Your Dreams Coming True In The Kitchen

Casseroles are usually very welcome during cold days of winter. When you have some left overs in your fridge such as small quantities of certain vegetables, grated cheese, or cut pasta (not spaghetti) in your pantry, they could be used to make up a casserole......

A s it is probably known, that the Christian Orthodox Easter was exactly one week after the Catholic one this year. There we were making plans to have lunch at my brother in law's pool side as we do every year, and Maria, Barbara and I (mainly I) got struck by the frigging FLEW....heavy head with headache, cough as if my lungs were on fire, eyes burning, no taste or smell and the worst of all, fever 39 degrees centigrade (102.2F)!!! Haven't fallen ill like this in years. I was always the one taking care of the others...now my wife was taking care of me. I know what the Bible says "in sickness and in health" but yet I was always the strong one. Of course all this has nothing to do with braising or cooking but it does..... After 5 days of antibiotics etc. and feeling like a bunch of elephants tread over me, I woke up today feeling much better, still weak, but better and the first thing that came to my mind was to cook something myself !!  Doctor's order are to ea...

A s days pass by I am running out of recipes. Maria is coming to the rescue with her "X Files"she has been keeping all these years we are together.  These are recipes we have been using many years ago which I have forgotten...

T oday my friends we shall make a stew. I thought of sharing with you a different way than I usually make it. Instead of tomato I will use half a bottle of dry red wine and will not stir fry the onions and the garlic while searing the meat.

T he rooster, the cock, cockerel, or the Gallus gallus, has a tough meat.  It takes a long time to   braise  over the stove with the cover on at low heat.  So you have to prepare it with special care. I would like to share this recipe with you today because it is the weekend. This is a traditional French dish usually prepared in the countryside for special occasions.  Now however, Coq au Vin is served in the best of restaurants in the city. For a Coq Au Vin that respects itself you will need:

T his beef stew is very common in Greece. Many tavernas in Greece, will have it.

W ow.. it is January 3rd already. How full are you after all the delicious traditional food you prepared. Recipes that have been handed down from your grandparents to your parents and now to you and your children. It is good to include something new every year, to DARE. Today's recipe is "Beef Stroganoff" but with my own twist.