Green salad with semolina garlic and Xérès vinegar

Green salad with dried garlic flakes and Xérès vinegar

A beautiful salad with mesclun, corn salad, red oak salad and a secret ingredient called semolina garlic! It’s a French ingredient and it’s so flavorful that perfumes the salad wonderfully, if you don’t find it try dried garlick flakes maybe it’s good also :-) Furthermore, the Xérès vinegar (you can add a red wine vinegar) gives it some extra punch and here you go with plenty of energy!

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caponata

Caponata

Caponata is a classic Italian dish that is based on eggplants and that is really good! In this version it has eggplant, celery, onion, garlic, capers, green olives, dried raisins, pine nuts, white wine vinegar and tomato puree! There are a lot of ingredients but the result is so good that it worth the effort! Don’t miss it!

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Gaspacho with red pepper

Gaspacho with red pepper

This gaspacho comes from a recipe of the Great French Chef Alain Ducasse and it’s special because the red peppers first are cooked in the oven and then they are added with the other ingredients (tomatoes, cucumber, onion, garlic, basil) into the mix that stays in the refrigerator overnight! At the end, we add a little bit of Xérès vinegar for even more flavor! It’s really very good!

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tzatziki light

Tzatziki light

This is a light tzatziki that is made with a fresh French cheese called fromage blanc (coming from sheep it’s better)! If you can’t find it abroad use light Greek yogurt! The light version is much better than the full fat version! Give it a try and see :-)

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lentils the Greek way -fakes- as a normal dish

Lentils the Greek way (fakes)

Lentils the Greek way are cooked as a soup or as a dish and they are made with tomato puree, onion and garlic and they have some bay leaf for extra flavor! You serve it with some red wine vinegar or Xérès vinegar and it’s really good! They are different from the lentils as we eat them in France and this recipe has better taste! But the lentils themselves are better in France than those in Greece and they cook faster! Give them a try and let me know!

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