It doesn’t happen often, but I’ve got a beef recipe for all of you today. I like to eat beef but I don’t cook it often (or at all) because I don’t like touching or even looking at raw meat.  Plus, I never know how to determine when the beef is done cooking.  I don’t want to eat it raw and I don’t want to serve shoe leather either.   At the end of the day I simply avoid these struggles and stick to vegetarian meals because there is no guess work there for me.  It’s very hard to overcook things …

I think this will be my favorite recipe of 2018. I know it’s probably too early in the year to say that I have a favorite recipe, but I really love this spanakopita (aka spinach pie).  Let’s just say that I’ve set a high standard for all recipes that follow this one. Spanakopita is usually made in a big pan to serve a lot of people.  If you’re my Yiayia (Greek grandma), then you make it in a very big pan.  You know, because Greeks like to make enough food to feed an army no matter how many people are …