on our island

Easter at the village

Easter in Cyprus is very much about traditions so there really isn’t any better place to celebrate this time of year than up in the mountains at Georgie’s grandparents summer house in the village. Families come together, many beers and kilos of meat are consumed and little cousins play in the back of pappou’s pickup truck. Of course I doubt anything could compare to the day he sat on a horse for the first time.

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Food

in the kitchen—Banana and honey flapjacks

Flapjacks are my new favourite quick and easy snack. There are a number of ways you can make them by mixing in dried fruits, raisins and even chocolate. This version is taken from Levi Root’s Food for Friends recipe book and includes dried bananas and honey. Needless to say, we love the end result. Chewy, sweet with only a tad of muscovado sugar- the recipe calls for light. I used dark and it worked.

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