When We Had Nothing, We Made These 7 Greek Soups

When I was a little girl in Crete, there were whole weeks when all we had was a sack of lentils, a few onions, and a tin of olive oil. And still, every night, my mother put something warm on the table. These are her 7 soups: cheap, simple, and made from what you already have in your kitchen. In this video, Yiayia Maria shares: 🍅 The orzo trick that stops tomato soup from turning to mush 🥕 The "Friday soup" that turns leftover vegetables into dinner 🧆 How to stretch half a pound of meat to feed seven people 🐟 The fishermen's soup made from fish nobody wanted 🍋 The one thing that makes lentil soup taste Greek 🌾 Trahanas, the soup Cretans eat for breakfast 🐔 The chicken lemon soup people drove across New York for Chapters: 00:00 The soups we made when we had nothing 00:00 #7 Tomato soup with orzo 00:00 #6 The Friday soup 00:00 #5 Youvarlakia (meatball soup) 00:00 #4 Kakavia (fishermen's soup) 00:00 #3 Lentil soup 00:00 #2 Trahanas 00:00 #1 Avgolemono chicken soup Tell me in the comments: what soup did YOUR mother or grandmother make when money was tight? I read every single one. Subscribe for more Greek kitchen secrets from Yiayia Maria. Kali orexi! 🇬🇷 This video is for general information and entertainment only and is not medical advice. #greekfood #souprecipes #yiayia