by elenisaltas | Sep 3, 2020 | desserts, Eleni's Recipes, recipes, vegetarian
Banana Bread with sour cream By: Eleni Saltas At the beginning of COVID stay-at-home mandates, Google trends saw a significant spike in searches for banana bread. Articles like “How (and why) banana bread became the unofficial baked good of a pandemic” and “banana...
by elenisaltas | Aug 5, 2020 | desserts, Eleni's Recipes, recipes
Caramelized Plums with greek yogurt By: Eleni Saltas When life gives you plums, what do you make of it? Plum-ade? That doesn’t roll off the tongue quite well, so let’s leave the phrase to the lemons, and make something new for the plums. In an effort to cook more with...
by elenisaltas | Apr 16, 2020 | desserts, Eleni's Recipes, Greek recipes, recipes, vegetarian
Koulourakia with cadbury eggs By: Eleni Saltas A few years ago as I was doing my pre Greek Easter grocery shopping, I walked down the candy aisle and noticed how much Easter candy had gone on sale. This isn’t anything new, as Western and Orthodox Easter can fall...
by elenisaltas | Mar 23, 2020 | desserts, Eleni's Recipes, Greek recipes, Lenten friendly, mezes, recipes, vegetarian
Vegan Paximadia Greek biscotti By: Eleni Saltas Nistisima Paximadia (Vegan Biscotti) is a great way to satisfy your sweet tooth during Orthodox Lent. Made by substituting bananas in lieu of dairy products, this treat is arguably better than the real thing. Prep Time:...
by elenisaltas | Dec 31, 2019 | desserts, Eleni's Recipes, Greek recipes, vegetarian
When the clock strikes 12:01 into the New Year or any time on New Year’s Day, many Greeks will slice into a vasilopita, a New Year’s cake made with the typical fixings of a cake (flour, sugar, eggs), and spiced with orange juice or the baker’s choice...
by elenisaltas | Sep 10, 2019 | desserts, Eleni's Recipes, other recipes, recipes, vegetarian
You can always tell it’s the end of the summer by the amount of zucchini bread being made or gifted. The motivation to utilize zucchini in different ways is much higher towards the beginning of the summer, and then suddenly it seems like the zucchini production...
