Sitemap - 2025 - my little expat kitchen

Greek boiled zucchini with olive oil and lemon

Greek green beans with tomato and garlic

Thai turmeric-marinated roasted chicken drumsticks with lime-flavored Jasmine rice

Mascarpone and nutella ice cream with hazelnut praline

Fig and Muscat wine ice cream with salted pistachio praline

Banana ice cream with chocolate chunks

Fig and mascarpone bruschetta with ham and honey

Pistachio, buckwheat and lemon cake with honeyed plums (GF)

Spicy caramel popcorn

Spiced nuts

Greek olive oil-braised peas with potatoes and dill

Deep-fried sweet corn fritters

Vegetarian Greek souvlaki with beetroot, feta and hummus

Nectarine jam and semolina biscuit slice

Nectarine jam

Mango sorbet popsicles

Orange, mango, banana and ginger smoothie

White chocolate ice cream with a caramel-Kahlua Sauce

Heirloom tomato salad with mint oil, feta and Kalamata olives

White chocolate cups filled with a mascarpone and chocolate cream

Tagliatelle with fresh figs, goat's cheese and prosciutto

Penne with mascarpone, walnuts and parmesan

Banana chocolate ice cream

Blackberry ice cream

Tomato galette with spelt pastry

Smoked salmon linguine with crème fraîche and lime

Chocolate cupcakes with chocolate-crème fraîche frosting

Fresh chamomile cupcakes with honey glaze

Vanilla bean cupcakes with speculoos-mascarpone frosting

Sparkling wine & vanilla cupcakes with sparkling wine buttercream frosting

Greek fried calamari with a homemade saffron mayonnaise

Tomato, nectarine and parsley salad with a date syrup and sumac dressing

Mouclade - French steamed mussels in a curry cream sauce

Honey, lemon and lavender marinated roasted chicken

Tartines with pasta elias (Greek olive paste), tomato and feta

Tartines of grilled peaches, beetroot and blue cheese with a walnut and garlic spread

Green lasagna with spinach, rocket and herbs

Dutch corn bread - Maisbrood

Poached eggs on buttered toast

Baked Parmesan French toast with poached eggs, prosciutto and rocket salad

Greek barley bread with avocado and boiled egg

Tomato, yoghurt and harissa tartine + Cucumber, yoghurt and dill-oil tartine

Rosewater and honey lemonade

Pan-seared scallops with bacon, coriander seeds and guacamole on toast

Spinach and feta tartines + Broccolini and parmesan tartines

Three-cheese soufflé

Moroccan chicken, olive and preserved lemon tagine with almond couscous

Sourdough bruschetta with cherries, ricotta, seeds, nuts and a miso dressing

Lemon, polenta and yoghurt cake with poached apricots

Cherry and almond cake

Summer green salad with cherries, jamón Serrano and goat's cheese

Young swiss-chard and mint salad with cherries, olives and feta

Apricot galette

Cherry and apricot almond crisp

Cherry and almond cake with amaretto glaze

Frozen chocolate-dipped bananas with desiccated coconut, pistachio or sprinkles

Jumbo pasta shells filled with spinach, feta and ricotta, baked in a tomato sauce

Dark chocolate sorbet

Pasta with roasted Romanesco, sourdough croutons, Kalamata olives and sun-dried tomatoes

Kolokythokeftedes – Greek zucchini fritters

Garlicky roasted tomatoes, with feta on sourdough toast

Tortiglioni with broccolini, ricotta and lemon zest

Rigatoni with white wine-braised artichokes and peas, with capers and lemon

Triple chocolate cheesecake

Greek beetroot purée with potatoes and walnuts

Pear and vanilla "honey"

Caramelized apples with golden raisins, maple syrup and Greek yoghurt

Cranberry crumble cake

Grilled halloumi with a tomato, fresh cherry and pomegranate molasses salsa

Sourdough panini with dark chocolate and fresh raspberries

Baked salmon with pomegranate molasses glaze

Homemade fig jam

Parmesan biscuits

Cranberry chutney

Spicy red-lentil and butternut squash dahl with basmati rice and sheep’s milk yoghurt

Dulce de leche cheesecake

Warm Puy lentil salad with smoked trout, ricotta cheese and grapefruit

Chocolate dulce de leche bars with shortbread crust and Fleur de Sel

Pan-fried sea bass fillets with vanilla butter

Pan-fried duck breast with a warm salad of Beluga lentils, spinach and cranberries

Fudgy chocolate brownies with white chocolate chips

Chocolate brownies

Oven-baked Spetzofai - Greek country sausages and peppers in a tomato sauce

Goat's cheese and Greek yoghurt tart with Greek wild thyme honey and a pistachio crust

Strawberry and raspberry galette

Strawberry tartlets, with strawberry crème légère

Homemade French Petit Beurre biscuits with strawberry buttercream filling

Quick-and-easy whole-wheat bread rolls

Dark cherry sorbet

Dark chocolate ice cream

Tarte Flambée - Alsatian red onion, crème fraîche and bacon tart with Reblochon cheese

Prosciutto and taleggio tart with a polenta and Parmigiano crust

Savory muffins with Gruyère, dried figs, rosemary and thyme

Phyllo tartlets with homemade caramelized onions, leeks and Roquefort cheese

Thai coconut milk and red lentil soup with homemade crispy fried shallots

Stuffed meatloaf with quails' eggs, dried apricots and walnuts

Spiced chicken patties souvlakia with a cumin and sultana yoghurt sauce

No churn vanilla ice cream with chocolate swirl and pistachio paste

Cherry balsamic sorbet

Raspberry sorbet popsicles

Double chocolate no churn ice cream

Chocolate Semifreddo

Chocolate, hazelnut and crushed meringue ice cream terrine

Persimmon salad with prosciutto, fennel and white balsamic vinaigrette

Persimmon and blackberry frangipane gallete with rye pastry

Tiramisù ice cream

Sparkling elderflower drink

Elderflower cordial / concentrate

Pistachio and cocoa nib cookies with salted butter

Sautéed asparagus and spring onions with fried quails’ eggs

Salted caramel ice cream

No-churn coffee ice cream

Coffee ice cream with hazelnut and orange biscotti

Buckwheat and hazelnut granola with millet, dried currants and seeds

3 Greek ways with baked whole fish (or fillets) with herbs and greens, PLUS a guide to choosing fresh fish

Greek Mousakas

Quick and Easy Tyropita (Greek cheese pie) with a yoghurt and whole-wheat flour dough

Tsoureki bread-and-butter pudding with strawberries, vanilla and dried currants

White asparagus and ricotta bruschetta

Spelt and roasted asparagus salad with radishes and goat’s cheese

Green and white asparagus toast with ham, soft-boiled eggs and a creamy, lemony, homemade mayonnaise sauce

Slow-roasted suckling (milk-fed) lamb shoulder with pomegranate molasses and herbs, potatoes, shallots and dried mulberries

Cold strawberry drink

Strawberry jam with vanilla

No-churn strawberry ice cream

Quick strawberry and rosewater ice cream

Hot chocolate sauce

Strawberry ice cream without eggs

Strawberry chamomile sorbet

Meringues with strawberries, crème fraîche and chamomile syrup

Honey and milk ice cream with Pasteli (Greek honey and sesame seed bars)

Green asparagus tarts with puff pastry

Wild asparagus omelette with ricotta and pea shoots

Wild asparagus tagliatelle with lemon, olive oil and garlic

Wild asparagus, yoghurt and ricotta galette with whole-wheat pastry

Green asparagus with lemon sabayon

Roasted green asparagus salad with a Rooibos tea and orange dressing

Marinated roast chicken with tomatoes, olives, lemon and herbs

Greek fried zucchini with fresh mint and sesame seeds and a yoghurt dip with ground coriander

Tsoureki (traditional Greek Easter sweet bread) with grape molasses and tahini

Horiatiki salata - Greek Salad / Peasant Salad

Feta Saganaki - Greek fried Feta cheese

Politiko Saganaki - Greek Saganaki with eggs, tomato, feta and soutzouki

Saganaki me Kefalotyri - Greek Saganaki with Kefalotyri cheese (Greek fried cheese)

Keftedakia me marathosporo - Greek spiced meatballs with fennel seeds and a yoghurt-mint dipping sauce

Pan-fried salmon fillets with sautéed fennel and Ouzo

Pan-fried salmon with green asparagus pesto

Grilled tuna steaks with Chimichurri sauce and mixed greens

Spiced pumpkin cake with walnuts and a vanilla cream cheese frosting

Creamy pumpkin soup with toasted pumpkin seeds and dried cranberries

Two-layer chocolate Easter egg-nest cake with chocolate truffle eggs

Deviled eggs with avocado, crème fraîche and salmon roe

Saragli - Greek individual baklava rolls

Bergamot and almond bundt cake with bergamot glaze

Garlic bread with herbs

Chocolate and almond marble bundt cake

Chilli and ginger-marinated beef stir-fry with Savoy cabbage and cashews

Indonesian vegetable salad with a spicy coconut and fresh chilli dressing

Easy puff pastry tart with mascarpone cream and strawberries

Puff pastry tart with vanilla mascarpone, crushed hazelnut praline and melted chocolate

Fresh berry tart with puff pastry

Puffed quinoa granola bars with dark chocolate ganache and coconut flakes

Puffed quinoa, puffed rice, dried fruits and nuts granola with peanut butter and petimezi (grape molasses)

Beijinhos de coco – Brazilian coconut balls

Cucumber, blueberry and feta salad with lettuce, almonds and a honey vinaigrette

Appelflappen (Dutch apple turnovers) with whiskey chantilly cream

Blondies with walnuts and dark and white chocolate chunks

Carrot cake cookies with dates and coconut flour

Puy lentils with wild garlic pesto, Greek anthotyro cheese and date molasses dressing

Spicy fasolia gigantes plaki - Greek baked giant beans with peppers and chilli

Burgers with kidney bean and sweet potato patties + no-cook, naturally-sweetened, quick and easy homemade ketchup

Paschalina Koulourakia with mahlepi and mastiha - Greek Easter Cookies with mahleb and mastic

Paschalina Koulourakia - Traditional Greek Easter Cookies

Greek Tsoureki French toast with honey and cinnamon & Tsoureki French toast filled with Nutella and banana

Rhubarb and almond cake with rye flour and coconut sugar

Rhubarb and Ginger-crumble ice cream

Vanilla roasted rhubarb and ricotta cream with Greek honey on toasted bread

Rhubarb jam with black pepper

Pan-fried mackerel with rosemary and capers, and roasted rhubarb

Oven-braised duck legs with green olives

Kouneli kokkinisto me hilopites - Greek braised rabbit with prunes and Greek hilopites pasta

Portokalopita – Greek orange pie/cake with blood oranges

Hot chocolate with homemade nutella and whipped cream

Caramelized fennel, pear and blue cheese pizza with a walnut, garlic and parmesan spread

Peinirli - Greek canoe-shaped yeasted bread stuffed with cheese, pastourma or soutzouki

Chocolate fudge layered cake with mascarpone-cream filling and dark chocolate fudge frosting

Kefalonitiki Pastitsada - Greek Beef Stew from Kefalonia with tomatoes and spices on top of tubular pasta

Tyropitakia and Kreatopitakia - Greek Individual Cheese Pies and Meat Pies

Pork stew with dried fruit and dark beer

Grilled halloumi with young turnip greens, cucumber and red onion salad and a tahini and turmeric dressing

Everyday Strawberry Cake

Spelt and blueberry muffins

Chocolate-chunk cookie-muffins with Fleur de Sel

Mandarin Crème Brûlée

Three salads - Beetroot, fennel, blood orange with tahini and carob molasses dressing - Red chicory, Roquefort, hazelnuts with Sriracha vinaigrette - Fennel, orange, Greek olives

Chestnut flour crêpes with creamy wild mushrooms

Grilled langoustines with olive oil, lemon and chilli

Chocolate mousse with coconut milk

Coffee granita with Coconut whipped cream

Wild garlic tzatziki

Broccolini with wild garlic and miso dressing

Wild garlic flaky flatbreads

Banana cake with ground hazelnuts and milk chocolate chunks

Creamy broccoli soup with Greek Kefalotyri cheese toasts

Chioggia beet salad with goat’s cheese and pistachios

Moustokouloura - Greek cookies with petimezi (grape molasses) and spices

Purslane salad with cucumbers, red onion and feta

Pitakia me elies kalamon (Eliopitakia) - Greek individual pie rolls with Kalamata olives

Chole Bhature - Indian spicy chickpea stew and Indian puffed fried bread

Spaghetti alle vongole in bianco

Roasted carrot soup with Puy lentils

No-knead bread

Tas Kebap - Greek veal stew in a tomato sauce

Sautéed shrimp with tahini and garlic sauce, and a sumac, cumin seed and pistachio dukkah

No-knead whole-wheat Greek Lagana with tahini and honey

Fakes soupa - Traditional Greek lentil soup

Politikos Halvas - Greek semolina halva with cinnamon and blanched almonds

Spaghettini with mushrooms, olive oil and garlic

Chickpea soup with fennel and leek

Chocolate Mousse (Chocolat Chantilly)

Greek Lagana sandwich with harissa, salami and burrata

Feta and pistachio pesto babka

Individual apple galettes flavored with mahlepi and cardamom

Rigatoni with a rich cherry tomato sauce and spinach

Chili con carne

Politiko Tsoureki - Greek Easter sweet bread

Homemade Chèvre - Goat’s cheese

Osso buco kokkinisto krasato - Greek braised veal shanks in a thick tomato and red wine sauce

Grilled lamb chops with herb and garlic sauce, and a tomato and onion salad

Tyrokafteri kokkini - Greek spicy feta and red pepper dip

Melitzanosalata - Greek smoky eggplant dip

Taramosalata - Greek carp roe dip

Lagana - Greek lenten yeasted flatbread

Watermelon radish, fennel and avocado salad with whipped feta dressing and sumac

Pumpkin soup with parsnip, crème fraîche and walnuts

Two loaves: Plain rye bread and rye with walnuts and sun-dried tomatoes

Chicken and walnut stew with petimezi (grape molasses), and saffron basmati rice

Chicken and beetroot salad with orange, fennel and feta

Marides tiganites - Greek fried whitebait

Barbounia tiganita - Greek fried red mullet

Cold soba noodle salad with tobiko, shiso and pickled ginger

Spelt waffles with pistachios and a blood orange and orange-blossom water syrup

Blood orange granita with juniper berries and Dutch Jenever (Gin)

Blood orange, Campari and semolina syrup cake

Chewy meringues with Greek yoghurt, blood oranges & blood orange and orange-blossom water syrup

Raw kale, red cabbage and blood orange salad with hazelnuts and a toasted sesame oil and ginger vinaigrette

Chocolate-hazelnut spread/paste

How to store nuts

Briam - Greek baked vegetables

No-bake date, almond and coconut cake with rosewater chocolate ganache

Soda bread

Pumpkin hummus with fresh chilli

Triple chocolate cake

Kounoupidi kapamas/yiahni (kokkinisto) - Greek tomato cauliflower stew with potatoes and carrots

Blistered Padrón peppers

Spetzofai - Greek peppers and spicy country sausages in a rich tomato sauce

Cavolo nero bruschetta

Dark chocolate brownies with beetroot

Oven-baked sweet and spicy spare ribs

Spicy red kidney bean dip with za’atar

Cooking dried beans for dips, spreads, salads etc.

Fudgy cocoa and strawberry brownies

How to handle fresh hot chillies

Spanakopita - Greek spinach pie

Kale and fresh mint pesto fusilli

Quick preserved lemons

Chocolate chestnut brownies

Chocolate and chestnut truffles and Chestnut cream truffles

Crème de marrons - Sweet chestnut cream

Strapatsada / Kagianas - Greek eggs with tomatoes

Dried barberry jam

Kuku sabzi - Persian herb omelette, with feta

Hollandse appeltaart - Dutch apple pie

Egg-in-a-hole with charred red peppers and Parmigiano

Beetroot hummus with spicy, crunchy roasted chickpeas

Vanilla bean panna cotta

Mango tiramisu with raspberry sauce

How to prep fresh mussels for cooking

Classic hummus

Galatopita - Greek milk pie with phyllo

Working with ready-made phyllo dough

Chocolate Dutch stout cake with cream cheese and white chocolate frosting

Penne with sun-dried tomato, fresh chilli and walnut pesto, and burrata

Greek grilled octopus

Greek octopus with vinegar, olive oil and dried oregano

Brownies with homemade peanut butter and chocolate

Homemade peanut butter

Homemade Cashew Butter

Sikotaki Politiko - Greek fried calf’s liver with onion and parsley

Politiko Manti - Spiced baked minced meat dumplings with yoghurt-garlic sauce in the Constantinople Greek manner

Greek potato fries with feta and oregano

Tagliatelle with rainbow chard, pine nuts and Gruyère cheese

Greek baked whole tuna with Ladolemono (Greek olive oil and lemon sauce)

Greek baked mackerel (Kolios) with olive oil, lemon and parsley

Tsoureki french toast waffles

Pizza muffins (for toddlers and adults alike)

Baked pasta with ham, cheese and béchamel sauce

Greek dakos, my way

Pastourmadopitakia - Greek individual pies with pastourma

Oven-baked marinated sardines with chermoula sauce

No-bake raw brownies

Potato and egg salad with carrots and spices

Greek marinated pork souvlaki with bulgur pilaf, charred peppers and tzatziki

Rich chocolate bundt cake with dark chocolate ganache

Riganada from Kefalonia

Yuzu cake with yuzu glaze

Raspberry yoghurt ice cream

Velvety carrot soup with carrot-top pesto

Classic waffles

Lemon cake with Greek wild thyme honey glaze and pistachios

Greek cuttlefish with spinach

Ginger and turmeric tea with spices

Fresh tomato sauce for pizza

The best pizza dough

Gemista - Greek stuffed tomatoes and peppers with beef and rice

Greek barley bread

Roasted pumpkin with Greek manouri cream and olives

Greek beetroot salad with feta and fresh mint

Date, coconut, cacao and almond balls (truffles)

Persimmon and pomegranate salad with Greek manouri cheese

Homemade pomegranate molasses

Coconut ice cream with chocolate magic shell

How to sterilize glass jars

Roast chicken with harissa and couscous

Blueberry cake

Hot cocoa

Fasolakia ladera - Greek braised green beans in a fresh tomato sauce

Vegetable-packed tomato sauce (for children and adults alike)