Lamb chops, magherita style
Wow, the butcher here in Ay Eufimia is incredible! I'm in heaven, easily pleased I know :). If you come here and can't see what you want just ask, they've got it all.
So these lamb chops were baa-ing for me to buy them. Wanted something tasty and quick, if you're as hot as I am right now you'll understand.
Marinade:
2 medium sized ripe tomatoes, 1 small red onion, 2 cloves of garlic, 2 small anchovy fillets, about 10 pitted black olives, chopped chilli to suit ...
Gulf of Amvrakia, German Beach Towels! Vonitsa and the breathtaking Spartakhori
We both felt pretty tired and a tad stressed after our week on the hard for boat jobs so went in search of solitude. Yes, even in high season it's possible here! A quick grocery run then headed to the inland lagoon of Amvrakikos Kolpos.
Not a boat insight, nothing at all but endless miles of crystal clear water and amazing scenery.
There were, however two caravans on the beach and two sun loungers. Believe it or not the caravans were German registered and I ...
Mega Marinated Pork Chop, Stuffed Courgette Rolls
Looks like a dinosaur chop, right?
So two huge chops marinated in:
Lemon juice and grated zest
A generous splash of white wine
A glug of oil (I used avocado)
Chopped herbs (I used mint, oregano and parsley)
A couple of cloves of garlic, smashed
Chops in, left for the whole day turning when I remembered..
Grilled to perfection over a high heat to brown nicely, turning half way through cooking and (please) rest for a few minutes so juices sort themselves out! Add the marinade ...
Tandoori Lamb Skewers with Tangy Salad
The lamb here in Greece is just amazing, loving every mouthful :)
So I just got 500g of lamb, diced it at marinaded in 2 tblsp of tandoori paste, a squeeze of lemon juice, a tblsp of Greek yoghurt and some freshly ground black pepper. Leave this for a few hours (if you make your own, tell me how you did it please?)
Threaded onto skewers with chunks of onion, cherry tomatoes and a few mushrooms.
Grill for roughly 20 mins, this will cook the lamb to medium.
Crunchy courgettes sprinkled ...
Lovely open pancake lunch
Left over fajitas from last night, there's no way I was throwing them away. None of us like waste do we?
A delicious healthy filling combining some of my favourite flavours, yum!
Sauté onions, bacon lardons, mushrooms, spinach, freshly ground black pepper, a grating of nutmeg in a pan. Add a spoon of cream or yoghurt if wished, I did :)
Warm the fajitas and spoon the filling over. Wipe the pan and fry two eggs. Add to the topping and dig in quick!
Fajita Night “primal style”, why not?
Do you like fajitas? Most do, I'm not such a fan as find it a bit heavy if that makes sense. Anyhow promised the Boss as he loves them and these turned out really well for a first attempt.
Ingredients:
1 cup tapioca flour
3 1/2 tblsp coconut flour
1 tsp sea salt
1 cup unsweetened almond milk
1 tbsp coconut oil
2 lightly beaten eggs
Combine dry ingredients. Whisk all wet ingredients, oil as well, and combine all together thoroughly.
I left this to sit for an hour before ...
Hooray the boat floats (but might have to come out next year again), the galley is open, finally off to anchor!
Life on the hard has been, well, hard! Five days of work, heat and ridiculous humidity (26 degrees, 78% humidity at 7h). Those of you who thought I was a tad smug about our new air con please feel free to giggle, air con is water cooled!
So no cooking at all, fortunately the local taverna was reasonable and served very good food plus the staff are so friendly and have gladly helped me learn a bit more Greek. Maria and Rula made us feel very welcome, thanks ladies.
So what's been ...
Holes! Alpha,beta,gamma,delta..oh the galley is closed! Poor tommy..
Love a challenge and Greek? Wow, it's challenging for sure! This clip is helping me learn the alphabet: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=k6gCaGEi3rA
As is writing it out but, I suspect, I'll be carrying this bit of paper around for weeks..
The galley is closed until we get back in the water, at just after 7h it was already 28 degrees and 68% humidity so unless you want salad recipes I'm off duty. Actually forget that, even whisking dressing sounds like too much effort! That said I've got so ...
Navily.com – share your anchorages and more here!
What a terrific app! It's free and has lots of info plus you can enter places you've anchored to let others know what it's like. Cruisers helping cruisers, just how it should be!
"Navily is completely free and allows sailors to share and rank their anchoring experience. This year we also added the possibility to reserve a berth in a harbour straight from the app. Moreover the content of the app is completely collaborative.
Many harbours have already joined the adventure like Cannes, the ...
Flying Cat, Prop Swop and a Clean Bottom. Awaiting Captains Rant, it’s going to be good!
Well it's hoist day (gulp), doubt there's any of us who enjoy watching our boat being lifted? Very necessary as the last time was over 2 years ago in La Linea, Spain. We're at Cleopatra Marina in Preveza.
A little tight getting into the spot to be lifted but, watching them lift a boat yesterday, we saw that the guys operating the machinery were very good. Obviously being a catamaran means we can't just get lifted anywhere due to our beam so, yes if you've got a monohull, I'm ...
