Recipe 77- Nadine's brown cookies

These cookies are sooo delicious!

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter melted
1 1/2 cup brown sugar
1 egg
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon vanilla powder


Preheat oven to 350F (175C).
In a bowl mix the butter with sugar and egg. Stir in the flour and vanilla. Mix well with your hands until you have a smooth but sticky dough.
With a tablespoon take small portions of dough, place them on a cookie sheet and press them down to flatten.
Bake for 11 min. Exactly 11!

Enjoy!

Recipe 76- Black Eyed Peas Salad (mavromatika fasolia)

Hi there.
I think that except from my greek friends, no one else knows mavromatika fasolia..
You can find them at the grocery shops net to lentils and other kind of peas. They make a nice and very nutritious salad.

Ingredients

250 gr black eyed peas
1 tomato chopped
1 fresh onion chopped
1 tablespoon vinegar
3 tablespoons olive oil
5 black olives (kalamata olives are awesome!)
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon oregano
1/2 cup fresh parsley chopped
salt/pepper to taste

In a pot bring some water to boil and add the peas. Cook for 5 min then drain them.
Boil some water again (about 4-5 cups) and put back in the peas. Allow to cook at low temperature for 2 hours (or until tender).
Drain them and put them in a large bowl. Mix in all the other ingredients.

Enjoy!

Recipe 75- Grilled Feta

Good morning. This is very easy. A traditional greek meze you can find in any greek restaurant. Now you can do it at home!

Ingredients

250 gr greek feta cut in thick slices
1 tomato cut in slices
1 green pepper cut in slices
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 teaspoon oregano
1/2 teaspoon black pepper

Preheat the oven to 380F (195C). Cut large pieces of aluminum foil. One for every slice of feta. Put one slice of feta in each. On top place one slice of tomato and pepper. Then sprinkle with the oregano and black pepper and add a few drops of oil. Wrap all the aluminum foils and bake for 30 min.

Enjoy!

Recipe 74- Nadine's Baked Potatoes

Hello there. This yummy recipe is an excellent side dish for your meals.

Ingredients                            

4 medium potatoes
1 cup philadelphia cheese
1 teaspoon mustard
1/2 teaspoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon chilly pepper powder

Wash the potatoes, wrap each one with aluminum foil and bake for 1 hour at 450F (230C). In a bowl mix together all the other ingredients and refrigerate. While the potatoes are still hot, cut them lengthwise and divide the sauce on top of each one. MMM, delicious!

Enjoy!

Recipe 73- Grilled Salmon with Philadelphia cheese

This is a quick and very tasty way to prepare a salmon fillet.

Ingredients

2 salmon fillets ( 300 gr each)
2 tablespoons philadelphia cheese
1 clove garlic chopped
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 teaspoon oregano
salt/pepper to taste

Heat the oil in a pot with stripes, over medium temperature. Put the garlic and cheese. Mix well, then add the salmon. Cook each side for 10 min. Sprinkle the oregano, salt and pepper.

Enjoy!

Recipe 72- Nadine's Ntakos

This is a traditional greek meze from the island of Crete. You can serve it a light main dish or a salad.

Ingredients

1 large barley rusk
1 tomato chopped
1 small onion chopped
150 gr feta cheese cut in small cubes or mizithra from crete (this is the original cheese for ntakos)
2 tablespoons olive oil
1/2 teaspoon oregano
salt/ pepper to taste

You have to moisten the rusk with 1-2 tablespoons of water. Then pour on top of it the oil. Mix all other ingredients and place the mix on top of the rusk. This is it. Your ntakos is now ready to eat.

Enjoy!

Recipe 71- Nadine's greek Tzatziki (yogurt and garlic sauce)

This is a favorite greek sauce. You can prepare it in no time and use it as a dip for bread, french fries, meat, potato chips (or whatever else you can think of!)

Ingredients

300 gr plain full fat yogurt (TOTAL is really the best)
3 teaspoons garlic salt
1 tablespoon vinegar
1 cucumber shredded and well drained
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 teaspoon salt

In a large bowl mix all the ingredients. Put it in the fridge, covered with plastic wrap, for at least 1 hour before serving.

Enjoy!