{"id":7512,"date":"2020-10-31T20:55:10","date_gmt":"2020-10-31T20:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bonkerz4food.com\/?p=7512"},"modified":"2025-04-01T22:46:22","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T05:46:22","slug":"mrs-maltezos-lentil-soup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bonkerz4food.com\/index.php\/2020\/10\/31\/mrs-maltezos-lentil-soup\/","title":{"rendered":"Mrs Maltezos Lentil Soup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Mrs Maltezos Lentil Soup is warm and comforting. Its perfect on a cold day with a crusty piece of toasted bread for dunking. This tasty soup is lightly seasoned with bay leaves and finished with a little tomato juice. Its takes less than an hour to make this easy soup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mrs Maltezos was a wonderful Greek cook and friend<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Mrs Maltezos was a close family friend. She immigrated to the United States from Greece in the late 1960s to get a heart operation that was not available in Greece at the time. Fortunately, the surgery was a success and she lived for many more years. She never did learn to speak English, but I’m sure she understood much more than she let on. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When she would come to Florida to visit her son, George (Joe’s other brother), I would make it a point to cook with her. We made dolmades (grape leaves), Stifado (Greek beef stew), Tiropita<\/a> (Greek cheese puffs) and other items, but we never made this Lentil Soup together. She always made it before I came over and we would eat it for lunch. She passed away a few years ago and I finally got the recipe after lots of asking. Her son, Gus, knew the recipe and I would ask him for it all the time, but he always said, “I’ll just make it for you”. That was sweet, but he lives in Milwaukee and I don’t. So finely after many years, he gave me the recipe and I’ve been making it ever since. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why I love Mrs Maltezos Lentil Soup so much!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I like Mrs Maltezos Lentil Soup more than other lentil soups because it is so light. It is very brothy with lentils and vegetables floating throughout. I have a laurel tree in my yard, so am lucky enough to have fresh bay leaves year round. If you don’t have fresh bay leaves, dry ones will work just fine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The second it gets chilly outside, I make this soup. It makes a good size batch so its perfect for a large group. This soup freezes well too. I’m sure you’ll enjoy it as much as I do.<\/p>\n\n\n

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