Happy Greek Easter!

Too many things going on this period, so I missed lots of events linked to Greek Easter that was yesterday, but I have cooked quite a lot of stuff that are linked to it as you can see in my posts.
So, with a day of delay, all my best wishes for a world with lots of love and much much less of wars and violence in general...

Happy Greek Easter! 

especially to my family and friends... that I think of you, even though we see each other once per year maybe.
 Flower syntheses, offered to me from my precious daughter that has really a talent and borrowed from our beautiful garden.

"Tsoureki", the greek easter sweet bread!

[Updated 22/04/2019]
I have now a marvelous recipe here :

French brioche bread

No recipe today (too tired :), just photos to show you my "tsourekia", traditional greek easter sweet breads that are formed of braided strands of dough.
Just google the name and you will find lots of recipes out there and next year I will give you mine ...
For the time being, I am just telling you that they taste great and we have almost consumed all of them in half a day, imagine :))))
Just click on "More..." to enjoy more photos !

The muffins of the day!

These are the muffins of the day according to my recipe Vanilla muffins that is so easy to make and tasty too.
The inspiration of the day was to add some sliced almonds on top and decorated with a lollipop as they are going to be sold in my kids' school to finance a field trip....
If you read this post on time, come and buy one before it is too late :)

Happy Easter, whatever that means to each one of you!

Dear readers of this blog, wherever you are around the globe or just next door ;)

Happy Easter period!

I will be coloring eggs, baking traditional easter cookies from Greece and celebrate with this fluffy and creamy pudding :)
All the best,
Vivian

Grissinis

Hubby loves Grissinis, so here's a reason to try to make them :) I have to admit that he likes the Greek version but I will try today the original ones from Torino...  that I like sooo much :) And with the remaining dough, I will make some nice small rounded breads, what do you say?
Who does not like those crunchy delicate fluffy delicious thinny bread sticks? No excuses of not trying, as it is pretty easy...

Pancakes from Cyprus (Pites tis Satziis)

[Updated 30/03/2025]

A delicious, traditional Cypriot treat, these pancakes are crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, filled with the sweet warmth of cinnamon and sugar. Perfect for sharing with loved ones!

Desert roses or "roses de sable"

These chocolate treats with corn flakes have the looks of  "desert roses" and despite the fact that they are not "gourmet cuisine" (you do not even need to bake!) they will definitely charm your children :)
My son likes them a lot and it's thanks to him that I tried them today with his help of course ...

Love is in the air ;)

Happy Valentine's month :)
(As I missed the day ...)

Heart filled with Nutella for my amazing family, especially my kids for the surprise breakfast that they prepared for me and their father on 14 of February. I am soooo proud of you *smack*

Tribute to Ferrero, Nutella's father that has passed away... 

Recipe reminder (yuvetsi)

What I am cooking today?
The DIVINE "Yuvetsi" as my kids call it ... Don't queue outside my door, nothing will be left once the troops will come from school, so try it yourself :)

Oat flakes cookies

Healthy (?) cookies today! I had some left overs of oat flakes from a visitor and I was thinking what to do with that. Until I have seen in the package a recipe for cookies... The ones that know me, can predict the rest :) I was waiting the opportunity to try it. And guess what? I did it!
I cannot say that I am thrilled but they have a nice surprising taste of sesame that I love and a friend of mine that was passing by could not wait them to get out of the oven and found them delicious. Your turn now...

Recipe reminder (spetzofai)

What have I cooked for yesterday? Spetzofai...
I had almost forgotten the impact that this dish has to my non-Greek friends, they become addicted! Reminder then for this heart-warm dish and special tribute today that is a pretty cold one and there is still snow around.
Find all the details here: http://vivianiscooking.blogspot.fr/2014/03/spetzofai-weird-name-greeek-taste.html

Evi's cake!

Let's start 2015 with a recipe that a dear friend Evi sent to me. Evi with Natalia (if I remember well :) tried this recipe, liked it and sent to me photos from the result yesterday to publish in my blog. Evi says that it's a tasty one and worth to try it but I am very busy right now so until I will give you my personal opinion here's the recipe in case that you are anxious to try for yourselves (send me photos if it's the case). Please Evi comment this post and give more information directly :) 
Thanks for sharing girls!
Btw, looking for this recipe I came across with Nanaimo bar recipe that I would definitely would like to try!!! Google it and see what I mean *slourp* 

Vivian's king's cake or "Vassilopita" in greek

In Greece, the 1st of January we make our favorite cake or a special recipe from our region and we hide inside a coin (covered with aluminum foil, of course :) and we call it "Vassilopita". It's the equivalent of the "king's cake" or the "Galette de roi" that we find in other christian countries for the Epiphany.
We gather in family and share the cake and the one that will get the hidden coin will be the king of the year, aka the lucky of the year...
I will share with you the recipe that I adopted since the birth of my daughter, that is a very fluffy cake scented with orange zest and rich in ground almonds. You can make it all year through but it has some luxury touch that makes it a good candidate for a special occasion :) Here it goes...