Lentil soup has become quite the comfort food for me over the years. It’s hearty and healthy with lentils that are packed with fiber and other nutrients. Additionally, it’s a handy soup to make without much planning since it’s full of pantry staples.
If there’s one certainty in life that I can stand fully behind is that Greeks love their potatoes. The humble root vegetable is incorporated into a number of iconic dishes like moussaka, briam, artichoke and potato stew. If you’re used to visiting Greece in the summer you’ll most often see it fried in olive oil as the universal side dish. But what I want to share with you today is my all-time favorite recipe for roasted Greek lemon potatoes.
This summer I had the exciting opportunity to travel to Greece’s island of Evia, even though I never left Los Angeles. Travel Evia reached out to me to develop a recipe based on some of the island’s most prized ingredients. That’s how this recipe for local Kourkoubines Pasta with Figs and Honey was born.
Fava, the Greek yellow split pea purée is a delicious, healthy powerhouse. What makes the Greek and Mediterranean Diet so healthy? Legumes like the humble …
There’s no more Mediterranean a breakfast dish than Shakshuka. The bounty of summer squash and tomatoes inspired me to create this easy and delicious recipe.
There are few things more comforting to me than a dish of slowly braised chicken stew with a richly spiced sauce. That’s why this traditional recipe for Chicken Kapama — slowly braised chicken in tomato sauce with spices — is one of my all-time favorites. Chicken Kapama perfectly utilizes the classic Greek flavor combination of meat, tomato, and cinnamon. Greek cuisine incorporates this with all types of meat in a variety of iconic dishes like stews, pasta sauces, and other meat sauces like the one used in Moussaka or Pastitsio.
This Southwestern Spiced Chicken Soup recipe is delicious and satisfying. It’s based off tortilla soup, but bumps up the flavors and vegetables in the soup instead of using tortillas as a filler to create a healthier outcome.
Avgolemono Soup is the most famous of all the Greek soups. Learn how to make the Greek egg lemon chicken soup with this easy recipe.
Greek Green Beans Braised with Tomatoes and Onions — Fasolakia Giaxni — is a simple vegetarian dish that packs a satisfying punch. It’s traditionally made from braising beans with tomato, onions and olive oil. I’m basing this recipe off a spectacular version of it that I ate seaside in Crete this summer. Find out how to make it.
This creamy satisfying cauliflower soup recipe is healthy, low carb, and super easy for anyone to make. Find out why I make a batch of it almost weekly.
