Lecsó
is a thick, Hungarian vegetable stew which features green and/or white peppers (no bell peppers), as well as tomato, onion, salt, sugar and ground sweet and/or hot paprika as a base recipe. Garlic can also be a traditional ingredient.

I am alive. Not much worse for wear either.

To be more precise, I just returned from a skiing holiday trip. Week 3 is always girl’s week. And despite my lack of any skills when it comes to skiing, that favourite sister of mine (yes, I know … I only have one sister) always wheedles me into a cross country skiing trip. What can possibly go wrong?

I look like a smurf.

Hmmm. A flood of memories washing over me. Soup is certainly not very impressive when it comes to memories, but the ‘normalness’ of it all keeps it lingering on. Solyanka is a soup from Eastern Europe, easy to make (leftovers if you have those) and it should fit most tastes.