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BINGO! It’s Yiayia Stella’s birthday 🙌🏼 91 today (although the bakers kept her at 90, she was actually born 1927). She is the sweetest thing in this world, I’m so thankful for everything she’s done for me and my family, and I’m so happy I can share her stories and recipes with everyone here. ❤️ It’s #nationaldessertday so what better way to celebrate than with Yiayia’s melomakarona to get you in the mood for holiday baking. 💚 These cookies are spiced with orange and cinnamon and spiked with whiskey, and then topped with chopped walnuts and soaked in a warm honey syrup. Grab the recipe in my bio, and indulge on these aromatic cookies! 🤤 Have a happy Sunday everyone, I’m off to celebrate my Yiayia’s birthday today! #yiayiasbirthdayweek #yiayiastella Yiayia’s orzo (kritharaki) is definitely one to try! 😋My yiayia makes me a batch nearly every month. She makes it for me when my parents go out of town, when I’m sick, or just because it’s a Tuesday. And when I say she makes it for me, she technically brings it over for my entire family, but it’s always me who hoards the pot and gobbles it down the fastest. It’s that good. Nothing brings a smile to my face quite like seeing my yiayia walk up the driveway carrying a pot of orzo. #yiayiasbirthdayweek #yiayiastella Recipe link is in my bio 🙌🏼 Continuing on with my favorite Yiayia memories/recipes this week before her birthday this Sunday! 🎉 So for those who don’t know, my 90 year old Yiayia is on Facebook. She’s the one who likes, shares, comments all my posts. She even occasionally Facebook messages me and sends me recipes to try (how cute is she). Anyway, one day she sent me a video about halloumi fries, along with the message “you should try this.” 🍟 So I did and they are glorious! Just slice the cheese into thick strips like fries, dip them into flour along with your favorite spices, and fry them up! So easy. Grab this recipe on my blog (recipe link on my bio). Enjoy 😋 #yiayiasbirthdayweek #yiayiastella Yiayia’s lamb stew with potatoes and pea: one of my favorite recipes my grandmother makes and is perfect on a cold day where you just want to bundle up indoors with blankets and eat something warm. Get the recipe (link in my bio) and try for yourself. 😋🥣 #yiayiasbirthdayweek #yiayiastella Yiayia’s birthday is this Sunday so this week I’ll be sharing some appreciation posts of special moments and my favorite recipes of hers. 🙌🏼 Starting with this one: a few years ago I was on a kick of cooking something new every Sunday. Salsa, lots of pasta and stir fry dishes, whatever, it was always something new. My Yiayia came over to cook with me or just eat whatever I made. 💙 Then one week I went in for PRK surgery (it’s like LASIK corrective eye surgery but more invasive). Which is why I’m wearing these unflattering giant sunglasses here because recovery was pretty painful and i was very sensitive to light. 👀 My Yiayia still came over and instead of just visiting, she got me up and taught me to cook her delicious banana bread! It was amazing.. and now I realize I will have to share that recipe with you all some day soon!😋 Anyway, she’s great and I just had to share this with you all. Hug your grandparents tight if you still have them with you. Xoxo #yiayiasbirthdayweek #yiayiastella Still have zucchini in your garden?? I just found three more sprouting up in mine 🙌🏼 Featured here are three of my favorite ways to use zucchini: kolokithokeftedes (fritters), tiganita (chips), and kolokithopita (pie). 😋 Whether you grow zucchini yourself or pull from the stacks at your local grocer, give them all a try. You’ll find zucchini is a versatile vegetable in the kitchen And the only secret ingredient to dishing up a great zucchini dish is your own imagination. All recipes on EleniSaltas.com ✨ Happy #nationalfrappeday! 😋☕️- This is what a frappe should be. No whip cream or carmel drizzle. 😏 frappes are easy to make and only require sugar, instant coffee (Nescafe is most commonly used), and water. There are three basic ways to serve a frappe: sketos (unsweetened), metrios (semi-sweet), and glykos (extra sweet). You can also order your frappe with a splash of milk by saying “me gala” (with milk). How would you take yours? Whenever I spent the night at my grandparents’ home, breakfast was always an egg sandwich with a cold glass of milk. My yiayia (grandmother) would toast two slices of bread, spread some ketchup on the toast, and then put a fried egg in the middle. As a final touch, she would cut the sandwich into four squares for my tiny hands to handle. It’s so simple but the best egg sandwich I’ve ever had. ❤️ . Now that I’ve graduated to cooking for myself (though I still get some of yiayia’s egg sandwiches from time to time), I like to make strapatsada (also known as kagianas).🍳 . Strapatsada can be served for breakfast, or a light snack with some crusty bread on the side. Or, do a I do and make a sandwich out of it and make your own egg sandwich masterpiece, strapatsada style. 🍅 Recipe link is in my bio! NEW BLOG + RECIPE: strapatsada aka scrambled eggs with tomatoes 🍳🍅 this is a dish you may have tried but didn’t know It had a name, well it does & it’s delicious! Give It a try, recipe link is up in my bio. Oh, and happy Friday!! 🙌🏼 It’s soup season, and I think Avgolemono soup is one of the most comforting dishes of them all 😋🍜 what’s your favorite soup?? 👇🏼

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