Your Dreams Coming True In The Kitchen

O ne of the things that you can do with a small jar of very concentrated home made pesto is a béchamel with pesto.  Here is how:

Hello my dear friends and family. I have to explain myself regarding my recipe on the Cranberry Bean Bake. I feel obliged to tell you the following.

C od fish and artichokes are good for you. So why not combine the two to make a nice, fresh, healthy dish served cold for summer days.

I t is very interesting how many combinations there are when you have about 15 ingredients....and how many ways to cook them...

T oday even though is not Sunday is a special day for the financial future of Greece.  The parliament is going to vote for the osterity measures that it has to take to get itself out of the mess it got itself in. We live very close to "Sintagma Square" and the Parliament where there is a battle going on between the Greek people, who are against the measures, and the Swat teams. The result is lots of tear gas and chemicals in the atmosphere causing us to be locked at home with the windows shut to keep the gases out but still.  So I said "to heck with it, I'll fix Lasagna"! To  make saffron lasagna with basil ground beef you will need.

I bet you guys never had beans this way before. So hang on and you shall enjoy the ride.

W hen we were kids we loved rice pudding, now a few years later we still like rice pudding.  Here how Maria prepares it.

A Curry is always welcome; whether it is winter, spring, summer, or fall. I would like to share this recipe with you so you will experience the ecstasy of this dish...the aroma of fresh cilantro blended with garam masala, and mustard seeds...and....perfectly vegetarian.

T oday we have a surprise sweet and a grilled Mediterranean style chicken to share with you:

Hálva Prepared The Constantinoplean Way Using Coarse Semolina. S emolina , comes in coarse and fine grinds.  Wheat is the raw material where semolina comes from.  The Italians make their pasta from 100% semolina flour. The north Africans use semolina to make their couscous.  In Greece, semolina is used mainly for various types of sweets.