Category: Vegetables

Quick and Simple Mushroom Soup

I have in the past been guilty of disparaging soup as little more than “bread dip”. This is probably fair to say of many of the salty yet bland offerings you may get from a tin or tub. However, making simple fresh soups from flavoursome ingredients can result in silky smooth and satisfying dishes.

While they are still best served with a hunk of crusty bread, they are no longer relegated to mere “dip” and are a delicious dish themselves. A favourite to make due to its speed, convenience and flavor is this hearty mushroom soup. This is meant to be a quick and easy recipe so just rough chop (by hand or food processor) and chuck what you’ve got in a pot then let a blender do the work for you at the end. If you’ve no blending ability, just chop the ingredients as finely as you can and enjoy it a little more on the chunky side.

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Greek Green Bean and Potato Lathera

I thought I would kick off the blog with the most recent cooking technique I’ve added to my repertoire. Lathera is a method of cooking vegetables in olive oil, tomato and herbs that comes from Greece and means “with the oil”.

As you’d expect it uses a lot of olive oil which actually keeps the nutrition of the vegetables in the dish and helps our bodies digest them more fully. Before we dive in too deep, here’s an example of a typically dish, with green beans and potatoes.

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