Category: Soups

An easy recipe for a tasty Mulligatawny soup with subtle Indian spices and thickened with rice. Perfect served with a swirl of natural yoghurt or creme fraiche & chopped coriander.

I love soup.  Its just so versatile, not to mention delicious and nutritious.  I am always looking for new combinations and this one is right up my street, both warming and tasty.  I will definitely be making this one again.  Why not give it a try and let me know how you get on.  The […]

This Moroccan Harissa chicken soup uses local products- Harissa paste from Tom and Ollie and dried apricots from Forest Feast but you can use any brands! The result is a wholesome, healthy soup that packs a real taste punch!

I won this giant parsnip in a competition to guess its weight. I didn’t guess correctly but won the runner up prize of the parsnip itself. The challenge was- what on earth to do with it? I decided to try 3 different experiments in the hope that one of them would pay off.  I wanted […]

I am in the process of moving house and despite my inner zen, my stress levels are rising.  I have been determined to enjoy the whole process but when things systematically go wrong, its hard to stay calm! In any stressful situation, I find that soup is my antidote of choice.  No matter what is […]

I know I have said it before but I love soup.  There are just so many combinations that you can never get bored!  This is a very simple soup that is a good way of using up leftover roasted vegetables.  It doesn’t matter what vegetables you have (I had roasted parsnips, sweet potatos and red […]

Sadly, I am still feeling poorly and am bored of it.  My germs and I have been housebound for a few days now and I am definitely getting cabin fever.  Whenever I dont feel well, the one thing that always goes down well is soup, any soup!  Its impossible to get bored with it as […]

So here it is, my tomato, bacon and bean soup! Some time ago, I entered my soup recipe into a competition organised by New Covent garden soup to become their soup of the month.  I submitted a recipe that I had originally made as a pasta sauce but quickly changed when I realised that I […]

A step by step video guide to making this delicious pea and pesto soup.  The video features a voiceover by broadcaster, Rachel Agnew.  The soup itself works really well as the flavours of the peas and the pesto perfectly complement each other. Recipe 500g frozen peas 1 onion 1 pint vegetable stoc 2 tablespoons green […]

Easy Broccoli, pea and edamame soup video A step by step guide to making this tasty soup.  This is a new recipe and contains fresh and nutritious ingredients! The video features a voiceover by broadcaster, Rachel Agnew who gently pokes fun at my cooking    

This is a totally made up soup recipe to use up ingredients I had.  It tastes surprisingly nice.  The recipe is made up of the following 1 Red onion, chopped 1 head of broccoli, cut into small florets 100g peas and edamame beans 1 chicken stock cube 1 teaspoon cumin powder ground black pepper Fry […]

A new made up soup of Broccol, pea and edamame beans  

Hearty Roasted pepper, onion and chickpea soup This chunky rustic soup is easy to make and is spicy and delicious Recipe 1 red onion 1 pepper (any colour) 1 tin tomatoes 1 tin chick peas 1 clove garlic (peeled and crushed) 1 tablespoon Curry powder Peel and chop the red onion into rough chunks Remove […]

1 red onion chopped 2 carrots roughly chopped 2 courgettes quartered length wise and cut into chunks 1 pint chicken stock 1 teaspoon smoked paprika salt and pepper to season bring the stock to a simmer add all ingredients cook until vegetables are soft remove half the soup and blend to a puree add back […]

This is a delicious and warming soup Ingredients 4 rashers back bacon- fat removed 1 onion 1 can mixed beans 1 can tomatoes half a clove of garlic ½ teaspoon chili powder ½ teaspoon cumin 1 chicken stock cube salt and pepper (optional) Cooking instructions Fry the bacon and onion Add the tomatoes, beans and […]