French onion soup is comforting and gratifying. The flavors of caramelized onions are deep, the soup soaked bread with melted stringy cheese is hearty and the combination of all flavors and textures makes a filling meal. Furthermore, French onion soup is a good clear-your-plumbing remedy if you’re feeling a little backed up 🙂 When I[Read More]
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Solar Cooker Sweet Potato Bean Tacos
For our very first attempt at understanding the benefits of solar cooking, we made solar cooker sweet potato bean tacos. None of us aboard Britican are vegetarians but the idea of cooking meat with the sun didn’t appeal to us (at first). I wanted to test our cooker with something that seemed easy and only[Read More]
Marina Checklist – what to do during a temporary stay?
Whether you’re visiting a marina to top-up with water, get fuel or pick someone up at the airport there are several other tasks that are better suited to complete in a marina enjoinment. To make the most of your marina stay, use this helpful marina checklist listed below. But before doing so, watch the video I[Read More]
Eggplant and Prosciutto and Cheese and…
When shopping I enjoy looking at eggplants/aubergines but I never know what to do with them Read on and you’ll hear about Eggplant and Prosciutto and Cheese and… But before we get there, the one and only dish I know how to make is eggplant parmesan – it takes forever, but it tastes amazing. If[Read More]
Our first fishing story – from the Ionian Sea to our dinner table
“What is that noise?” (make sure to scroll down to see our first fishing story video below) Everyone started to look around. We were quietly sailing along Lefkas Island in the Ionian Sea doing around 6 knots. The sun was hot, the air was salty and the humidity heavy. Our guest, Admiral Stefano, was helming.[Read More]
Britican Beef Kebobs
Right before visiting the ancient archaeological site of Delphi (read: Visiting Delphi – We made it to the center of the ancient World), we joined up with our American friends Jim and Carole aboard sailboat Nepenthe (Read: Couple sets off for a 3 year around the world sailing trip – 15 years later they’re still going!)[Read More]
Greek Burgers – what makes these the best in the world?
Yesterday I wrote a destination review on Bali, Crete ending my piece with a picture of the best ‘Greek Plate,’ I’ve had thus far during my 4 months of travelling through Greece. The plate included 2 meatballs, a stuffed eggplant and tomato in addition to some lovely roasted potatoes. After hundreds of ‘Greek Plates,’ this[Read More]
Stuffed Pasta Shells in Italy
On our boat, Britican, it seems that our favourite thing to talk about is food. We anxiously look forward to our next meal and discuss a variety of possibilities. While in Marzamemi, Sicily we thought what better than to have some stuffed pasta shells. We always see cheese everywhere we go so the chances of[Read More]
Pasta Sauce in Sicily – Britican Style
Could there be a better place than Sicily to make fresh pasta sauce? This morning when I (it’s Loryn here writing this!) was asking for ideas on what everyone would like to eat, it was inevitable that some sort of Italian dish would present itself. We needed to go to the grocery store and soon since[Read More]
