Green Antioxidant Soup

Following on with my soup series for this lockdown…. The frost has hit Greece as well this week, so everything is covered in white which is beautiful and makes me think of one thing only.. sipping to a hot, warming soup while I watch the white landscape from my window. This soup is full of…

Stuffed cabbage leaves- vegan cabbage dolma

Stuffed cabbage leaves are a traditional greek dish that my mum usually prepares and is for me the definition of greek comfort food.

Tomato soup with coconut milk

Ok so we are back to Monday’s soup and this week is a velvety rich tomato soup with coconut milk, clearly the taste will depend a lot on how ripe tomatoes you can find, which is not easy in the middle of winter. I found these delicious carob rusks at my local grocers which were…

Raw choco strawberry buttons

I am sure that throughout the lockdown we all walked a lot and started discovering new spots in our local area. One of my lockdown discovers is this super nice deli in Melissia which sells nuts, dried fruits, legumes & spices, which gave me a lot of recipe inspiration. This recipe was inspired by their…

Asian carrot soup

This is one of the easiest, yet very tasty soups, that I frequently make on weekdays. The basic ingredients are carrots, ginger, coconut milk (tinned) and fresh coriander, and I might use whatever I have in my fridge for the rest of the ingredients. The colour screams carotenoids and vitamin A which is essential for…

Sizzling fajitas with portobello mushrooms

I don’t know about you, but in my greek memories, fajitas has a strong association with one place: tgi Fridays and margaritas. Not necessarily the healthiest place to eat but I ve spent a lot of time there when I was younger and my go to dish would be sizzling fajitas. I am also starting…

Sweet potato patties

You might have noticed by now my love affair with sweet potatoes… and what is not to love with all their rich flavour and nutritional profile… did you know that only one sweet potato offers 400% of our daily requirements on Vitamin A? Vitamin A is important for skin and eye health and also supports…

Celeriac soup

Made probably by the ugliest looking vegetable in the green kingdom, this celeriac soup is big in taste and nutritional profile. Celeriac is a distant relative to parsnip and celery, and an ingredient which is very familiar in my family dinners as one of my mums’ favorite dishes is celeriac beef. I wanted to…

Vegetable soup with fresh herbs and sesame

This green soup made of brocoli, peas, aromatic basil, sesame oil and black sesame seeds could be the nutritional equivalent of my morning smoothie, since it packs inside 2 generous portions of vegs: a cruciferous veg which has a multitude of nutritional benefits, and a plant based protein (100gr of peas offer 5grs of…

Raw ginger crush

This is a traditional New Zealand dessert, that can be found in cafes to pair with tea and coffee as it is delicious as an afternoon coffee treat. Ginger crush is a sweet raw slice which honours the zingy taste of ginger, an ingredient I am pretty sure we all love. What you…