Soup
Black eyed beans with smoky southern flavours: slow cooked
Cooking black-eyed beans or any dry beans from scratch can seem like a chore. But with a little forethought and a slow cooker it’s super easy! Taking the time to soak, cook, salt & steep has them literally melt off the spoon. Start a few days before you want to serve them. I generally soak […]
Vegan chowder with fennel, leek & potato
This fragrant vegan chowder gives any version of chowder a run for its money. It’s rich n’ creamy and full of flavour. On first tasting it was declared “best soup ever” by my Austrian soup lover. He says that a lot! To make an oil-free version leave out the oil and go straight to adding […]
Cabbage soup with white bean & potato
Cabbage soup dresses up beautifully with bohemian flavours. Here we lace it with smoked paprika, bay leaves, garlic and punchy aromatics like caraway & dill. If you’ve got half a cabbage languishing in the fridge, this is the perfect way to make the most of this generous and nutritious vegetable. I love the simplicity of […]
Easy lentil soup recipe
This easy lentil soup recipe has only 4 ingredients and is perfect for those times when you can’t be bothered cooking or even thinking about it!
3 pumpkin soup recipes you won’t get tired of
Doesn’t everyone have their own version of delicious pumpkin soup? Some use lemon. Some put in curry … I think every cafe in the country has their favourite recipe. Here are three takes that are a little different. Cumin Roasted Pumpkin and Kumara Soup Roasting veges and turning them into soup is a winner whatever root vegetables […]
Split pea soup ~ simple & smokey
Split pea soup is a weekly staple in our house and usually turns up on the weekends feeding hungry boys post soccer match. Everyone likes the smokey flavour. Green split peas are cheap and full of healthy plant proteins, carbs, fibre and iron. The smokey flavour is what makes it. It’s kinda like pea and […]
Pumpkin soup that’s creamy with an exotic twist
Pumpkin soup is one of those warming dishes that tells us winter is on it’s way. Some of the best pumpkin soup I’ve eaten has been Thai inspired. Think lemon grass, coconut and kaffir lime … delicious! Hard to beat … that is until now. This recipe adapted from Mark Reinfeld’s The 30-Minute Vegan’s Taste […]
A Thai pumpkin soup recipe I want you to have
Why? Because there is no one, not ever who has hasn’t swooned over this velvety bowl-licking soup. It makes the rounds of our small seaside community. It pops up at pot luck dinners, women’s circles, birthdays and is delivered in jars to sick friends. The recipe is passed on from mother to daughter to friends […]
Kale soup with white beans & sage
Kale soup is my number one favourite thing on a cold day. It’s sagey, garlicky, beany and delicious with a sprinkle of cashew parmesan. This is a rustic, hearty meal-in-one kinda soup. Thickened with cornmeal, full of beans and kale, it has all your nutrient groups covered. It goes well with wild weather and red […]
Not your average lentil stew
To be fair, no lentil soup/stew is average. They’re usually beyond comforting and tasty. And convenient. “But don’t you have to soak the lentils?” People often ask this and the answer is “you can, but you don’t have to.” It’s about improving digestibility. The bigger the bean the greater the need for soaking. Chick peas yes. […]