Eight ways to eat watermelon

Watermfelon! A summer fruit!

 My favourite fruit! I could eat it every day!

 Is so good for your health and your diet!

 Eight ways to eat watermelon

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• Greek watermelon pie (karpouzopita)
Serve it with honey...

For the recipe click here

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Watermelon jam



For the recipe click here blondies cakes

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Greek syrupy sweet from the skin of watermelon.
•  Greeks  make syrupy sweets almost from everything. (cherries, figs, orange, olives, lemons, strawberries, chestnuts, small tomatoes and many others)

Source Argiro recipes

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•  Watermelon ice cubes. I saw that recipe on Rachael Ray's site and I loved it!
 Also try to freeze just the juice of watermelon and every time you use the ice cubes let them melt in your drinks and enjoy!

Source Rachael Ray

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•  Salad with watermelon and feta cheese. A combination that rocks! Just try it!

For the recipe click here kalofagas

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Watermelon smoothie. The perfect summer drink.
 When I have summer parties at my home I serve watermelon daiquiris .
Easy to make them Just add  In your blender  pieces of watermelon ,some brown sugar, ice,  gin and blend them.  

               
Source My recipes
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•  Just enjoy it fresh cut ....

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•  A different way.... Korres nail polish Watermelon

 

Watermelon  king of  summer fruits!

Do you have a favourite fruit?

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Special healthy Greek Salad

    Last night our dinner was only a Greek Salad!

    Just a Salad? Yes just a Salad!!!

    You know that Greek Salad is a complete healthy meal.

 Ingredients :

• Feta cheese : proteins and calcium
• tomatoes, onions,cucumber, caper , carrots: fibers, antioxidants and vitamins
• olives and olive oil : good fats
• traditional wholegrain rusks : fibers

           Greek Salad is light and cool  for those hot summer nights.                                                  

            And for dessert cool watermelon!

Later we watched Olympic Games and

I was waiting for the final of  100meters, 

    it was late 23:50 local time Athens 

 (Bolt was one more time amazing)!

Delicious....
I love the colour of watermelon...

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Greek Pastitsio from leftovers

Pastitsio is one of the most famous Greek recipes!

Kids and adults love it!

My family loves it!

Yesterday I cooked pasta with meat sauce

and from the leftovers I decided  to cook pastitsio.

The only think I had to prepare was the bechamel!

Ingredients

pasta ( pennes)

meat sauce

1 cup grated parmesan cheese

Bechamel

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Bechamel (for a medium pyrex)

4 tbsp butter

4 tbsp flour

500 ml milk

 nutmeg

pepper

1 egg

2 tbsp grated parmesan cheese

Bechamel

In a saucepan, melt the butter over medium heat.

 Once melt down add the flour to make a roux. Stirring for about 3 minutes.

Whisk in the milk, taking care to break up any roux lamps.

Cooking until thick.

Remove the saucepan from the heat and add the egg, carefuly keeping whisk.

Then add the pepper, the nutmeg, and the parmesan cheese.

 Whisk for a minute and set this aside.

Preheat the oven to 375 f.

Mix a scoop of bechamel into the meat sauce.

Get a pyrex and coat the bottom with half of the pasta.

Sprinkle with some grated parmesan.

Pour on all the meat sauce and sprinkle with grated parmesan

and then the rest of the pasta and cheese.

Pour the bechamel on top off all this and bake for 45 - 60 minutes.

 Until the bechamel turns gold.

Remove from the oven and wait for 25 minutes before you cut into it!

You can served with Greek or green salad.

Bon appetit!

 Maria

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Stuffed Zucchini flowers with feta cheese

                                                                                                                                                              Stuffed zucchini flowers with feta cheese are one of my favourite appetizers !

My aunt gave me this recipe and usually

 I prepare double dose and put half in the freezer for another time

                                         Ingredients:                            

Vegetable oil, to deep fry

250g Greek feta cheese

10 - 15  zucchini flowers

2 tsp fresh or dried spearmint

1 small egg

For the batter

1 cup plain flour

2/3 cup beer

  

                Fill a saucepan half full with oil and place over a medium heat until hot enough to deep fry.

 Combine the feta, the egg, the spearmint and the pepper in  a small bowl.

Fill the zucchini flowers with the mixture and twist the flowers closed.

Place the flour and the beer in a bowl and  whisk to make a batter.

Coat the zucchini flowers with the batter, then carefully place in the hot oil.

                                            Cook for 2-3 minutes or until golden and crispy.

Drain onto a plate lined with kitchen paper.

They can be served with yogurt sauce.

Bon appetite

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Shrimps with feta cheese and tomato sauce (saganaki)

One of my favourite recipes!

Shrimps with feta cheese and tomato sauce!

It's a quick and easy recipe!

Ingredients (for 4 persons)

• 450  - 500 gr shrimps (peeled)
• tomato sauce or fresh tomatoes
• basil
• 300 gr. feta cheese
• one  chopped onion (medium size)
• 2 cloves garlic
• olive oil
•  parsley
• 1 tsp brown sugar
• 30 ml Greek ouzo
• pepper
• oregano

 Saute the onion, garlic and shrimps in olive oil for 4 to 5 minutes. 

We add the ouzo and  we cook for  two minutes.

 Add the tomato sauce, basil, oregano, pepper, parsley and sugar.

Let it cook for 20 minutes and finally add the feta cheese.

Leave it covered for 8 to 10 minutes and serve with pasta or rice.

Bon appetite!

Maria

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