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Carrot and orange or carrot and coriander?
With my new-found soupy prowess (although I still haven’t quite got the texture and consistency sorted , the flavour is fine!) and with our new order for Riverford Organics delicious vegetable boxes,...
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Thai curry soup
I saw a post on WordPress with a picture of some gorgeous soup which had been revitalised with coconut milk… it sounded delightful and it made me think about the lovely Thai curries my husband is such...
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Strange looking but delicious soup!
It looks as if I’ve been mean with the serving, but it was rather a large bowl! Onion and dill soup with cumin, and with fried onions and pine nuts… it was really tasty (I added some chilli sauce in my...
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Sunny soup!
I had a bit of a wobble as I was carrying my bowl, it was probably too full! Miserable weather needs sunny soup, red, yellow and green peppers, tinned tomatoes, onions and garlic, chickpeas, runner...
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Smiley soup!
Parsnip and leek soup, with cumin, coriander, dill, anis seeds, fennel, coconut and cheesy toast fingers! Filed under: soup Tagged: parsnip
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Celeriac… soup?
One celeriac… never eaten it before… cut half it into small cubes, add two thinly sliced leeks, cook gently in olive oil, add some stock, salt and pepper, blend, garnish and… … celeriac soup! Filed...
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Sippets
My mother-in-law introduced me to the word ‘sippets'; up till then I had called small pieces of toasted or fried bread that you added to soup, croutons. When I was young we had soup with bread on the...
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Creamy swede and rosemary soup
The title says it all… swede, cream, rosemary… oh and some white pepper and a grind of mixed whole spices.Filed under: soup Tagged: rosemary, swede, swede soup
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Cold day… tomato soup!
It’s the first time I have made tomato soup; I used tinned plum tomatoes, a little onion and garlic fried in olive oil, rosemary, and added little trofie pasta rolls; dollop of creme fraiche and...
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Somewhat soupy
After a period of producing some really lovely soup which tasted yum, and had the right texture… I had somewhat of a disaster today. Everything should have been fine; fresh vegetables, not overcooked,...
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Cornflour
When my dear mother-in-law moved from a small flat into somewhere more suitable for her needs, we helped her sort everything out, including going through the kitchen cupboards. it had all got a bit...
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Menudo
It’s strange how a simple comment by someone can set off such an interesting series of discoveries. On Facebook someone mentioned he was cooking menudo for his mum; there was a jolly picture of them...
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Late summer English tomato soup
We had a mighty crop of tomatoes late on in the summer, and although they did ripen and tasted good, they are rather sour because they did not get the full heat of a summer sun. So making them into...
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Green kabacha squash
I’ve never heard of a kabacha squash, green or otherwise, but we received one in our Riverford organics box, so I’m looking at recipes to use it. I could just make soup, or roast it in chunks and then...
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Kabacha 2
Well here is the kabacha squash, cut in half and ready to go into the oven. I’m going to roast it and roast the seeds separately as a snack. Having looked through lots of recipes and considered what my...
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The housewife’s joys of her new adventure
I acquired a lovely little cookery book, of historic importance in many ways although it only cost me £2 in a second-hand book shop. It is the National Mark Calendar of Cooking. The National Mark was a...
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Souper!
My son commented the other day on how much stuff we have in the kitchen; well it’s because we do a lot of cooking… actually we did go through the cupboards and drawers a little while ago and threw out...
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Nettle soup
The weather to us humans doesn’t seem that summery, but despite the gale-force wind and torrential rain, here seems enough sunshine for plants to be flourishing and all looks very healthy, and very...
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Soup of the morning, beautiful soup!
I had a beautiful edition of ‘Alice in Wonderland’ when I was a child, probably given to me by my dear god-mother; sadly I have lost both the book and godmother, but I certainly think of my god-mother...
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No nettles, no soup
It’s summer at last and lots of things are flourishing in our garden, so we’re enjoying raspberries, beans, potatoes, beetroot… but this year for no reason there are no nettles! I don’t like coming...
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