Author Archives: Athena

This year I declare totally unprepared for the Easter season. I don’t follow the rituals (nistia is called in the orthodox religion), haven’t done anything (just bought some cookie cutters) and I have a head filled with ideas that are never realized. My last hope relies on the days before Easter Sunday that will have some time off work. I also declare a sweet addict: I go...

This week is coming to an end and the weather prediction promised a summer-like weekend. I am really looking forward to a weekend without tons of obligations and events (kids’ parties, games etc. all parents out there know what I am talking about). Of course everything would be better if Penelope was not under with a cold, but I supposed one cannot have everything, right? Being in...

First of all I want to thank all of you who embraced our new project C2!! The blogging community and our blogs’ readers were so kind with our new effort that for me personally is so moving and motivating at the same time! I am really grateful After the introduction, I will just cut to the chase. Or let’s say to the cake. Its vegan, nutritious and so juicy that it is so hard to...

For a while now a super happy pack of bloggers Aggeliki, Eleni, Zina, Dimitra, Maro and me is working like busy bees. And the time has come to make the announcement… A new e-magazine called C2 that is all about crafting and cooking: easy crafting and tutorials, printable files and of course recipes! Today is the launch of our first issue and it’s all about spring and Easter. You can...

  How was your long weekend? I hope you had a blast with people you love! We wanted to visit our beloved mountain village and to spend a few relaxing days close to nature. We managed to gain a kilo or so, the food was that good!    Going back home I knew I had to try low calories recipes. This is where this plate comes along. It can be your breakfast, lunch or dinner. So versatile...

There are times where you just feel out of control. As a control freak,  I really hate that! This is exactly what happened to me this February. Time went busy so quickly I just I barely had time to breathe… Some days I felt that I was chasing my daily schedule. Every single morning I woke up full of energy and ideas and then the same evening (around 21:30) I was lying around the couch...

Cheese cakes are my favorite desser to experiment. I always try new versions even though I have posted just a feww of them. Chocolate, lemon, strawberry with vanilla base, oreo base the choices are just endless. The one seen in the pics above was made for a family dinner. The oreo bases goes perfrectly with strawberry flavored cream. Colorful sprinkes were used both in the base and the...

  Happy New Year!! Hope you had a good time during the holiday season with the people you love the best. May the New Year bring you joy and happiness! I would really love to say that we had an incredible time with Penelope making the cookies but it wasn’t such the case. The photos are misleading. Let’s start of the beginning; for a long time I wanted to start involving my...

The mini Pavlovas were the dessert of our family Christmas meal (check it out here). These fluffy and light as air sweets were definitely a hit on our table. If you want to read more about the origin of this dessert you can read here more. In my version I used chocolate meringue and my beloved red fruits (raspberries to be more exact). The crème is Nutella based and so so...

Merry Christmas!!! Hope you had an amazing time with tons of happy moments. I had lots of fun with my family. Also I had a couple days off work so I had the time to prepare everything and be calm and joyful during Christmas. We also had time to hit the cinemas with Penelope and with Giannis. As I already mentioned before, each year I cook our family Christmas meal it is like...

Christmas is the most magical time of the year. It’s not only the Christmas lights, decorations and presents. It’s the love, the family moments, spending time with the people that matter to you the most. The glaze in Penelope’s eyes when she opens the presents, the smell of fresh cooking and baking in our kitchen are the true meaning of Christmas in my humble opinion. This is exactly...

Each year I am baking holiday cupcakes. It’s like a personal tradition of mine. Usually I bake all the Greek traditional Christmas sweets (like kourampiedes and melomakarona). But my cupcakes are different every year. Mostly often I end up buying some kourampiedes and melomakarona (lack of time). But I always find time to bake my holiday cupcakes. I love decorating them; I find them...