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Menu du jour gigantes : 9 Recipes


  • Recipe Gigantes
    Gigantes
    Ingredients 1 pound gigantes (or big lima beans), soaked for 12 hours, drained 1/4 cup Greek olive oil 1 large Spanish onion, finely chopped 3 cloves garlic, minced 1 (15-ounce) can chopped plum tomatoes plus[...]
  • Recipe Big Beans (Gigantes Plaki)
    Big Beans (Gigantes Plaki)
    This is based on the recipe from Good Food Magazine. You can serve it on it's own as a meal for two or as part of a meze if you have company. It's simple to make and tastes just as good the next day. Add some Chorizo or some Chicken if you are[...]
  • Recipe Black gigantes with spinach and pasta
    Black gigantes with spinach and pasta
    The white giant  beans called “gigantes or elephantes” have been cultivated in Northern Greece (Kastoria, Florina, and Drama etc.,) for centuries and are recognized by the European Union as products of Protected Geographic[...]
  • Recipe Gigantes Beans with Bacon & Cretan Graviera Cheese (???????? ?? ??????? ??? ????????)
    Gigantes Beans with Bacon & Cretan Graviera Cheese (???????? ?? ??????? ??? ????????)
    Now that the first week of the New Year 2010 has come and gone, we have another fifty-one to look forward to, and I wish all of my readers the Very Best for the rest of 2010! I want to thank those of you who sent along your kind words and wishes[...]
  • Recipe Fasolia Gigantes Plaki sto Fourno - Kopiaste to AWED GREEK
    Fasolia Gigantes Plaki sto Fourno - Kopiaste to AWED GREEK (1 vote)
    I feel embarrassed that I have never posted this dish before.  Although this is a staple dish in all Greek households and I cook it very often, I have somehow forgotten to post about it. Fasolia (phaseolus lunatus) gigantes, meaning[...]
  • Recipe Fasolia Gigantes with Herbs and Crumbled Feta: Original and Slow Cooker version
    Fasolia Gigantes with Herbs and Crumbled Feta: Original and Slow Cooker version
    This is such a wonderful variation from the normal way we eat beans which is either Cuban style black beans or Mexican/Southwestern style pinto beans. I just can't tell you how wonderful these[...]
  • Recipe Kathara Deutera (Clean Monday)
    Kathara Deutera (Clean Monday)
    Kathara Deutera (Clean Monday) symbolizes the start of Lent for Orthodox Christians and is an important day in the Greek Orthodox faith. A day that prompts us all to eat simple, very traditional Greek fare, Kathara Deutera is meant to[...]
  • Recipe Gigantes Plaki: Greek baked beans
    Gigantes Plaki: Greek baked beans
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  • Recipe Gigantes or Elephant Beans Casserole, a Winner and an Award!
    Gigantes or Elephant Beans Casserole, a Winner and an Award!
    This post is divided in three different parts. First part contains the recipe. This is a food blog after all. Second part contains the winner of the giveaway!The third and final part contains an award and 7 questions.So, arm yourselves with a little[...]



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