Helena's Recipes

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Helena’s Recipes

Welcome to Helena’s Recipes – a food blog for gourmet recipes with Mediterranean and Portuguese flavors that you can make at home in under 1 hour. Sign up to my gourmet emails with new recipes, live cooking stream recordings and flavorful stories, and check out my live cooking videos where you can watch me cook in real time, ask questions or cook with me. Scroll down to start and enjoy gourmet meals from the comfort of your own home. ~ Helena ❤️

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Shrimp Omelette on a plate with green onion and a fork full of omelette.

The Best Shrimp Omelette

A piece of shrimp quiche on a plate with arugula.

The Best Ever Shrimp Quiche

Mediterranean Veal Cutlets with lemon and parsley.

Mediterranean Veal Cutlets

Delicious baked Trout on a tray.

Mediterranean Baked Trout

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Crispy golden fried octopus pieces on a plate.

Portuguese Fried Octopus

Helena is holding a big spoon with black eyed peas over the bowl with juicy salad.

Portuguese Black-Eyed Pea Salad

Helena is holding a fork with Portuguese Mixed Salad Salada Mista over the big white plate.

Portuguese Mixed Salad (Salada Mista)

Helena is holding a tray of ready baked Mediterranean Scorpionfish with onions and lemon.

Mediterranean Baked Scorpionfish

A closeup of Watercress Tomato Salad on a plate with wine

Watercress Burrata Tomato Salad

Helena is having one razor clam in tomato sauce in two hands

Razor Clams in Tomato Sauce

Seafood Recipes

Dredge up the finest treasures of the mar with these unapologetically gourmet Portuguese and Mediterranean seafood recipes.

Mussels in tomato sauce with parsley

Portuguese Mussels in Tomato Sauce

A closeup of Shrimp Croquettes on a plate.

Mediterranean Shrimp Croquettes

Shrimp in a pan with olive oil with a spoon.

Shrimp in Garlic Sauce

Open Steamed Clams in Wine with garlic and cilantro in a bowl

Portuguese Steamed Clams in Wine

Shrimp Lettuce Wraps

Shrimp Lettuce Wraps

Helena is holding octopus burger in two hands

Octopus Burger

Meat Recipes

Cooking gourmet meals with beef, pork and duck with Mediterranean flavors. All of meat recipes are here.

Meat roulette made quick and easy

Meat Roulette

A big red beef stuffed pepper with a hat of pepper on a plate

Beef Stuffed Peppers

Mediterranean Peas with Bacon in a white bowl.

Peas with Bacon

Helena is standing next to a plate with breaded beef steak

Breaded Beef Steak

Helena is holding a fork with sausage and cabbage

Portuguese Sausages with Cabbage

Beef Wellington with juicy meat inside the puff pastry.

Best Beef Wellington

Fish Recipes

Dive deep into a gourmet flavor wave and hook the ultimate Mediterranean and Portuguese fish recipes.

Two pieces of cashew crusted salmon on a blue plate with baked cashew around

Cashew Crusted Salmon

Helena is holding a piece of smoked salmon tart with cottage cheese

Smoked Salmon Tart with Cottage Cheese

Tuna Carpaccio on a plate

Tuna Carpaccio

Whole baked tuna quiche on a white plate

Gourmet Tuna Quiche

Madeiran-Style Tuna Steaks looking absolutely stunning

Madeiran-Style Tuna Steaks

Flavorful Tuna Ceviche with Mango in a bowl

Tuna Ceviche with Mango

Dessert Recipes

Tender and pleasing gourmet desserts that are perfect to make your loved ones happy. Try my desserts and have fun!

Helena is holding one spoon of puree in one hand

Spiced Apple Purée

Double Chocolate Brownies with one fudge brownie elevated over other

Double Chocolate Brownies

Mouthwatering Chocolate Hazelnut Pavlova on a beautiful plate

Chocolate Hazelnut Pavlova

Raspberry pavlova on a black table with cocoa powder on a side.

Stunning Raspberry Pavlova

Mango Pavlova on a white plate

Super Tender Mango Pavlova

Strawberry Blackberry Pavlova served

Strawberry Blackberry Pavlova

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Double Chocolate Brownies with one fudge brownie elevated over other

Double Chocolate Brownies

Helena is holding octopus burger in two hands

Octopus Burger

Helena is cutting croissant with truffles and hollandaise sauce

Truffle Mushroom Eggs Benedict

A glass of the delicious Sparkling Strawberry Melon Sangria served on a special occasion

Sparkling Strawberry Melon Sangria

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