Sauté fresh sole fillets with champagne sauce and grapes

Sole... A very tasty fish and at the same time light and elegant in a rather unusual recipe so to try something totally different. You don't need to buy the most expensive champagne available of course but don't go for a cheap one either because this will effect the taste of the sauce in the end. As you can see just a few ingredients and not too long over the cooker, it's all you need to have a super meal!

Homemade spicy grapes jam

The time to prepare our pantry for the upcoming Winter months is here and making jams is one of the most common things around the world's kitchens! The grapes are in season and here we have a special recipe which gets a bit out of the ordinary. It's not so much the amount of the ingredients or the procedure that makes it different but the kind of the ingredients that are used (beside the grapes). Lets say that the recipe doesn't exactly follow the traditional path regarding the ingredients which, in the end, will give this extra twist to this jam. Take a look and you'll see what I mean

Classic potato fritters with cheese

One of many different versions for Greek potato fritters or croquettes. Quite simple ingredients and easy to put together but the taste is very nice! Another cute meze dish for your Summer (but not only) buffet table

Courgettes, tomatoes and Manouri cheese gratin

Another dish before the Summer vegetables wave goodbye to us. A really delicious, as well as light, recipe which is perfect to serve as a first dish at one of your gatherings. Easy to put together with versatile and tasty ingredients! You can substitute the courgettes with aubergines or potatoes. Also, for an even lighter version you can use fresh Anthotyro or goat's cheese in the same amount. Beside the spearmint and the basil, the parsley is also suited to the recipe so it's up to you which combination you'd prefer better

Baked fresh figs flavoured with ouzo and served with spicy mascarpone cream

Here we have two famous ingredients, the Greek ouzo and the Italian mascarpone cheese working together and turned into an elegant dessert. Figs are still around but not for too long so take advantage and try out this light but delicious idea! The ouzo gives an extra flavour to the fruit and the spiced mascarpone cream suits perfectly

No-crust aubergines and cheese pie

Aubergines are one of my favourite Summer vegetables and I know that a lot of people love them no matter how they are cooked. Today we have an easy and very fast Summertime pie to enjoy as a first dish, snack or even light meal if served along with some salad. Aubergines are so tasty and versatile but they do have an issue which most of us are familiar with.... frying them! They absorb the oil like a sponge and that makes them really unattractive and quite heavy in taste and calories for various recipes. Of course most of you know by now that there are alternative ways of getting away from this problem and one of this is to grill or bake them instead of frying. But there is also another way you could follow without keeping the vegetable from being tasty too. Just cut the aubergines in small cubes and sauté in the frying pan with the onion and the garlic until they are softened. This is what I prefer to do recently, depending of course on the recipe, because I can get lazy sometimes when it comes to procedures and I find it rather faster and easier. Especially in recipes like this pie this method will gain you a lot of time