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Showing posts with label Lent. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Lent. Show all posts

Thursday, 1 March 2012

ONE LAGANA, TWO LAGANES (λαγάνα, λαγάνες): A Greek Bread for Lent

Every year, on Clean Monday, comes the time to make laganes (that's the plural form of the word lagana). Laganes are a type ...

Thursday, 25 August 2011

SHRIMP WITH RICE

Here is one of my favourite recipes for shrimp and rice, easy to make any time. It's my idea of comfort food. Try it, it makes a...

Thursday, 25 March 2010

PAN SEARED HALIBUT WITH SKORDALIA

March 25 is an important day in Greece, a double holiday with national plus religious significance. Orthodox Christians celebrate ...

Monday, 22 February 2010

TARAMOSALATA with POTATOES

Sometimes taramosalata is made with potatoes. They replace bread, which is the more common ingredient used to dilu te tarama . I...

Tuesday, 16 February 2010

MUSSELS WITH RICE (for Clean Monday)

If it's mussels and rice for dinner, it must be Clean Monday. Why? Because Lent is here! For Greeks, the first day of Great Lent is cal...

TARAMOSALATA DIP or TARAMA SALAD

Here is recipe #2 for tarama . It comes courtesy of my mother's friend Litsa , who makes it often when she entertains. The recipe he...

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