Whilst in the supermarket with my daughter and niece we were trying to figure out what everything was and although we like to try new things there is also a need to have the good old reliable stapels in our diet.

Anyway, being big yoghurt eaters we were looking for natural yoghurt. I picked up what I thought was yoghurt only to get home and open it to find it was Kefir.

According to BBC Good Food Kefir is a cultured, fermented milk drink, originally from the mountainous region that divides Asia and Europe. It is similar to yogurt – but a drink, with a tart, sour taste and a slight ‘fizz’. This is due to carbon dioxide – the end product of the fermentation process. The length of the fermentation time will affect the taste. Kefir is a good source of calcium and is rich in probiotic bacteria.

Believe me when you unwittingly open a pot of Kefir expecting to pour it over your muesli in the morning the last thing you think of is its nutrional value.

Anyway waste not want not is a value I have been bought up with, the evidence is visible around my hips, I decided to use it to make my version of Borek.

Buying vegetables is rather hit and miss, it all depends on what is locally produced to what is available. Most people have their own allotment and the fruit and vegetables that they grow are pickled and preserved for the winter months.

In the summer there is an abundance of fruit, melons, peaches, plums and courgettes and aubergines along with white and red cabbage. Green peppers are also to be found everywhere as are onions and garlic.

Most of the fruit and vegetables on offer would not get over the front doorstep of any supermarket in Europe, but being an allotment owner myself I go for flavour not shape, and believe me you get the flavour!

I have had to cut down the use of garlic, as one garlic clove is equivalent to about 10 cloves in the Netherlands, my family will vouch for this.

Needless to say I was unable to find any spinach, which is of course a favourite for Greek pie but obviously not the Macedonian Borek so I mixed onions with garlic and green peppers and some salami and off course the kefir!

Not traditional at all as my husband assured me but really rather delicious.