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New site design for Kitoula’s Greek Food Journal

If you are trying to view my site via your smart phone or your tablet, I’m sorry if it’s not as responsive as it should be. I am currently working on a new site design for Kitoula’s Greek Food Journal so that my content looks great on every screen, no matter the size. Please bear with me and accept my apology.

If you are a “techie”, you may have heard about Google’s new algorithm. The algorithm, which starts tomorrow, will favor sites with mobile-friendly designs. Blogs that have large text, easy-to-click links, and that resize to fit whatever screen they’re viewed on will rank higher in search results.

This is what my site looks like now on a smart phone, not bad, not great either. But, I promise, the new mobile-friendly site design for Kitoula’s Greek Food Journal will be coming soon!

Happy New Year 2014 – Lobster Alfredo

We usually have lobster for our New Year’s Eve dinner. This year we decided it might be nice to have Lobster Alfredo with linguine. It was delicious and easy to make. Here’s how…
Boil the lobster for 7 minutes, remove it from the water and let it cool. Once cool enough to handle, remove the lobster meat from its shells. Cut it into bite size chunks and set it aside.
Lobster

Now melt butter in a large skillet. Add the sliced mushrooms to the pan and cook over medium heat for 3 minutes or until lightly browned. Pour in the cream, add the salt and pepper and cheese. Remember that the cheese is salty, so don’t over salt. Continue to heat this until the sauce just begins to bubble. Meanwhile, cook the linguine and drain it well. Add the linguine to the skillet and stir for 1 minute, until the sauce begins to thicken.

Lobster Alfredo in pan

Add the lobster meat and toss gently. Serve immediately. Garnish with grated cheese and chopped parsley. We paired it with Freixenet, a sparkling wine similar to champagne, produced in Spain. A great way to bring in the New Year!

Lobster Alfredo plated

Happy New Year! Let’s raise our glasses to a healthy and happy 2014 filled with delicious recipes to prepare and share with our loved ones. Kali Xronia!

Lobster Alfredo

Prep time

10 mins

Cook time

15 mins

Total time

25 mins

Easy Lobster Alfredo

Author: Kitoula

Recipe type: Pasta Seafood

Cuisine: Italian

Serves: 4

Ingredients

Fresh lobster meat (two 2 lbs. live lobsters)
8 oz. grated Parmesan cheese
1 qt. heavy cream
¼ lb. sliced mushrooms
Salt and pepper
1 Box (16 oz) linguine
3 oz. melted butter

Instructions

Boil lobster for 7 minutes, remove from water and let cool.
Remove lobster meat from shells.
Cut into bite size chunks and set aside.
Melt the butter in a large skillet.
Add the mushrooms and cook over medium heat for 3 minutes or until lightly browned.
Pour in the cream, add seasonings and cheese.
Continue to heat until sauce just begins to bubble.
Meanwhile, cook the linguine and drain it well.
Add this to the skillet and stir for 1 minute, until the sauce begins to thicken.
Add the lobster meat and toss gently.
Serve immediately.
Garnish with grated cheese and chopped parsley.

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Merry Christmas! Blessings and Cookies

Merry Christmas from my family to yours! Here is Yianni with Stella, me with Stanley and our son Rahbi in our annual Christmas photo.

You know I always make Christmas koulouria with these two adorable boys, Benjamin and Maxwell Hammond. They’re always a big help!

That’s my Christmas koulouria recipe ICYMI.

koulouria

I have to make another batch for these handsome men, Rahbi and Jason Hammond.

And there might just be a little box of koulouria under our tree for Malvina Mirowski!

I am also so happy for the blessing of welcoming my cousin Stathi back home to our wonderful state of Michigan! Welcome home Stathi! Be sure to visit his organization named for his daughter, that helps families of children with cancer and blood disorders, Lainie’s Angels. If you can, I ask that you give to this philanthropic cause in her name.

Here is my Nouna with all my Grand Rapids cousins. What a beautiful family: Chris, Becky, Nouna Tina, Georgia and Stathi.

Merry Christmas! Jesus the Christ is born! Glorify Him!

And so the kings have come, and they have seen the heavenly King that has come upon the earth, not bringing with Him Angels, nor Archangels, nor Thrones, nor Dominations, nor Powers, nor Principalities, but, treading a new and solitary path…

So, the Father of all ages, as an infant at the breast, nestles in the virginal arms, that the Magi may more easily see Him. Since this day the Magi too have come, and made a beginning of withstanding tyranny; and the heavens give glory, as the Lord is revealed by a star.

To Him, then, Who out of confusion has wrought a clear path, to Christ, to the Father, and to the Holy Spirit, we offer all praise, now and for ever. Amen.

St. John Chrysostom’s Christmas Homily