Greek Recipes

I've included my top picks for 2013 and don't forget to enter the Kyvan foods giveaway ( entry below )! Top Picks for 2013 Sausage Biscuit Souffle with Creamy Gravy http://creolecontessa.blogspot.com/2013/10/sausage-biscuit-souffle-with-creamy.html Chocolate Party Cake http://creolecontessa.blogspot.com/2013/12/easy-moist-chocolate-party-cake.html Island Delight Almond Cake http://creolecontessa.blogspot.com/2013/03/island-delight-almond-cake.html Andouille Artichoke Bread http://creolecontessa.blogspot.com/2013/05/andouille-artichoke-bread.html Smoked Turkey Gumbo http://creolecontessa.blogspot.com/2013/11/smoked-turkey-gumbo.html Creole Collard Greens with Smoked Turkey http://creolecontessa.blogspot.com/2013/11/creole-collards-greens-with-smoked.html Hot 7 Layer Bean Dip http://creolecontessa.blogspot.com/2013/05/hot-7-layer-bean-dip-my-way.html Ground Turkey and Potatoes Taco Al Pastor http://creolecontessa.blogspot.com/2013/12/ground-turkey-and-potato-tacos-al-pastor.html

It's time to appreciate the goodness with Kyvan foods ! The wonderful people at Kyvan foods sent me some tasty products to try out this week. Kyvan foods were also generous enough to provide a giveaway ( entry below ) of their wonderful products. I am starting out by taking Kyvan's Jambalaya sauce and turning it into a Slow Cooker Chicken Jambalaya! If you like Shrimp add them the last 30 minutes of cooking time...As we all know...Baby Girl is allergic to seafood so I didn't use them. Yes...people I know I create Crock Pot Slow Cooker Meals on Sunday's, as I did yesterday with my Slow Cooker Black Eyed Peas with Ham Hocks ! I decided it's almost New Years and why not extend the Slow Cooker celebration into Monday! I cooked up a big pot of hot rice, had some leftover cornbread, and I am having a Kyvan's food Jambalaya party in my mouth! Easy Slow Cooker Chicken Jambalaya with Kyvan Foods 1 jar Kyvan's Jambalaya Sauce 1 1/2 lbs chicken breast, boneless, skin

Slow Cooker Sunday! Hello PEOPLE! We have a Vitamix winner!!!! Check below to see if you won! Now after giving away a Vitamix to 1 lucky winner, I decided I needed some savory beans in my life! O.K. I love beans, but what I love even more is a way to utilize my Crock-Pot Slow Cooker , which by the way, next to my Vitamix is my new favorite kitchen gadget! Yes she is...yes, I named her...I call her Crocky...yep...everyone needs a nickname, and my Slow Cooker is Ms. Crocky...lol! I cooked my beans on high, but you can do low and slow if you have the patience to wait that long! The aroma coming from these beans, it's really unexplainable...you must make them to understand the flavorliciousness (new word) that these black eyed peas brings into you life...I kid you not! These beans are a perfect, ring in the New Year treat, and don't forget the smothered cabbage , rice and hot buttered corn bread! Easy Slow Cooker Black Eyed Peas with Ham Hocks Prep Time: Overnight Cook Time: 5 hou

Have you ever been to one of those cocktail parties, where it seems the cocktails were prioritised over the food? You know the scene, guest start loitering near the kitchen doors and pounce on the trays as they are ready. These are two of my favourite nibbles, perfect for new years eve cocktail parties - and guaranteed to have guests pouncing for another bite, simply because the beautiful flavours, not because they are utterly starving. The crab cakes themselves are wonderfully light - and the noodle salad provides something with a little substance, as well as being largely vegetarian friendly. The lemon iced tea, filled with colourful summer flowers from the garden also provides a nice alternative to the usual soft drinks and mocktails for those (unfortunate few) who have to be the designated driver! Crab cakes with coconut-avocado butter This recipe was given to me by a friend, about six years ago. There is something wonderfully summery about them. I think they are perfect to make f

  It's the last day to enter the Vitamix Giveaway (entry below). It's almost New Years Day and no southern kitchen would be caught without a big pot of smothered cabbage to bring in the New Year! Smothered cabbage is really simple to make, just cook up some bacon, use that bacon grease to saute your onions and peppers in and add the cabbage, a little broth and apple cider vinegar and that's it. After about 30 minutes you have smothered cabbage...full of flavor and ready to eat! Grab a fork and some black eyed peas (which I will be posting tomorrow) and it's time to ring in the New Year! Let's Eat People!!!!! Smothered Cabbage with Bacon Prep Time: 5 minutes Cook Time: 20 minutes Total Time: 25 minutes Servings: 4 Ingredients: 1 head of cabbage, shredded 1 pack of bacon, sliced 1/2 cup chicken broth 1 tablespoon Slap Ya Mama Seasoning 1 tablespoon garlic powder 1 tablespoon onion powder 1/2 tablespoon black pepper 1 bell pepper, diced 1 onion, diced 1 stalk of celery

It's the day after Christmas and I have CAKE, oh and a Vitamix Giveaway, (entry below) and don't forget you can enter daily! Now, back to this light, fluffy, coco-nutty, pineappily (new word) cake! This cake is moist, fluffy, and delicious...I don't have many words today because...I am still full from yesterday!  All I can say is...make the cake...cut the cake...eat the cake...then eat more cake!  And enter the giveaway...while you eat the cake...! I am full...gotta go!   Toasted Coconut Pineapple Cake and a Vitamix Giveaway! Prep Time: 10 minutes Cook Time: 50 minutes Total Time: 1 hour Ingredients: 3 ¼ cups cake flour 1 teaspoon salt 5 teaspoons baking powder 2 1/2 cups Zulka Morena Sugar 2 sticks butter, room temperature, unsalted 4 eggs, room temperature 1 ¾ cups whole milk 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 1 cup flaked coconut For the Pineapple Filling: 1 stick butter1 cup Zulka Morena Sugar 1 1/2 tablespoons cornstarch 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 cups drained, crushed p

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Yes, I know Slow Cooker Sunday was suppose to be yesterday. With the excitement of the Vitamix giveaway happening (entry below) , I preferred to move up Slow Cooker Sunday...to Slow Cooker Monday...for this week only! Everyone who follows my blog knows how much I love Italian food, especially pasta. My goal was to recreate my favorite Sunday Ragu and make it in my Crock Pot Slow Cooker ! Did I mention how much I love my slow cooker...well I am hooked. I purchased the Crock Pot Triple Dipper Warmer last week and I used it for my daughters birthday party Friday...let me tell ya...it kept my queso and shredded slow cooker chicken taco meat hot all night...you better get ya one and try it! This is really simple, the only cooking required was to saute the veggies in olive oil, add the tomato paste to "burst" open the flavors, and brown the meat. Place everything in the slow cooker...4 hours later on high, it's time to eat! Serve this Slow Cooker Chunky Spaghetti Sauce with yo

Here in the Peloponnese, along with the all time classic melomacarona and kourampiedes cookies, we also make diples (δίπλες) for the Christmas and New Year season. Diples, a word which means ‘’folded’’ in Greek, are made of thin sheet-like dough rolled into long, thin strips, folded, then fried in hot oil, and dipped in syrup. Folding the dough in hot oil demands a little experience; but you can make diples in all sorts of simple shapes, - the most common are bow ties and free form geometric. Diples are served drizzled with honey, chopped walnuts and cinnamon. In Crete  the tradition is to make  dairy and egg free diples, mostly for weddings. These are  called xerotigana (ξεροτήγανα) and  are made with really long  thin zigzag strips of dough formed into spirals and of course served with honey and chopped walnuts . These last  two ingredients  symbolize  prosperity, fertility, and joy in Greek tradition.  Diples  Ingredients: 500gr all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking powder a pinc

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays! image provided by Vitamix Yes, I know you're wondering what happened to Slow Cooker Sunday...we're gonna have to reschedule due to unforeseen giveaway circumstances...!!!! You get a Vitamix , and you get a Vitamix , and you get a Vitamix ...just kidding folks...I am not Oprah ...lol...!!!!! But, one of you lucky people will get a Vitamix ...just in time for those New Years, I am going to start making healthy smoothies resolutions!!!! I am excited, I really can't wait to see who wins. And because this is such a SWEET giveaway, I decided to share a few of my favorite sweet treats! 1. Caramel Brownie Ice Cream Cake 2. Strawberry Banana Smoothie 3. Lemon Glazed Southern Tea Cakes 4. Sweet Potato Pie The time has come people! Enter the GIVEAWAY!!!!!!!!!! Don't forget the random winner will be selected by Rafflecopter so make sure you enter everything through Rafflecopter correctly! a Rafflecopter giveaway

  I love peach cobbler, especially when fresh peaches are in season. But sometimes I crave peach cobbler and I don't have fresh peaches and I don't have time to make pie crust. This is when my Quick and Easy Rustic Peach Cobbler comes in handy! The wonderful people at Zulka Morena Pure Cane Sugar sent me a whole bunch of their product for recipe development and a giveaway (entry below). You still have time to enter! Now...grant it...you can make your pie crust from scratch...I even have the recipe ...and it's buttery and pretty much perfect...make sure you double the recipe because I like my cobbler with crust on the bottom and on the top! When I am in a rush, I reach for Pillsbury refrigerated pie crus t ...why...because it's da bomb! It's light, flaky, buttery, and it's already made! I refer to it as my no mess pie crust...no flour all over me and my kitchen! Don't forget to make slits in the top of the cobbler prior to baking. I also coated the top with l