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…
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…
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…
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…
Spicy cauliflower soup
Soup of the week, because it is a bit belated to call it Monday’s soup, is this super tasty spicy cauliflower soup. Cauliflower belongs to the brassica family, which contain sulphoraphane that has antioxidant and anti-cancerous properties, that’s why I would always recommend to have minimum 3 portions of brassicas per week (unless you…
Roasted tomato and pepper soup with chickpeas
I believe it was about time to start making soups again … this tomato soup resembles more of a warm gazpacho as it includes chickpeas, which make it more of a complete meal (as it has protein) and also more filling. The roasted tomatoes and peppers exude their rich aromas, whereas the heat from the…
Chickpeas Gaspazzo
The perfect recipe for home-made gazpachos: Gazpachos is a traditional soup from Spain. It’s a cold, somewhat thick tomato-based soup, which is very common in summer in warm Andalusia as a refreshing dish. It’s made with tomatoes, garlic, olive oil and vinegar, to which sometimes bread is added. To make this delicious soup even more…
Courgette and thyme soup
You must have realised by now that I love a warm soup of plate in winter, mainly because I think they are an excellent way to increase our daily veggie intake (should I remind you that latest research recommends 8 portions of vegetables per day to achieve optimum health). Esp. during winter, when I stop…
Soup with legumes and sweet potato noodles
Yesterday I came back home with a sore throat, and because I don’t like being sick, I escaped to medicine: by that I mean a hot soup, a drink with ginger-honey-lemon and a blanket. This soup is incredibly satiating as it contains lentils and chickpeas. As a child, I never liked legumes: but when you…