A BIG BOWL OF VEGETABLE SOUP

Feeding everyone at the moment is becoming really time consuming as one wants this and the other wants that.  I have decided that I am going to make a huge batch of soup and the boys can have a bowl for dinner or lunch with some of my mums sourdough to dip into. Here is…

PUMPKIN SOUP

Here is a really quick, easy and delicious soup that you can whip up in under an hour.  Add in some sourdough and you have a hug in a mug. Look after yourselves and your families.  Eat nourishing foods, drink lots of liquid and keep quiet and stay home. CURRIED PUMPKIN SOUP 

CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP

This recipe follows on from my chicken stock recipe. HOMEMADE CHICKEN STOCK – IT’S NOT AS HARD AS YOU THINK You will need: Leftover shredded chicken from the stock 2 handfuls of broken up angel hair pasta 500ml chicken stock diced up carrot, celery STEP ONE Bring the chicken stock to a simmer in a…

HOMEMADE CHICKEN STOCK – IT’S NOT AS HARD AS YOU THINK

I am not that home cook that has to make absolutely everything from scratch.  Honestly I don’t have that kind of time anymore.  This is an exception as I am trying with every fibre of my being to adios this chest infection. Don’t get me wrong – good shop brought stock is convenient but having…

CAULIFLOWER, LEEK, POTATO AND TOASTED CORIANDER SEED SOUP 

In the spirit of using up leftovers this week I had a roasted cauliflower that I had used for my roasted winter salad still in the fridge, and a leek that had been hiding in the vegetable crisper. It has been cold this morning and what better a perfect dish to create with these vegetables…

CURRIED PUMPKIN SOUP 

This is a soup  I have been making since I was a teenager. It’s a really quick and easy recipe that can be adapted to any root vegetable. You will need the following ingredients: 500g Kent or butternut pumpkin, chopped into small chunks, 2 potatoes, diced 1 large onion or 1 leek, diced 30g butter…

CORN CHOWDER

We somehow had an abundance of corn in the crisper this week and I was well and truly over eating corn on the cob as was my little guy.  I had been watching Ree Drummond on Pioneer Woman the other day on the Food Channel and she had made her version of cheddar corn chowder…