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7 February 2022
Sexy greens is not an oxymoron! In the Mediterranean diet, greens are a basic ingredient. Their sheer variety offers countless solutions to everything from soup and salad to main courses and they're packed with nutrients.
4 January 2021
Pesto doesn’t have to be the classic Genovese recipe! I make this easy Greek recipe for pesto with any sweet greens I have on hand and like to think of it as the perfect—and literal--example of the green Mediterranean diet! Here’s an added benefit: The almonds are a good-mood superfood, high in plant protein and rich in magnesium, vitamin ...
24 June 2020
In this Greek recipe from the Ionian island of Corfu, greens, or horta, shine. Cooked greens are beloved all over Greece, and this regional Greek recipe is both easy and unique. Add a sprinkling of Greek feta and a drizzling of extra virgin Greek olive oil for maximum flavor!
2 January 2020
In Greece, people eat well over 300 edible wild plants, many of them weeds! We call them horta and they are nutritional bombshells, bursting with vitamins, minerals and all sorts of other great things. Today, in one of the main Greek papers, I read about the cookbook of recipes from Nazi-Occupied Greece, a time when people in Athens, where starvation ...
2 January 2020
How to cook Greens (Horta) While it might seem odd to a non-Greek cook to boil greens until they are extremely soft, this is the way Greeks like to eat them. In Greek cooking, all sorts of greens, wild and cultivated, sweet and bitter, are boiled, typically in a big pot filled with salted water that is at the point ...
1 January 2020
Around this time of the year, I start to tally up the excesses of the holidays. Too much bread, too many sweets, cheeses, meat etc. Most of us get the picture. I also start to turn to the one thing that makes me feel really good when I eat it: greens. Called horta in Greek, greens are the go-to food ...
1 August 2019
During Greek summer, on my Greek table, I am always looking for easy, practically no-cook Greek recipes, especially those that are in line with the healthy Ikaria longevity way of eating and living. Greens, garlic, olive oil are all important elements in the Greek-Mediterranean diet. Try this Ikaria longevity and Mediterranean Diet recipe for a quick, healthy answer to ...
4 January 2018
From: Ikaria: Lessons on Food, Life, and Longevity from the Greek Island Where People Forget to Die. Sfouggato is the name given to various egg-based dishes throughout the Greek islands; some are essentially omelets, while others are more like croquettes. But among older Ikarians, sfouggato was a dish that called for quite a different egg than that of the ...
17 December 2017
These Eggs Cooked in Greens is an old Greek recipe found in varying renditions throughout the country. The combo of eggs and greens is delicious. Add a little feta to the meal and you've got a sure fire winner! To find some of the artisinal Greek products you'll need to make this, visit my online shop , where you'll ...
12 September 2017
I just love the soul-sating vegetable rice dishes of Greece, less complicated and more satisfying that risotto, and dense with nutrition, too. Serve this alone with a shaving of feta and drizzling of Greek olive oil, or as a side for a nice piece of fish. To find some of the artisinal Greek products you'll need to make this, ...
12 September 2017
I can easily say that this traditional recipe from the island of Ikaria is my all-time favorite Greek greens pie, a delicious blend of as many sweet greens, onions and/or leeks, and squash or carrots as you can muster. It's a nutritional powerhouse and delicious to boot. To find some of the artisinal Greek products you'll need to make ...
18 July 2017
Here's a great recipe from season 1, our first episode, the World's Most Famous Olive, dedicated to Greece's number one food export, olives, specifically the Kalamata. Great cook, olive farmer, and film director Manoussos Manousakis opened his home for the shoot. We cooked together and I collected olives with his son, musician Manolis Manoussakis. Enjoy! To find some of the ...
