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It’s SOUP SEASON!! 🥣🥣🥣Try this  French onion soup with a Greek twist! Recipe conveniently below for you to save, screenshot, ignore, whatever 👇🏼👇🏼 . . INGREDIENTS: . -6 medium yellow onions, thinly sliced (about 1 ½ lbs) -½ cup unsalted butter -1 Tablespoon oregano -2 bay leaves -3 garlic cloves, minced -1 teaspoon sugar -6 cups beef broth
-½ cup white wine -salt and pepper, to taste
-¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
-8 slices of French bread or baguette, cut 1 inch thick . -12 oz Kasseri or Halloumi cheese, sliced 
Parmesan cheese, grated . 👩🏼‍🍳Directions:
1. In a large pot over medium heat, add the butter, onions, oregano and bay leaves. Season with salt and pepper if desired and cook until onions become soft and translucent, about 15 minutes. 
2. To caramelize the onions, add sugar and a dash of salt and cook until onions have browned and reduced significantly, about 20 minutes. Be sure to stir occasionally so they don’t burn.
3. Add the white wine and deglaze the pot by scraping the brown bits around the pot.
4. Add the beef broth, cover the pot, and reduce the heat to a simmer for 30 minutes. Season to taste with additional salt and pepper. Discard the bay leaves.
5. Preheat oven to 350F. Arrange bread slices on a baking sheet and brush each lightly with olive oil. Bake for 10 minutes, or until lightly browned. Alternatively, you can toast the bread in a toaster.
6. Turn the oven to broil.
7. Ladle the soup into oven safe bowls and depending on the size of bowls used, top one to two slices of bread on each. Top with the sliced Kasseri (or Halloumi) cheese, and sprinkle Parmesan cheese in a thick layer on top, being sure to cover the edges. 
6. Place the bowls in the broiler oven for 7 minutes, or until the cheese is browned and bubbling. 
7. Let cool slightly before serving, and enjoy! Paximadia recipe testing with different flavors and methods. 🤤 Made some traditional ones & some with chocolate chips this round 🍪 which one would you prefer? Last night we finished off the last of our garden tomatoes, cucumbers, and peppers and added some avocado after being inspired from @excusemeareyougreek story. 🥑 I looooove adding avocado to my salads, especially when mashed up a little bit to add a creamier texture to the bowl—plus adds extra healthy oils & fats! Anyone else do this?? Anyone outraged?? (also I didn’t have feta in the fridge 😫) . . . . #foodblogfeed #foodphotography #foodstyling #ontheblog #cookit #buzzfeast #bestfoodworld #insiderfood #goodfoodguide #tastingtable #yourstomake #eeeeeats #forkyeah #greeksalad #greekfood #vegetarian #gardentotable #eatyourveggies #feedfeedvegetarian #vegetarianrecipe #saladbowl #healthyeating #mediterraneandiet Hi everyone, I’ve been slow at getting around to posting, but wanted to still share some highlights from Greece. (And then I’ll get back to living in the present at home in Utah). I posted a long one on Kos last week, and now it’s time for Rhodes. ✨✨✨ . Rhodes is the largest of the Dodecanese islands, and the capital of the island group. Being such a large island, there is obviously plenty to do here, so I would need lots more time to explore—this is just what I did in the few days I was there. SO, feel free to save the post for future travel references/comment extra suggestions if you have been so others can see too! 💙💙💙 . We stayed pretty close to the old town of Rhodes (slide 1). This area was once a medieval settlement, and is one of the best preserved settlements in the world. It’s fun to walk and explore this area filled with shops and restaurants, and Instagram worthy doors (slide 3). 🤩🌎 . Rhodes is often referred to the island of the Knights (slide 2) because the knights of Saint John ruled the island from the 1300’s-1500’s. You can explore the palace of the Grand Master of the Knights inside the town, or simply walk around its exterior. 🏰 There are SO many beaches to visit, and with so little time my group did a boat tour of three of the bays (slide 4 and 5). We sailed around to Anthony Quinn Bay (v famous and beautiful), Ladiko, and Kallithea Bay. Plus we got lunch on the excursion—a huge win win in my opinion! Other popular beaches and bays include: Lindos, Tsampika, Prassonisi, and Faliraki. 🏖⛱😍 . My favorite restaurant in Rhodes was Manolis Taverna in Faliraki. I wanted double of everything we ate, including pitaroudia (slide 6), chickpea fritters and a local favorite dish on Rhodes. 😋😋 . Rhodes is close to the island of Kalymons so you’ll find plenty of sponges around the island for sale that you can purchase (slide 7)—or just go to Kalymnos and say hi to @iamgreece! 🇬🇷 . Oh and all the sunsets in Rhodes were INCREDIBLE (slide 8). 🌅 Thanks for reading along, hope you all liked the little travel info here! 😊 Each year my garden becomes filled with vleeta (amaranth greens) to make Horta, but this year we planted chard as well and was pleasantly surprised at how much my family liked it! 🌱💚 . Some nutrition info—>> 🤓 Chard is a nutritional powerhouse. Add chard to your diet, and you’ll never have to buy those Vitamin K pills again! Just one cup packs 300% of your recommended daily allowance of Vitamin K. Chard will also improve your skin and hair. 💁🏽‍♀️ PLUS, chard has the ability to help fight heart disease. ❤️ . Now let’s eat! 👇🏼 . 1. Fill a large pot with water and bring to a boil. Meanwhile, thoroughly wash and coarsely chop your greens. 2. Add a pinch of salt and add your greens to the pot. Cook until the stems are fork tender. 3. Remove greens and rinse them under cold water to stop the cooking process. Strain the greens and serve either warm or cold. 4. Dress with (lots of) olive oil plus (lots of) lemon or (lots of) vinegar. Enjoy! 😋 #eatyourgreens #farmtotable Today is Yiayia Stella’s 92nd birthday ❤️❤️❤️ KOTA ME PATATES 🥔🍗🥔🍗 I’m aware this is not the most beautiful shot in the world, but I was too lazy (and hungry) to get out a professional camera, stage a photo, and yadda yadda yadda—I just wanted to eat! 🤷🏽‍♀️ I often feel the pressure of posting the perfect picture on Instagram, especially food related. In reality, who eats that way? This is straight from the oven and untouched. 👍🏼 . Anyway, yesterday we dug up our garden potatoes, and I asked on my Instagram stories what I should do with all the potatoes. Most answered chicken and potatoes, others suggested potato soup, fries, boureki, etc. I will be making as much as I can this week with the remaining potatoes, so stay tuned! 🙌🏼 . Making chicken and potatoes is super easy, and is one of the dishes I make most at home. Simply season chicken and potatoes with a generous amount of salt, pepper and oregano and drizzle some olive oil and lemon in the roasting pan. I also really like to add sliced onions to the pan if I have some lying around. Simple as that! 🤤🤤🤤 . Recipe is on my blog, elenisaltas.com and in my cookbook, available on amazon now. (Not sure how this caption became so long, I guess I am just in a chatty mood or am really passionate about chicken and potatoes 😂) Step 1: send Yiayia out to sell cookbook (truthfully she does this on her own) 💓 Step 2: close on sale 🖊 Step 3: sign book 📚 P.S. I have been scheduled for my first official signing of my cookbook at a local bookstore in Utah! I’m very excited and will be sharing more details on that soon, but right now all I can say is I’m very very thankful 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 Hello hello, today I am sharing some highlights from the island of Kos, for those who want to visit in the future or want to know more about the island go ahead and save the post for later! I only had a few days on the island during my visit, so there’s obviously so much more to do and see so these are just my suggestions and stories based on a quick visit (if you have others feel free to share in the comments so others can see too)!✨✨✨ . . Kos is the second largest island in the Dodecanese islands groups, so you’ll find plenty to do here! 🙌🏼 We stayed right in Kos town (slide 3), and found there was much to do just in that area alone, such as enjoying the shops and tavernas all around the old town, exploring the ancient agora and Roman Odeon, and walking past the tree of Hippocrates (yes, Kos was the birthplace of modern medicine). 🤓 For beaches, my favorites were Agios Stefanos Beach (slide 1) and Paradise Beach (slide 2). Other popular beaches include Mastichari, Thermes, and Kefalos beach. 🏖 For the sunset lovers, you have to visit the mountainous village of Zia (slide 4 and 5). It’s breathtaking. The village is so cute and quaint, with plenty of tavernas to take in the views. We chose to eat at Oromedon.🌅🧡💛❤️ . . If you travel south to the area of Kefalos (slide 6), there are cute cafenios and restaurants all over. We were recommended (and loved) a restaurant called Myloptopi (slide 7 and 8). Again, you’ll find great views and incredible fare. Try the calamari or the chicken and cous cous and thank me later! 😋🍗😍 . There was just so much to do, with so little time, so I hope to go back soon to explore more of Kos! 💙💙💙 Happy Monday & more importantly happy #nationalfrappeday day! ☕️💛 How do you take yours? (sketo, metrio, glyko, with milk, Baileys, ice cream—so many possibilities)! Good morning & happy Sunday! ✨✨✨Now that I’m back home from Greece, I’ve been able to reflect on the trip & organize some posts to share with you all in greater depth of the places I visited. I’ll be sharing highlights with details of places to see & eat, as well as some extra historical details. 🤓 When in Athens, take some time to explore the hills around the Acropolis. (a tip I got from @iamgreece). This area is called Anafiotika, a small but scenic neighborhood that was built by workers from the island of Anafi in the 1800’s. You’ll notice this area is more colorful and vibrant, as you’d typically find when in the Cyclades island group Anafi is a part of. 🧡💛💚💜💙

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