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Vegetarian burgers with tzatziki

28. February 2006

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There are countless ways to make veggie burgers, and every vegetarian / vegan knows that. I just take a look in the cupboards to see what there is available and start from there. This time it was lentils and soya, next time it might be mushrooms or chickpeas. You’ll need: 100 [...]

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I’m red but not embarrassed

28. February 2006

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Only the pure at heart can make a good soup. Ludwig van Beethoven People are at variance on the point of red food. Some say red food is not real food. I talked about it to my friend Steve and he said real food cannot be red. Not even tomatoes, “the devil’s food”. But this [...]

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Penny’s pie

28. February 2006

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Penny is my sister and this is her cheese pie. She makes her own pastry. Truly, it takes less time that waiting for the ready made to defrost. The fact that my sister is on diet all the time, won’t stop her from making cheese sauce and adding it to the pie which she [...]

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Garlicky aubergine salad

28. February 2006

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?ubergine salad is very common in Greece and there are numerous versions of it. This doesn’t mean there is no room for one more version: mine. Blame it for losing your friends if you want, but you can’t blame it for being tasteless. I think it’s a great sandwich spread too, especially combined with mozzarella. [...]

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Lazy mille feuilles with pesto sauce

28. February 2006

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I don’t think necessity is the mother of invention - invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness. To save oneself trouble. (Agatha Christie) I thought I could make this recipe when I have people over and am too bored to cook properly for some reason (what reason?). It looks [...]

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Magiritsa with oyster mushrooms

28. February 2006

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Magiritsa is a traditional Greek Easter soup. In fact it is the very soup that Greeks break their 40 day fast with, after they have returned from the midnight mass on Easter Saturday. This soup is traditionally made with lambs’ innards and avgolemono, an egg and lemon sauce. Some people also add rice but I [...]

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Stuffed artichokes

28. February 2006

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“After all the trouble you go to, you get about as much actual food out of eating an artichoke as you would from licking 30 or 40 postage stamps.” Miss Piggy Artichokes are rich in magnesium, potassium, phosphorus, iron, calcium and have antioxidant properties. All these wouldn’t be of interest though, if they weren’t yummy. If we [...]

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“Whatever I found in the fridge” salad

28. February 2006

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In essence, this salad is made with whatever vegetables you may find in the fridge. The only thing to follow is to prepare a green base of -let’s say- spinach or rocket and add other vegetables that may be in season. I could add beets or even baked aubergine. What we cannot add is cabbage, [...]

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Soya kebabs with vegetables

28. February 2006

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These are really yummy and very easy to make. If you want to tease kids into eating soya try them, preferably with some rice or if you are really bold, some chips on the side. There are three secrets you have to know: -Don’t over boil them because then, they won’t be able to absorb all the [...]

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Savoury “Pancakes” with cheese

28. February 2006

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Mix a pancake, Stir a pancake, Pop it in the pan. Fry the pancake, Toss the pancake, Catch it if you can. Christina Rossetti My English, Australian, Canadian and American friends talked to me about Pancake Tuesday, or Shrove Tuesday. Apparently they eat lots of pancakes on that day which is a wonderful custom to observe, if you ask me. [...]

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