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Braised Chicken with Snake Beans

by Peter G Greek Food

Food memories. I’m sure we all have them. Cold, canned, tomato soup from school camp?  A slice of freshly baked chocolate cake?  Big, red juicy cherries in the summer time?  Im sure I could conjure up a hell of a lot more if I put my mind to it. One childhood food memory that will never go away is the one of “fasolakia” cooking on the stove top in the [...]

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Artichokes with Spaghetti

by Peter G Recipes

There are certain moments in my life that I’ll never forget.  Obtaining my drivers licence.  Moving out of home.  And cleaning my first artichoke!… I remember the day I got my driving licence – it took 23 lessons!…I  just wanted to be sure!  I definitely remember the first time I moved out of home and gained that ever important independence.  If anybody knows Greek mothers, you know what an achievement [...]

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Mushroom Haloumi “Burger”

by Peter G Recipes

In my continuing efforts to try and “Greek-ify” recipes, I came up with this “concept” whilst developing a recipe for the Australian Mushroom Growers Association.  Australia, along with Canada and the US are currently pitted against each other in a competition

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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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Cavolo Nero

by Peter G Recipes

When I first heard the name Cavolo Nero I honestly thought somebody was talking about an Italian opera singer.  Well, I was partly right.  Cavolo Nero is of Italian origin and mostly found in the Tuscany region.  It has dark green leaves that are almost black in colour and each leaf has a tough central stalk.  It was those stalks that caused me a lot issues

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