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Roasted tomato soup & basil puree

6 Jun

Roasted tomato soup

There are few soups, (apart from maybe chicken) that have such broad appeal as tomato soup. It has a familiarity like a favourite old jumper that is soft and comforting.  It has the advantage or perhaps disadvantage of not containing any meat, so it’s perfect for those occasions when you have to tax the recipe archive for ‘that’ vege friend.  What’s more even the fussy, bratty kids seem to like it. (more…)

Pea and bacon farmhouse soup

16 May

Farmhouse soup

As a family we seldom participated in the great British tradition of Sunday roast (I don’t think mum was too keen on the extra washing up to be honest).  Instead we swapped such feasts for a big hike in the countryside during the autumn and winter months. (more…)

Gazpacho, salad in a glass

14 Dec

Gazpacho, salad in a glass
Originating from Andalusia in southern Spain gazpacho is definitely a lot more than cold tomato soup.  Like so many traditional recipes there are a lot of varieties.  In fact, a quick search on Google reveals thousands of recipes, 72 pages of gazpacho related results, spell it incorrectly (gaspatchio, perhaps ‘foodies’ should be asking Santa for a dictionary rather than a mandolin) and the results expand to Spain and back again. This begs the question with so much gazpacho on the information super highway why add another helping? (more…)

Broccoli Soup

23 Jun

Broccoli Soup

Hot soup is a must for a cold winter’s day. This is a slightly amended broccoli soup recipe from Curtis Stone.  It is packed full of vitamins to keep colds away, plus its cheap and easy. We like simple food. What’s more it is very tasty, even my wife who isn’t much of a broccoli fan, (or any other vegetable that’s not chocolate flavoured I suspect) asked for seconds.

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