by elenisaltas | Jul 28, 2019 | Eleni's Recipes, Greek recipes, mezes, other recipes, vegetarian
Greek Bruschetta By: Eleni Saltas Sunday dinners are my favorite. Sundays mean I have more time to carefully prepare a dinner for my family, rather than rushing after work to whip something up. I like to thoughtfully put a meal together. Sunday also means my yiayia is...
by elenisaltas | Jul 20, 2019 | Eleni's Recipes, Greek recipes, main courses, vegetarian
Living in landlocked Utah, I don’t get my seafood fix as often as I would like to. But when I do, I like the dishes that can be enjoyed year round and are easy to create, like this calamari stew. In the summer, calamari stew is superb served plain with a glass...
by elenisaltas | Apr 10, 2019 | desserts, Eleni's Recipes, Greek recipes, other recipes
In no particular order, the three best cookies of all time are melomakrona, chocolate chip cookies (still on the hunt for a soft and gooey go to recipe), and my mom’s Snickerdoodle’s. My mom says she has had this recipe for “over 100 years” and...
by elenisaltas | Nov 23, 2018 | Eleni's Recipes, Greek recipes, main courses
DISCLOSURE: I don’t condone stealing. There is just one instance, however, where I do pardon a certain group of thieves because their act of stealing eventually gave the world a glorious gift. The thieves I’m speaking of are the klephts, an indigenous population that...
by elenisaltas | Oct 4, 2018 | Eleni's Recipes, Greek recipes, main courses, mezes, vegetarian
Whenever I spent the night at my grandparents’ home, breakfast was always an egg sandwich with a cold glass of milk. My Yiayia Saltas 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...
