Tag: Vegetables
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Horta Salad
You don’t see this much anymore, but have you ever spotted a Greek yiayia collecting what seems like weeds off the side of the road? Those so-called weeds are actually wild leafy greens that Greeks call horta. Horta are a staple in Greek cuisine usually prepared by boiling and served as a salad with fresh…
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Spring Green Salad with Peas and Broad Beans
This Spring Green Salad with Peas and Broad Beans not only looks like Spring, it also has the aroma, flavours and crispness of a Spring morning. It’s a light, fresh, tasty salad that goes perfectly with fish, chicken or meat. The hero of this salad for me, are the homegrown broad beans that I lovingIy…
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Baked jacket potato with spinach, bacon and a poached egg
If there’s one vegetable that I always have in my cupboard, it would have to be potatoes. And when I feel like some comfort food, baked jacket potatoes would have to be one of my favourites. The best thing about baked potatoes is that they’re so simple. Just pop them in the oven for an…
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Simple Greek braised green beans
If I had to choose a vegetable dish as my favourite, it would undoubtedly be braised Greek style green beans with carrots and eggplant. This is a dish I grew up on that my mum used to make with home-grown green beans and sweet ripe tomatoes from our garden. It’s a simple dish with complex…
Meatballs and Muffins 