Mpougatsa, the greek custard pie!

Went to Greece for vacations and got addicted to mpougatsa for breakfast? Here's how to make it back home and extend your vacations a bit through food :)

Made with crusty fyllo and filled in with a custard cream made out of semolina is served dusted with icing sugar and cinnamon. It makes the perfect breakfast or anytime snack and why not as a dessert.

Happy 2018 !

Happy New Year to all !
Cook more, less war in this world ...

How about starting the year by making this delicious french Epiphany cake (Galette des rois)?
I think that my 2018 version is the best that I have ever done :)

Happy Halloween!

What best to have fun ending of October than celebrating Halloween ?
Cooking, activities, decoration, colors... lots of ideas in the web! Just to keep track of what is in my blog let's recapitulate...


Have fun cooking butternut soups, halloween cookies, mini apple pies, Halloween fingers or just apple pie like this one, this one or this one.

Decorate your house entrance with jack-o-lanterns, following my son's short tutorial in the numbered photos (no1 is missing as it is about choosing your pumkin's face :)

Here's some fun finger food for Halloween: the Halloween fingers!

Or, make fake injuries with makeup and scare your friends (not my favorite though!) like this homemade one from my kids...

Whatever you prefer, just try to get with friends and/or family and have fun and enjoy life!

Happy summer!

Authentic, traditional recipe of Moussaka!!!

UPDATE: See here an updated version that is lighter and easier.

The one and only, the king of all the dishes... finally in this blog: Moussaka! Not so simple recipe, I admit it, but still soooooOOOOO delicious!!!
As you can find various versions that circulate on the internet, find today the most classic recipe which is the traditional greek one that is cooked at a greek home. Do not expect though to find the exact same one in a restaurant, even in Greece, as it quite tiresome the procedure.
So, the next time that someone is inviting you and propose moussaka, take it as a big treat! Unless you decide to cook it yourself, that's the only way that you can try the real moussaka.
The moussaka in the photos has been done while running up and down to the school of my kids, so it is not the best that I have done, but the taste is still unbeatable :)
So, lesson no1: Do it a day that you have plenty of time ...
Actually, there are 2 versions of moussaka in Greece, one with several vegetables, like I am cooking today here, and the other one using only eggplants. My mother is using only eggplants, so for me this is the best one :) but in order to cover both cases I am showing the first version.