Avgolémono (avgo = egg - lemono = lemon) is called Greek penicillin for a reason. It's what your mother and grandmother give you when it's chilly, or when you have a cold; it is soothing and kind to the throat. The tang of the lemon cuts through dulled senses, and makes you taste again. It's …
If I have celery, the first thing that comes to mind is usually apple, celery and pecan salad. The second thing is always Greek fasolada soup. Or fasolia soupa, or fasulye, or whatever you decide to call it. This is my quick store cupboard version. Tinned cannellini beans, basic veg, no fresh onions as they …
If I were to ask you how you felt about fermented yoghurt and crushed wheat, what would you say? Would you pull a face, or would you know what I was talking about? If you are the former, then I am here to help. The latter? You don’t really need me, but welcome! Trahana (the …
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This was one of those soups that came about because I had things I really needed to use up. It was cold and snowy, and I love having a big pot of soup on the stove plipping and pootling away gently. I know that seems like a lot of coconut, but it was a large …
Continue reading Cauliflower, parsnip, Jerusalem artichoke and coconut soup
There are days when you wake up, bounce out of bed and think “Yes, I can face the day.”Then there are days when you wake up, bounce out of bed, and slowly realise that no, today is not one to be faced, it’s going to be one to be endured because at some time in …
I have a feeling that cheap and cheerful comfort foods are going to be big on the menu for a while. It was so cold today, I couldn’t shake it from my bones, no matter how I wrapped up, and so some sort of soup was on my mind when I got in from work. …
There is a Greek soup called avgolemono. It is pure comfort food to any Greek, speaking to us of the days when we lived at home and Mum fed us soup when we weren’t well. Or when we had a broken heart. Or just because we loved it so. I remember being on holiday with …
Continue reading Chicken and Spinach with an egg and lemon sauce
Lordy I just have to write this recipe down before I forget it. I wanted soup. I’d baked a lot today, and didn't want anything heavy for dinner so soup seemed ideal. I just seem to have a thing lately for clear, hot stocks. Nothing claggy, no roux, just stock with interesting things in. This …
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Because of the tube strikes, I am working from home. Yesterday I tried to get in to work, but it took three hours to get nowhere, so I came home and made soup, because I was cold. I’d spied a jar of artichokes in the Co-op, and wanted to use those. 1 jar of marinated …
Two posts in one day! Gosh. The weather has turned, and with it my food cravings. All I wanted today was soup, so when I saw a big packet of split peas for 65 pennies, my mind was pretty much made up on the spot. I only had to buy an onion and I was …
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