On Xenia Street is where I fell in love with food. I experiment with traditional recipes & modify some of my Greek favorites in order to make them ketolicious!
This beautiful bundt cake will be a hit at your next gathering! It is made with almond flour, olive oil, Greek yogurt, lemon zest and ouzo! Glazed with white chocolate, and garnished with toasted almond slivers, lemon zest and dry edible rose petals. This is my take on a lemenoladopita, or lemon olive oil cake, … Continue reading Lemon Ouzo Olive Oil Bundt Cake
Have you ever had a refreshing granita? They are a traditional Italian treat, and they are so easy to make low carb! It originates in Sicily and is usually made with sugar, water and a variety of flavorings. Mine is made with a fruit smoothie and coconut water. I did not add sweetener to this … Continue reading Rose Lychee & Honeydew Granita
Just because you are living a keto, low carb or paleo lifestyle, doesn’t mean that you can’t have some chocolate! These days you can choose from a few brands that offer chocolate chip options without the refined sugars. I choose Choczero because they use monk fruit extract and oligosaccharides, and that combination agrees with me. … Continue reading Pistachio & Rose Petal Dark Chocolate Bark with White Chocolate Drizzle
One of the health issues that I deal with is Candida. And it can be a very unpleasant pain in the you know where! Candida Albicans is a gut bacteria that exists in everyone’s body. For some of us, an overgrowth can be triggered that will cause an abundance of yeast production & fungal infections … Continue reading Candida Pau d’arco Detox Tea
Have you ever made kitchen medicine? I often do! I look to some of the sage advice that my pappou (grandfather) taught me about some of the traditional botanicals he had learned about from his parents. Add in my own research, and I discover even more! Greeks call those “yiatrosofia” which are what we call … Continue reading Onion, orange peel & ginger tea with Sideritis (Greek mountain Tea)
