Scented and flavored with plenty of orange jest and juice these are our family’s take on the traditional Greek recipe.
We don’t need to substitute and invent intricate vegan cookies, as the most common ones we make at home, or buy at the bakeries all over the country, are usually baked with olive oil instead of butter.
Makes about 65 pieces (more…)
With the last tender winter cabbages, as their leaves start to toughen, we love to make this traditional vegan Greek risotto. Costas prefers the version with tomato, although many people like it white, adding leek or chopped scallions, and of course plenty of lemon, and some dill at the end.
To make it substitute cabbage for the other greens in the recipe for Risotto with Greens.
Although I think that it tastes best piping hot, it could also be served at room temperature, as my husband likes it too.
Serves 3 as main course; 5-6 as a side dish (more…)
In this recipe both cooked spinach and fresh parsley and cilantro are mixed together. It is my adaptation of an Armenian dish.
In Israel you will most often find the vivid pink ‘borani’, made with beets and beet greens instead of spinach (see variation).
As an alternative to the traditional pita bread, I prefer to spread it on toasted whole wheat or multi-grain bread, rubbed with a clove of garlic.
It can also be a side dish, accompanying poached or grilled fish or chicken.
Makes about 3 cups. (more…)
While in most parts of the world pasta is closely associated with butter and cheese, in Greece we have lots of traditional plant-based pasta dishes, without a trace of animal components. They were the staple of the numerous Lenten days, almost half the year –according to the old Orthodox calendar.
A humble leftover lentil soup becomes a delicious vegan pasta with complex flavor, while in my Mediterranean Vegetarian Feasts I created the Lebanese-inspired Linguine with Spicy Lentils and Caramelized Onions.
Our plant-based, vegan dishes are not contrived, but created by the women who had to bring a delicious, filling dish to their family’s table.
