Spices

  • Pantry Essentials – Cinnamon

    August 19, 2014Ashley Korizis

    Cinnamon is such a wonderful spice and certainly one of the most popular. Apple pie, peach cobbler, cinnamon buns, just mentioning them makes me think of the wafting smell of cinnamon in the air. Greek cooking calls for cinnamon on a regular basis and not only for sweet dishes. It is also used in small amounts for certain savory foods, especially those where meat is combined with tomato sauce, like Greek Spaghetti with Meat Sauce, Moussaka, or Pastitsio. Aside from adding wonderful flavor to our food, cinnamon also holds some worthy health benefits. The best known health benefit being the spice’s positive…

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