If you read my other blog, you’ll know I cycled down to the farm shop this morning to buy broccoli. Andy in the farm shop asked me what I was going to do with it, so I said I was going to make broccoli and stilton soup with theContinue Reading
This is not a quick soup. It is, however, a hearty, tasty and super-healthy soup. I could have done with this last week when I was filling in a food diary for something I’ll be reviewing over on my fitness blog. Instead, I used up my tins of Amy’s KitchenContinue Reading
You shouldn’t really need instructions on a tin of soup, but here’s one for Amy’s Kitchen Rustic Italian Vegetable Soup: Make sure you’re hungry before eating it. This is a big soup – like yesterday’s Amy’s Kitchen Cream of Mushroom Soup, it’s substantial. My bowl was absolutely brimming with vegetablesContinue Reading
Hooray, at last I’ve managed to get hold of soups from Amy’s Kitchen. And what a tasty, wholesome looking range it is too. Most are suitable for vegans and all are suitable for vegetarians. I had the mushroom soup for lunch and it’s not as creamy as the soup byContinue Reading
This soup is hearty, earthy and filling. I do love soup but I’m looking forward to having some salad weather eventually. Lentil and mushroom soup (serves 4) Taken from Rose Elliot’s New Complete Vegetarian 1 large onion, chopped 1 large garlic clove, crushed 1 tbsp olive oil 15g butter 125gContinue Reading
Operation Stop Being A Fat Lazy Cow began yesterday and although I had a slice of cheese and onion pie for dinner, it was home made and therefore sort of healthy. Healthier than frozen pie and chips, anyway. Today, I made spinach and lentil soup which is one of thoseContinue Reading
Okay, so you’ve got a slow cooker recipe you really want to try out, but it says it’s going to take 6-10 hours. Assuming you want your lunch at around 1pm, and we choose the in between time of eight hours, this means that you’ll have to start it offContinue Reading
We were playing Guess the Soup last week on Twitter. Heidi made us guess mulligatawny and although I came up with the winning guess, I said I didn’t think I’d ever had mulligatawny. Heidi said I must make it, it’s delicious, so I said okay then, I’ll give it aContinue Reading
I mentioned in a previous post that I invented a Twitter game called #guessthesoup. Today I spiced it up a bit by also posting a photo and I thought today’s soup would be a tough one, but Rachel eventually guessed correctly. Other guesses were: Pea Asparagus Leek Sprouts Cabbage WatercressContinue Reading
It’s that time of year when I sober up and want something other than cheese, chocolate and crisps in my diet. So, today, I looked in The Boxing Clever Cookbook to see what was seasonal and cycled down to my local farm shop and got myself a big bag ofContinue Reading