Greek Coffee Coffee Cake with sour cream By: Eleni Saltas While sifting through my late Aunt Mary’s recipe book, I landed on a sour cream coffee cake recipe in her dessert section. The word coffee stood out to me and I knew right away I had to make it. Just as I was...
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...
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...
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...
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:...
