I have been cooking for a while, 23 years to be exact and if there was one thing I’ve always been scared of, that is a pressure cooker. The previous generation story My mom married before she knew how to cook, so you can imagine the amount of experiments my family went through. At that…

My virtual friend blogger Tannita gave me a big surprise! She organized sort of a raffle on her blog, where we had to guess what her daughter wants for breakfast. My kids and I guessed most of the things and won the raffle. She sent me this beautiful round baking pan, that I just LOVE!…

As I promised in my post yesterday, here is the recipe for the mini tarts I made for Christmas. Very easy and less time consuming than most recipes for sweets. You would need:1 package of pie crust ( there are 2 crusts inside)1 jar of jam ( I used caramelized pear jam but you can…

I was thinking if I should name this post ” Cookie baking from Hell”, but then I thought it would be easier to find the posting later if I put only the ” Christmas cookies”. 🙂 Long story short, I spent 8 straight hours baking sheet by sheet ( no, I don’t have one of…

I haven’t made fish soup more than a year. I don’t know why, probably because the kids prefer the baked/fried fish more, but it’s a real shame because I have the best recipe for Salmon soup with saffron.So, last week I wanted to cook something warm, like a soup, because it was such a chilly…

You know how there are these lists of things you need to make your Christmas perfect? Well, I have my 3 things you absolutely need to have a perfect Thanksgiving dinner: -Friends, Pie and Turkey!If you lack even one, it’s not the perfect Thanksgiving dinner. This year I have more things than ever to be…

This is my second posting for today, but I just had to share as soon as I saw it!!!Amazon is having a blow out sale of Kitchen Aid 600 Professional ( the same as mine) on this amazing price! * Note that the price is a subject to a change, I have no idea what…

Very turbulent holiday we had yesterday, but overall it was a nice and warm evening that reminded us how important is to have your family around you, to love you, support you and help you though tough times.So the thing I am thankful for this year is having the love of my family! I wouldn’t…

I’ve posted 2 recipes in the Athens Food Phyllo Dough contest some time ago and imagine my surprise, when I just found out that I won week 9’s prize!!!Isn’t that amazing? I didn’t even know! I totally forgot about it and here it is ” Week 9 winner” title right next to my post! 🙂…

This is one of the things I’ve craved the most when I was pregnant with my daughter. Gosh, wash I glad when I finally found a ready made phyllo dough from the store! I love tikvenik made with home made phyllo dough, but it takes too much time, especially when you are as big as…