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Kotosoupa-Chicken Soup

by Peter G Greek Food

Today marks the first day of Spring here in Australia. Whilst it’s all fine and dandy to harp on about “rejuvenation” and “reinvigoration” my sinuses think otherwise!  Yes, I’m one of those sinus sufferers that looks forward to this time of the year with mixed emotions. As we speak, my eyes are watering and I have this uncontrollable urge to sneeze madly. I can also feel that my body is [...]

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Cauliflower Soup

by Peter G Recipes

I just realised that in my three and half years of blogging, I have never featured a recipe for cauliflower on Souvlaki For The Soul!  Shock!  Horror!  It’s a vegetable I have not really experimented with much over the years.  It’s not that I

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Lentil Soup-”Fakes”

by Peter G Greek Food

I love lentils!  I’m thinking of getting that printed on a t-shirt and telling the whole world.  Ok. Maybe that’s a little over the top but what’s not to love about this legume?  It’s healthy, full of fibre and definitely fills

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Giouvarlakia Revisited

by Peter G Greek Food

I’ve decided to redo giouvarlakia (Greek meatball soup recipe) this winter. I’ve blogged about giouvarlakia before and you can find my recipe here. I love the “heartiness” of this dish and I can eat them non stop. They definitely warm up the insides.  However, in my “extreme makeover” (ok, maybe not that extreme) I did add a bunch of chopped silverbeet or swiss chard and some brown lentils to cook [...]

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Recovery Food

by Peter G Lifestyle

This is a mish mash of a post.  A few different things to discuss. While a new man was being elevated to the heights of power on Tuesday, I was being elevated in a dentist’s chair seeking treatment for a cracked tooth!  As it so happens I bit into a Greek sugared almond, “koufeta” as we call them and managed to some how crack one of my teeth dead centre [...]

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