We had the absolute privilege of doing a cooking class at Lena’s Creten Heritage Kitchen. From the moment we started talking to Lena she was so kind and helpful, and when we arrived at her beautiful home we were welcomed with open arms as if we were family. The property is located just outside of Chanda in lush greek countryside, surrounded by olive groves. We enjoyed some divine Greek coffee to start, which was made the traditional way over a flame. It was just gorgeous! We then ventured out in to her beautiful vegetable garden where we started to gather our dinner. We picked tomatoes, chillies, capsicums, and gorgeous fragrant herbs, before heading to the chook paddock to collect some freshly laid eggs. We had our toddler and baby with us, who Loved collecting the eggs and running around. With our produce we made some beautiful dishes, including a traditional Cretan salad, and then were guided through the art of making moussaka. We are still dreaming about it!
Lena made us feel so welcome at her gorgeous home, everything was absolutely spotless and we genuinely felt like part of her family. We sat to dinner at a beautifully dressed table, and enjoyed the meals we’d worked together to prepare and chatted about our lives with our teacher and her beautiful famil. We are so thankful we were able to experience this time with Lena and her gorgeous friend Eleni, it is absolutely a highlight of our trip and we hope to keep in touch with them and their families. Our toddler thinks of Lena and Eleni as her Greek nanna’s!
Thank you so much Lena and family, we will hold dear all the knowledge we gained through you.
Highly recommend this experience if you are in Crete, you will enjoy and love a taste of Greek life thanks to a gorgeous family. ευχαριστώ!