As the seasons change, I’m curious how winter vegetables show up in everyday Greek cooking. Not in a nostalgic or celebratory way, but in the practical meals that were made simply because those ingredients were available and affordable.
I’m thinking of vegetables like cabbage, leeks, potatoes, carrots, cauliflower, celery, and various greens — the kinds of things that quietly formed the base of many winter dishes. Often these meals didn’t feel special at the time, but they were reliable, filling, and familiar.
I’d love to hear which winter vegetable dishes stayed in regular rotation in your household. Were they mostly soups, oven dishes, lemon-based stews, or simple stovetop meals? And if you’re cooking outside Greece, did access to ingredients change which winter dishes you continued to make?