Living full time on a sailboat in the Mediterranean for over twenty months has had it’s challenges. One major difficulty I’ve had to face is the lack of variety concerning vegetables. For the most part, you can only get tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, peppers, carrots, zucchini (corgette) and eggplant (aubergine). That means that I’ve had to[Read More]
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Ground beef mince and cabbage – the easiest and tastiest recipe ever!
Whenever I tell other cruisers about the meals we eat aboard Britican, they often look at me and say, ‘You use your stovetop/oven in the summer?’ Perhaps many other cruisers spend the hot months gnawing on raw veggies or eating lunchmeats and cheese but we like to eat proper hearty meals. Yes it’s hot and[Read More]
Shrimp Saganaki – Britican's way
In Greece you can get an assortment of ‘Saganaki’ dishes I think the world ‘Saganaki’ means cheese, in general, but Feta is often used. I’ve had shrimp saganaki, mussels saganaki and just plain old saganaki. When ordering plain old saganaki, the cheese comes breaded and fried. YUM! Seriously – it is amazing! The Food Network[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]
Spaghetti Carbonara – the easiest and tastiest Carbonara you can make on a boat!
After four months of having people around us and sailing around the Mediterranean on our 56’ Oyster yacht, my husband, Simon, my daughter, Sienna (Age 4 – pictured in the middle of the girls above), and I finally found ourselves alone. At first things felt exciting, scary and just downright weird Up until that moment[Read More]
