Category Archives: Advice

Lessons learned | Nigel Slater’s Sea salt chocolate snaps

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Nigel Slater's Sea salt chocolate snaps

See the Greek version of this postI’ve been watching Nigel Slater‘s (he really needs a new website) Simple Cooking on BBC lately. What actually made me watch it in the first place was the amazing title sequence. I want to bake something for the people who thought of having episode and recipe titles on food packages. So cute!

What kept me watching are the really interesting recipes. Even though in every single episode I marvel at the miles he has to walk in his kitchen to get from the cupboard to the fridge or from the oven to the garden. Seriously, this must be the biggest kitchen ever.

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Stella made roxakia. And a bit of troubleshooting.

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See the Greek version of this postHello “auntie” Sofia!

I am sending you this photo as historical proof that yes, I, the kitchen lazy gal, made at some point in my life roxakia!

The photo is not very good, but I will not say the same for the roxakia. They are yummy!

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Food safety I: C for cross contamination

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Plain blue and pink polyurethane kitchen sponges

See the Greek version of this postGerms are everywhere in the environment inside and outside the house and on our bodies. In most cases they are harmless and they often help in the proper functioning of our body. For example, stomach bacteria help with good digestion and skin bacteria protect us from infection. However, there are some microbes that are dangerous to our health, especially when they enter our body through food.

Today I am starting with some basic food safety rules. They are more or less our mom’s rules – the ones we all tend to forget as university students, since we lived on take aways at that glorious time. The idea is to explore the 4 “magic” Cs. What does this mean? You’ll know pretty soon.

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What you should have in your fridge (busy people version)

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See the Greek version of this postOne of the most useful things – and nobody thinks to share this with you if you’re a newbie – is a list of what you should have in your fridge and your cupboard, especially when you’re busy and do not have time. Everybody kind of assumes that you know how to miracle food on the table or that you have time to stand over a stew. Let’s face it. You don’t.

Never ask your dear mother. Especially a Greek mother. Over the years they know all the tricks and they’ll tell you to have a lot more stuff than you actually need for quick lunches and dinners. The result will be that you’ll be throwing out about half of your fridge contents.

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