Soups
I call this soup clean up your fridge soup, as you can use any or all vegetables in the recipe. The vegan soup is called Hortosoupa and you make it the same way as for the meat soup, without the meat. The vegetables are cut into small pieces and when they are cooked, to make [...]
Cypriot cuisine has been influenced through the centuries by the many conquerors. The most important influence though, came by the ancient Greeks. Since ancient Greeks came to the island, until nowadays, Greek language and Greek civilization and culture are dominant on the island. Most of the Cypriot recipes are similar to the Greek ones [...]
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What better than a nice hot soup on a cold day like today? When Lisa from Lisa’s Kitchen and Holler from Tinned Tomatoes asked us to prepare a Vegetarian soup, to be frank I did not have a recipe. The only vegetarian soups I make are houmous chickpea soup and lentils soup and that I [...]
Giouvarlakia are meatballs with rice in a lemony avgolemono sauce. You can use ground veal or beef, pork, or a mixture of veal or beef and pork together or chicken or turkey mince, for a healthier soup. When the meatballs are cooked, then make «avgolemono» which is an egg-lemon sauce and turn it into a [...]
Today it was a rather cold day here in Athens 2 – 8o C (35 – 46 F), so it was a good opportunity to have soup. Avgolemono soup (meaning egg and lemon soup), is a traditional Greek soup which usually starts with a chicken broth, so I boiled chicken (see tip How to… clean [...]
Hoummous or hummus, there are almost as many ways of spelling this as there are recipes for it. This soup is inspired by the Middle Eastern dip with the same name. The ingredients are the same only more water is added to turn it into a soup. It can be a filling lunch, when [...]
