Appetizers Archives - Helena-Laura

Tomato Cucumber Feta Salad with Fruit and Bell Pepper

Helena-Laura — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 13:53:00 +0000

This is not just another tomato cucumber salad with feta. The addition of fruit and sweet bell pepper, combined with a lighter Asian-style dressing approach, makes it more vibrant, more complex, and more satisfying than a traditional version. It’s the kind of salad you can serve for lunch, bring to a summer table, or adapt into a winter version with small seasonal swap

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Creamy Vegetable Soup (secret technique!)

Helena-Laura — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 17:54:33 +0000

Creamy Vegetable Soup made extra rich using a secret chef technique — no cream, no butter, just pure flavor. The strategy of cooking everything in the same liquid that you will later use as one of the soup ingredients (milk, cream, coconut milk, etc.) will also guarantee the full benefit from all the vitamins that otherwise would be discarded along with the cooking water!

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