Is there someone among us that doesn’t love french fries? The one and only reason we avoid eating them sometimes is because they are unhealthy and loaded with calories. We are happy to tell you that there is a way to make the french fries healthy and still delicious!   No one will be able to tell the difference, the french fries in the oven are as crispy and delicious as the fried ones. Once you try this recipe, you will never go back to the unhealthy fried french fries!   Ingredients: 1 kg potatoes 4-5 tbs extra virgin olive oil sea salt oregano (optional) Instructions: Peel of t ..read more

Try asking your friends which is the best oil for cooking and frying and you will get several different answers. There are many myths around cooking and frying with olive oil and in this blogpost we will try to answer all the questions you may have. The one and only truth is that olive oil is perfect for both cooking and frying. Plus, it’s the only oil you need in your kitchen. People around the world use butter for cooking and seed oils for frying. They believe that it’s more tasty and maybe healthier. But olive oil is a miracle ingredient and best friend of celebrated chefs throughout the wo ..read more

Extra virgin olive oil is the key ingredient of a healthy diet and people all around the world start to become familiar with using olive oil in their cooking. What many people probably don’t know is that we can use olive oil for hair and skin with great results! There are many beauty tips with olive oil that I will share with you in this blogpost and from my personal experience, they all work. Someone would think that they don’t want to use a high quality olive oil for hair and skin. I suggest you try! Apart from the fact that it’s pure and efficient, it turns out to be less expensive than the ..read more

Are you looking for an unusual gift? Early or last minute, we have the best Christmas gift idea for you. Gift an olive tree in Greece to someone special and they will own a piece of Greece. Plus, they will receive the extra virgin olive oil it produces. Christmas gifts require a little creativity and preferably they should be thoughtful and personalised. Moreover, we all know people who love to eat and cook (sometimes for us!) or someone who loves Greece. The perfect Christmas gift idea for all the above mentioned is to gift an olive tree in Greece! Unique and personal gift First of all, anyon ..read more

Our authentic Greek extra virgin olive oil comes out around mid October. Every year is different and the date may vary. It mostly depends on the weather conditions, the rains we had throughout the year, and above all, the condition of the fruit. The team of My Precious Olive Tree is dedicated to produce high quality extra virgin olive oil. And this is why the harvest period is extremely important to us. Harvest period is what we wait for all year long. It is a blessing for farmers, a joyful celebration but if harvesting isn’t done the right way it can be a curse and destroy the efforts of a wh ..read more

Just to clear things from the beginning, the best cooking oil is olive oil. Even better if the olive oil is extra virgin, which is the healthiest oil of all. Cooking with olive oil isn’t simply a matter of healthy eating, it’s also a matter of deliciousness.  In our country, Greece, the annual consumption of olive oil per person is 16kg, when in Europe and USA the average annual consumption is 0,7 to 1kg per person. Greece is a Mediterranean country producing excellent olive oil. We cannot imagine cooking without olive oil. Actually, we believe that olive oil is the only fat we need to ha ..read more

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This is the most common lunch for Greeks on Sundays ! A delicious, healthy recipe everyone will love! In this recipe, the beef is cooked in low temperature for longer time and this is why it’s so tender. If you boil it, it won’t be tender. Plus, by simmering it, the beef gets the wonderful aromas of the cinnamon, the garlic and the tomatoes. It’s so delicious! And don’t forget that all the recipes we give you are healthy since we use our extra virgin olive oil at the end of the cooking. Ingredients for the beef 1 kg of beef, cut in small portions 2 chopped red onions 1 clove of garlic 4-5 ripe ..read more

The very best recipe for soft, fluffy buns. What you will love most is the smell of the freshly baked bread. No one can eat only one! Ingredients 500g flour for bread 15g fresh yeast 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon sugar 300ml lukewarm milk a few drops of olive oil 1/4 glass of semolina Instructions Sieve the flour and the salt into a bowl. Dissolve the yeast in the milk and add the sugar. Mingle well. Make a hole in the centre of the flour and pour in the milk. Put some flour on your hands and start kneading. After kneading for a while, the dough should be smooth and soft. If it’s sticky, add so ..read more

“In cooking, as in all the arts, simplicity is the sign of perfection.” When talking about comfort food and recipes that everyone loves, it always comes to spaghetti bolognese. Although we all love eating this dish, sometimes we avoid eating it because we believe it’s not that healthy and/or because we gain many calories. Follow our tips found below and you’ll never feel guilty again when you eat spaghetti bo-lognese. You don’t need butter in any of the steps of the recipe. The only fat you need in your kitchen is a high quality extra virgin olive oil and it’s olive oil that we will use in our ..read more