Spicy fried green olives stuffed with herbs and Feta cheese - Great, all-season appetizer!

You'll definitely need large green olives for this recipe and my suggestion are those coming from the Halkidiki region which are well known abroad as well. I have even discovered them recently in a very nice rural farmers shop not faraway from Worcester, believe it or not!! It is a great idea to serve this recipe as an appetizer or first dish but also, as most of this kind of Greek food, at a buffet table. It is always better if you buy the olives whole and not pitted and do it then at home but I do appreciate the difficulty of doing this so it's up to you. *** No salt at all is needed in this recipe because both the olives and the cheeses have more than enough!

Cheesy orzo-tto with country-style sausages and cherry tomatoes

Inspired by traditional recipes.... Not complicated but a delicious pasta recipe which is cooked following, in a way, the risotto method of cooking. A very nice idea for a hearty mid-week meal to enjoy withe the family. The sausages and the cheese only add extra flavour to the pasta and make it a really filling dish

Leeks and other Wintertime vegetables stifado braised in light tomato sauce - Vegetarian comfort food in its best!

Some of the most popular (and personal favourite) Wintertime vegetables are involved in this vegetarian version of stifado. Stifado because the little sweet onions are involved giving a special taste to the food. Fresh country-style bread and feta cheese will complete this delicious meal in the best way!

No-knead pizza Margherita - It never fails to please!

There is not much to say about pizza is there? This sinful but delicious treat which we can enjoy any time of the year, any hour in the day and more or less all around the world! The homemade pizza is always better but I do know some people (myself included) that there are pizzas they prefer to have from specific pizza places and mainly because of the dough type they use. Here today we have a very easy and simple kind of pizza dough to make which can replace proudly all the ready-made or restaurant-bought pizzas! I thought that the best pizza to show off this dough is the simple but delicious Margherita where you can decide which cheese you'll use on top. But in my opinion, whatever cheese you might choose, Mozzarella is a must to be added and the fresh one is really special

Individual Bougatsa pies with mastic-flavoured cream - Elegant twist to a classic dessert!

Those who follow this blog or have visited it many times will probably remember what Bougatsa is and the importance of it in the Greek traditional cuisine. Here today this luscious pastry pie becomes even more interesting and tasty thanks to the subtle but distinctive presence of mastic. A nice dessert idea which can be served all year round to please your guests

Garlic and fresh herbs-crusted slow roasted pork shoulder with pomegranate and grape molasses glaze

Delicious Wintertime comfort food for a special Sunday meal! The shoulder is one of the most tasty and tender parts of the pork anyway but in this recipe, as it is slowly cooked, it absorbs the sweet and sour glaze and ends up so luscious and moist!