LEGUMES

They are used profusely in soups and casseroles, with other vegetables or in meals with meat.
They help to give substance to a meal.

Greece has seen many hard times throughout its history and during these frugal times beans and legumes were the main staple the people had to fall back on for meals.
It became an integral part of the Greek food and diet, such that even in richer times, legumes were still a popular food.
The health aspects were also obvious.

Although meat is plentiful in Greece now, and eaten daily, in the traditional Greek diet (and the basis of the mediterranean diet), meat was only eaten occasionally and so, along with plenty of vegetables, legumes were widely used to replace the meat in their meals.

Today, the average Greek family will still have at least one meal a week made from legumes.

Try these delicious legume recipes:

Lentil Soup

Chick Pea Casserole

Bean Soup

Bean Salad

Hummus

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