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Lemon Flavored Chickpea Soup

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It has been snowing non stop for two days and it is so beautiful.  Why is it that after  it snows there is this sort of tranquility in the atmosphere?  I went out for the first time today in over a week, 🙁  and had a lovely walk with Charlie…feeling better day by day.  This was Charlie’s first experience with the snow, running, playing, eating snow.

I thought I would add one more soup to my Soup Series, Chickpea Soup.  Simple, yet tasteful and a favorite soup in Greece after the famous Fasolada/Bean Soup.  

LEMON FLAVORED CHICKPEA SOUP

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Ingredients
  

  • 1 1/2 cups of Chickpeas
  • 1 large Onion diced
  • 1 Garlic clove diced (optional0
  • 2 Bay leaves
  • 1/3 cup Olive Oil
  • 1 Lemon Juice Optional
  • Salt
  • Pepper

Instructions
 

  • In a large saucepan add Chickpeas and cover with water. Boil for 20 minutes or until chickpeas are soft. Toss in the onion, garlic, bayleaves and continue to simmer for 15 minutes.
  • Add in Olive Oil, salt and pepper and boil for 1 hour.
  • Top by adding the lemon juice for that extra flavor.

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Welcome to a small corner of my Greek Heritage. Growing up in New York from Greek parents, was a challenge of its own...but the traditional food, tastes and aromas that my mother cooked always travelled me back to Greece. My mother is a wonderful cook, our house would always have that smell of home cooked food. I remember very clearly that we were only allowed fast food, once a week, that was a huge day for myself and my brother. Jumping up and down in the back car seat, laughing, just being kids. It is true that we all like to eat different foods, taste, smell, even try food that looks different than our regular meals at home and I think that is so natural. In my teens, I was not really into cooking, I enjoyed my magazines after school, listening to music, and just taking a breather. There were times that I would glance at some of my mom's recipes, more out of curiosity than to actually try to cook them. At that time I did not realise that cooking would become my passion one day. Slowly, I would start to look into my mom's recipes a bit more each day and I started to find it interesting as a hobby. Each month I would go into our neighborhood bookstore and pick up my monthly book, until one day I decided to stroll over into the cooking section. That summer was the first time I actually bought a cooking magazine....and I loved it. Cooking and baking started out as a hobby, but now after many years it is my passion. Exploring the cuisines, the spices, the oils, the scents, the variety of smells and tastes that exist. It was and still is an amazing journey without limits. So, come along with me on this adventure, and I hope you enjoy my recipes. Sophie

15 Comments

  1. Karin, theaustriandish
    December 12, 2017 at 3:58 pm  ·  Reply

    Seems to be perfect for cold and dark winter evenings 🙂

  2. Megala
    December 12, 2017 at 4:20 pm  ·  Reply

    Hearty & tasty soup ! Love to take it in a winter night !!

  3. mistimaan
    December 12, 2017 at 4:27 pm  ·  Reply

    Nice and tasty recipe 🙂

  4. jyo
    December 12, 2017 at 5:36 pm  ·  Reply

    Very soothing to palate 😋

  5. dtills
    December 12, 2017 at 7:39 pm  ·  Reply

    Lemon brightens everything, doesn’t it!

  6. Vero and Canito in the kitchen
    December 12, 2017 at 9:36 pm  ·  Reply

    Really nice soup for those days, Sophie 🙂 I am glad you are feeling already better! And snow is amazing… I love this period of time, when winter comes, snows and it is nicely cold 🙂 Enjoy snow in the Netherlands. When I used to live there, I was lucky with snow over there 🙂

  7. RhapsodyBoheme
    December 13, 2017 at 3:10 am  ·  Reply

    Soup is the best when it’s stormy and cold outside. Yummy

  8. Novus Lectio
    December 14, 2017 at 7:31 am  ·  Reply

    Hmmmm yummy! My mom would have added a few pieces of lamb to this soup.
    I suppose that without meat it is also very good.😉

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