflower is low in fat, low in carbohydrates but high in dietary fiber, folate, water, and vitamin C, possessing a high nutritional density. Cauliflower can be roasted, boiled, fried, steamed, or eaten raw. Steaming or microwaving better preserves anticancer compounds than boiling. When cooking, the outer leaves and thick stalks […]
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It’s been HOT!!! That’s for sure! From what I know about tomatoes, that’s what they need to thrive…and boy, are they thriving! Last summer we had a critter that would always, without fail, get to the ripe tomatoes before we did. If a tomato was “almost” ripe and we decided to leave it for one […]
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After months of being here together, my sister and I have completed everything we can complete in our book and Georgia has taken back to Vermont with her a flash drive with the cookbook/travel journal on it to a small publishing house. We will keep you posted on when you can order it! We have […]
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