Greek vegetable soup?

[nadellii]

Even though it is summer, it is a bit chilly out, which means that I am in the mood for soup. My favorite soup for this time of year is a simple vegetable soup, but I am not sure if it is Greek - but my family always made it. Then, later in the summer, when the tomatoes are ripe, I tend to make homemade tomato soup with orzo.

Do you guys know if that vegetable soup is actually Greek or if it is just something that my family has always done and maybe just got the recipe elsewhere?

 

[k_tsoukalas]

When I make soup, I usually use tomato paste, canned crushed tomatoes, that kind of thing. In the summer, I lighten up the broth a bit and use fresh tomatoes instead whenever I can. Other than that, I keep the recipes pretty much the same.

 

[PemiKanavos]

When I was young and spending my summers in Greece my grandmother used to make trahana with tomato. It was a soup made of tomato and a sour pasta. She would make it in the evening. It was delicious. She would grate a few tomatoes and cook them for a few minutes with a little Evoo. Then she would add some water salt pepper a slice of onion and cook it for 5 minutes. She would then add the trahana and adjust the water 10 minutes later you had a tomato soup that was simple but out of this world.