Salad dressing with lemon jam and fresh lemon juice!
Ingredients for 2 servings:
- 100g spinach
- 100g lettuce
- 50g aditia
- A handful of chopped parsley
- 2 fresh onions
- 1 tbsp sunflower seeds
- ½ tsp Sesame
- 1 tbsp Pine
- 2 Barley nuts (100g) in small pieces (bites).
Sea salt and lemon zest for the end
Salad dressing with jam from fresh lemons from the Cretan land.
Salad dressing with jam from fresh lemons from the Cretan land.
Lemons in action
- Lemons are high in vitamin C, fiber and various phytochemical compounds with excellent properties for the human body that promote good health.
- Many studies support that lemons can support heart health, weight control and digestive health.
We tend to use more of its flesh and juice, While the skin is almost always thrown away it is good to include the peel of the lemonin our diet, and not consider it a useless substance.
Studies have found that lemon peel is also full of bioactive compounds that may also provide numerous health benefits.
Salad dressing with lemon jam and fresh lemon juice!
Ingredients for 2 servings:
- 100g spinach
- 100g lettuce
- 50g aditia
- A handful of chopped parsley
- 2 fresh onions
- 1 tbsp sunflower seeds
- ½ tsp Sesame
- 1 tbsp Pine
- 2 Barley nuts (100g) in small pieces (bites)
Sea salt and lemon zest for the end
For the sauce we will need:
- 3 tbsp or even a little more… “El-Aeon” olive oil
- 1 tbsp lemon jam
- Juice of a fresh lemon (before squeezing it we take the zest)
How is it done:
Wash the vegetables very well, let the water drain. Chop all the vegetables by hand in a bowl. Cut the onion into small pieces with a knife. Add the sunflower seeds, pine nuts and sesame seeds. We prepare the sauce.
Procedure:
Put all the ingredients together in the multi, beat well. In the bowl with the vegetables and nuts, pour the sauce, sprinkle with sea salt, the lemon zest and mix slightly. Serve on a plate. Note: one lemon with peel offers: Vitamin C= 83.2, Vitamin A= 32.4 IU. One lemon without peel offers: Vitamin C= 83.2, Vitamin A= 23.3
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This is how we grew up, with bread dips on the dinner table!
The gourmets of Crete…
Fresh bread sprinkled with petimezi (grape syrup) & Olive oil “El-aionas”
olive oil & sunflower seeds
An easy, nutritious and safe snack for everyone!
You will need:
- 2 slices of bread (we recommend whole grain or multigrain)
- 2 tbsp petimezi
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp sunflower seeds .
This is how we grew up, with bread dips on the dinner table!
How is it done:
Place the bread slices on a plate. Toast the bread in the toaster or in a non-stick pan. In the meantime, mix the oil with the petimezi, place the baked bread on a plate, pour over the sauce, sprinkle with the sunflower seeds.
Petimezi:
Thick syrup made by boiling must.
Rich in:
- Energy
- iron and calcium
- Does not contain preservatives
- Dyes
- Sugar
Keeps for a long time out of the refrigerator. It concentrates most of the healing components of the grape.
Sunflower seed:
- Per 100g contains approximately
- 20g of protein
- 5g of carbohydrates.
Sunflower seeds are one of the best sources of iron. Protects our heart Helps prevent cancer Relaxes our nerves and muscles Sunflower seeds contain vitamin E, which has beneficial and antioxidant properties, which means it can fight inflammation by neutralizing all free radicals.
Ingredients:
- 2 slices of bread
Cretan hard cheese (Graviera)
Extra Virgin Cretan olive oil “El-αιώνας”
Olives Kalamon , they are tasty and crunchy!
Add some raisins, blond or black
Organic Cretan Oregano
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Welcome but Cretans!
Ingredients:
- Choose good quality, whole meal or multigrain bread, if possible handmade.
- Mylopotamos Graviera aged for 24 months.
- Extra Virgin Cretan olive oil “Εl-αιώνας” Unless you have your own.
- Kalamon olives
- raisins
- Oregano
Preparation:
Cut the bread into intidoro pieces, as well as the graviera, then on a large plate, place the bread first, on each piece of bread add one piece of cheese, until you have put in all the buns ( If you want, pin with a toothpick for more easy of serving), sprinkle with olive and oregano, place the olive and raisins in the empty spots.
Our dish is ready
The quantity you will make is proportional to the individuals and your own preference with in limits of normal.
Components:
- 2 cups coconut milk
- 1 tablespoon cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon thyme honey (organic sugar, grape syrup, carob syrup, stevia)
Sunday morning at home!
Delicious hot chocolate with coconut milk…
Ingredients:
2 cups coconut milk
1 tablespoon of cocoa powder
1 teaspoon of cinnamon
1 teaspoon thyme honey ( Organic sugar, grape syrup, carob syrup, stevia).
Preparation:
Heat all the ingredients over a medium heat, stirring constantly. Once warmed and smooth, fill 2 cups and serve
Enjoy!!
For a delicious, healthy and easy morning soup ideal for the whole family, you will need:
- 5 cups of water
- 1 cup sour
- Juice of 1 lemon (optional)
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- salt, pepper
Start your day with foods that provide energy!
Start your day with food that provide energy!
For a delicious, healthy and easy breakfast soup perfect for the whole family, you will need:
5 cups of water
1 cup sour cream juice of 1 lemon (optional)
2 tablespoons of olive oil
Salt
Pepper
Preparation:
Put all the ingredients in the pot, except the lemon, let it boil for 10 minutes, turn off the stove and let it sit for another 15 minutes.
It is served hot.
Served with bread or nuts.
Note: you can prepare it the night before.
The recipe is for 4 people.
Irini Chnari
Nutrition & Dietetics executive
In our store you will find to buy:
- Traditional Dairy Products produced in the mountainous area of Mylopotamos (Rethymno) and the White Mountains (Chania).
- Extra Virgin Cretan Olive Oil “El-aionas”, of our own production.
- Organic Cretan Herbs
- Spices
- Thyme honey, carob syrup, grape syrup (Petimezi).
- Natural olive oil cosmetics, such as ‘Irina’ face cream (beeswax), olive oil soaps, healing oils
- oregano essential oil and others.
- Royal jelly
- Cretan wines
- Raki and Raki with strawberry, honey, coffee, cinnamon
Foods that boost the immune system!
Make sandwiches for the kids with strongest foods!
Ingredients:
Soft white Cretan cheese-myzithra- of Chania (spreadable cheese for dako)
bean sprouts, lentils or asparangus.
2 lettuce leaves
A slice of ham or two and three
Slices of apaki
Extra virgin olive oil, one tablespoon for each slice of bread.
Oregano
We have made a combination with, a thin slice of cheese (Cretan graviera), a slice of ham (good quality), myzithra of chania, fresh lettuce, white bean sprouts (from our own pot).
We spread the bread with extra virgin Cretan olive oil!
We suggest sprinkling with a little oregano ( it’s healing properties are countless).
Wash the vegetables very well!!!
We are what we eat. And what we eat determines our thoughts, our lives, our present, our future and our destiny. (Alexis karel, biologist doctor, Nobel prize in medicine!).
You will need:
- aged Cretan cheese (Graviera)
- aged Cretan cheese (Graviera) with the taste of hot pepper
- Hard aged cheese smoked with oregano and sage
- creamy white cheese – myzithra – (it is one of the most delicious we have tried). Add your own balls of mizithra with flaxseed, walnuts and sesame.
Cheese variety for demanding cheese eaters!
You will need to choose piece of cheeses such as:
Cretan cheese -Graviera- classic flavor, with thyme flavor, with oregano flavor, with bukovo and smoked flavor. The more aged cheeses, the tastier the dish will make.
Mylopotamos “Psiloritis” dry flower cheese ( It’s one of the tastiest we’re tried). Add your own myzithra (Soft tried) balls with flaxseed, walnuts and sesame seeds, tomatoes and reed olive. Quantity according to people.
How to make myzithra balls:
You will need about:
200gr of fresh galomyzithra
1 tablespoon of flaxseed
1 tablespoon of sesame seeds
3 walnuts
In the mortal, pound the flaxseed, sesame and walnuts, then form small balls, drop them into the fruit mixture and use your finger to make circular movements one by one with the balls, until material from the mixture goes everywhere.
Cut the cheese into medium pieces, you have the balls ready. Serve on a cheese board. Add color with cherry tomatoes and some reed olives.
Combines with: Whole meal, bread crumbs
Served with: Cold tsikoudia, Rakomelo
Ingredients for 2 servings:
- 2 chicken fillets
- As much as we want from, Lettuce, spinach, arugula, spring onion
- 6 pieces of sun-dried tomatoes in oil
- 1 tablespoon pumpkin seeds
- 1 tablespoon flaxseed
- 2 tablespoons Cretan olive oil
- 2 tablespoons white or red vinegar
- salt at will
- 2 barley nuts, broken into small pieces
You can also add peels of Cretan traditional cheese -Graviera- of from our own cheese, produced in the mountainous area of Mylopotamos Rethymnon
Green salad with sun-dried tomatoes
Sun-dried tomatoes are in a rich source of nutrients and vitamins. They supply the body with vitamins K (strong bones, skin elasticity, arthritis , reduction of wrinkles) and C (improves microcirculation, thus the proper oxygenation of cells) as well as iron and are essential nutrients for someone who runs.
Lycopene, which is considered an anti-cancer substance, is found in the skin of the tomato.
Ingredients for 2 servings:
2 chicken fillets
As much as we want from, lettuce, spinach, arugula, spring onion.
6 pieces of sun-dried tomato in oil
1 tablespoon of pumpkin seeds
1 tablespoon of flaxseed
2 tablespoons of Cretan olive oil
2 tablespoons white or red vinegar
Salt to taste
2 barley nuts, broken into small pieces
You can also add rinds of traditional Cretan cheese -graviera-
How is it done:
Like all salads.
Accompang with: Cratan white wine…..such a assyrgito or moschofilero.
Enjoy!!!
recipe ingredients:
- 2 large aubergines cut into slices or slices
- 1 ripe tomato moderately grated
- 2 spring onions
- 1 clove of garlic, finely chopped
- 250 grams of smoked grated cheese
- 250 grams of hand grated feta
- 1 cup olive oil for frying eggplant
- 2-3 tablespoons olive oil for the sauce
- 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
- 2 tablespoons chopped parsley
- 1 teaspoon grated cumin
- Salt
- Pepper
Baked eggplants with tomato sauce & smoked cheese!
Ingredients:
2 large eggplants, sliced
1 medium ripe tomato, grated
2 fresh onions
Clove of garlic , chopped
250gr of smoked cheese, grated
250gr of hand-grated feta cheese
1 cup of olive oil for frying the eggplant
2-3 spoons of olive oil the sauce
2 spoons of balsamic vinegar
2 spoons of chopped parsley
1 tea spoon ground cumin
Salt
Pepper
Preparation:
Fry eggplants in a pan and place them om kitchen paper to drain the excess oil, place kitchen paper on top of them as well.
Drain the oil and clean the pan, put it back on the heat with 2-3 spoons of olive oil and fry the onion and garlic in soft.
Add the grated tomato, season with salt and pepper and add the cumin.
Cook until our sauce thickens, when it’s ready add the parsley and remove from the heat. In a Pyrex we put a large of eggplant and sprinkle with a spoonful of balsamic vinegar, then add our sauce, the grated feta and 1/3 of the smoked cheese, put another spoonful layer of eggplant, sprinkle with another spoonful of balsamic vinegar and finish with a brave layer of the remaining smoked cheese.
Bake in an oven that burns at 180 degrees for 20-25 minutes and eat it hot.
Source: Lovefood.gr
recipe ingredients:
- 500 gr. dark pasta
- 150 gr. apaki, (or smoked pancetta) cut into cubes
- 150 gr. Cretan Graviera, grated + extra for serving
- 150 gr. buttermilk, at room temperature
- 3 egg yolks
- Salt
- Freshly ground pepper
Skewers with Cretan Graviera and smoked apaki or pancetta.
Recipe by chef Dimitris Karatzaferis.
Ingredients:
500 gr. fried pasta
150 gr. apaki, (or smoked pancetta) diced
150 gr. Cretan graviera, grated + extra for serving
150 gr. milk butter, at room temperature
3 egg yolks
Salt
freshly ground pepper
Preparation:
Boil the skiufichtas in salted water. We strain them and reserve 400 ml of the boiling water that will serve us later. We don’t refrigerate the skiufichts.
In a pan, sauté the apaki without fat until golden brown. Pour in the pasta boiling water, let it boil, strain the water and keep it aside. We return the apaki back to our pan. In a bowl, mix the egg yolks and add the grated gruyere and the butter. Put in the bowl the water that we had previously strained. With the help of a blender, beat the egg mixture well until it becomes a cream. The texture will be like an eggnog. Pour the cream into the pan with the apaki and put it on a low heat, adding the boiled squiofichtas and salt and pepper. At first, our sauce will be very runny, but if we leave it for 5 minutes with the spaghetti and stir frequently, it will slowly thicken.
Serve with freshly ground pepper and grated Cretan cheese -graviera-.
source: gastronomos.gr
recipe ingredients:
- 400 grams of pure Cretan soft cottage cheese ( myzithra )
- a dollop of sheep yogurt,
- one egg
- 2 to 3 tablespoons of white flour
- a teaspoon of sea salt
- half a handful of raisins, Sesame, Crust
Cheesecake with few ingredients
Preparation:
Oil the surface of the pan with extra virgin Cretan olive oil from our shop. Spread the first sheet, lightly oil, continue the same process with as many sheets as you want. We recommend a maximum of five sheets of Crust. In a bowl mixe all the ingredients together until they become a paste that is not too hard. Spread the paste on the pan with the oiled sheets of Crust.
Cover with three or four more sheets of Crust. Follow the same process as the oiling. Cut the excess outside the pan and close the pie in a circle. Brush with beaten egg. sprinkle with sesame seeds.
You bake the pie at the oven , in the air mode , at 200 degrees for about 40 to 50 minutes. After the first 15 minutes, cover with aluminum foil and let your pie bake.
Serve in small pieces. Enjoy !
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