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Minestrone Soup
There is a definite chill in the air at the moment, and I have been craving soups. I always make my own soups because I despise the taste of the canned or packet varieties… there goes my Heinz sponsorship :)
In the past I have given you my Thai Pumpkin Soup, my Pesto Pea Soup and my Salmon Miso Soup but today I will be sharing my version of an Italian Minestrone Soup.
Be warned readers, when I make soup, nothing is by half measures! These babies are designed to give you a stock of soup which will see you through half the winter. The ingredients will make approximately ten serves of Minetrone. I always have takeaway containers on hand to ladle each serve into ready for freezing.
Ingredients:
½ cup brown lentils (Uncooked)
440 gm 4 Bean Mix
500 gm Potato diced
195 gm Carrots diced
160 gm Onion
6 cloves Garlic chopped
1 bunch Fresh Basil Leaves chopped
2 cups Green Beans chopped
840 gm canned Tomatoes
2 litres Campbell's - Real Stock Vegetable Salt Reduced
Pepper, black
100gm Dry Pasta
1/2 cup Cauliflower chopped
1 tsp Tabasco Sauce
Method:
Firstly do you love the ingredients I picked from my garden? There are also some homegrown tomatoes in the pot too because I didn't have quite enough canned tomato.
Put all the ingredients in the largest pot you have which has a lid.
Cook over a low heat with the lid on stirring occasionally. The soup will need to cook for 30-40 mins or until the potato and pasta has softened.
Add extra Tabasco sauce, pepper and basil to taste then serve.
I love to have my soup with homemade bread. I usually toast the bread and add a bit of parmesan cheese, delicious.
Now whenever there is a chill in the air I have a ready supply of my Italian Minestrone Soup.
I have been returning to old favourites when it comes to soup. Give me some suggestions for my next soup, what are your favourites at the moment? Do you have a recipe you would like to share? Please let me know.
Salmon Miso Soup
Week 3
Topic Rice/Noodle
I have a sick hubby at the moment, Mr GG has tonsillitis. He is bedridden, tired and lethargic, worst of all though, is that he is struggling to swallow. When I’m unwell I just want fluids, tea, water, green tea and soup. So I decided to make hubby a bowl of my “special” Miso soup.
My Miso Soup is special because I add a few more ingredients. I use sashimi grade salmon and noodles to give the soup a little more body so it may becomes a meal in itself.
Neither the salmon nor the tofu is cooked prior to serving. The hot broth is merely poured over these ingredients. This allows the silken tofu to keep its perfect diced shape and the salmon to softly poach in the liquid. The salmon will have the same “melt in your mouth” consistency as the tofu.
It is a very satisfying soup, and is quick and easy to make. The only consideration is to have all the ingredients prepped and ready to use prior to commencing.
Ingredients:
220gm Sashimi Grade Salmon (sliced thinly)
300gm silken Tofu (cubed)
3 shallots (sliced finely)
100gm noodles
1 litre water (pre boiled in jug)
2 Tbs White Miso Paste
Method:
Place a saucepan on the stove over a medium heat. Add the pre boiled water and shallots. Boil for 1 minute.
Divide the salmon and tofu amongst serving bowls.
Remove ½ cup of water from the saucepan and add the Miso paste. Stir until the paste has dissolved, reserve for later.
Add the noodles to the boiling water and cook until just soft. Turn off the heat and stir through the dissolved miso paste until combined.
Pour the broth into the serving bowl, over the salmon and tofu. Ensure the noodles are divided evenly amongst the bowls. Give the bowls a very light stir to allow some tofu and salmon to surface. Serve.
This recipe will serve two people as a main or four people as an entree.
Thai Pumpkin Soup
The topic for the week is “Hearty” to me this topic goes hand in hand with the previous one of “Comfort Food” The terms are almost interchangeable for me.
This week I have a cold, (like just about everyone else it seems) and I could really go for a comfort food. Being unwell though I just don’t have the energy to make anything on my usual list, and I don’t really have the appetite to consume them either. What I settled for was a warming, hearty “Thai Pumpkin Soup.”
The recipe is great as it make vast quantities of soup with very little effort. You don’t even have to battle with chopping up the pumpkin as it is roasted whole for 1 ½ hours.
I have now retired to bed, with a full tummy, where I would like to stay for the next week. (But in reality I hope to get an hours rest before the kids find me!)
Ingredients:
1 Whole Grey Pumpkin (sorry I didn’t weigh it but it was the size of a squashed basketball)
1 litre Vegetable Stock
2 ½ T/s Laksa Curry Paste (I am not even going to pretend I made this from scratch)
1 x 440ml canned Coconut Milk
Chopped Coriander
Method:
Put pumpkin on a baking tray in the oven at 160 degrees for 1 ½ hours. Periodically pierce the skin with a knife to assess the softness of the flesh and to allow an outlet for any steam. (I only did this twice)
Once the pumpkin is very soft remove the baking tray from the oven and cut the pumpkin into wedges. Peel the skin from the pumpkin and scoop out and seeds and discard these.
Place the pumpkin flesh in a large saucepan with vegetable stock and laksa paste. Bring the mixture to the boil. Turn off the heat and add the coconut milk.
Blend the soup with a stick blender. Garnish with Coriander and serve with crusty bread and butter.
Pesto Pea Soup
Week 34
Soup
The weather has been quite cool recently and at the local markets we found some fabulous Ciabatta Bread. Once we had done the rounds of the stalls I decided to come home and make something quick and warm to serve with the beautiful loaf of bread. What could be better than my "Pesto Pea Soup". Minimum effort, and maximum taste.
Ingredients:
1kg Frozen Peas
1 litre Campbells Real Vege Stock (salt reduced)
2 potatoes
5 cloves garlic
Lg bunch Basil
600ml water
Ground Pepper to taste
Method:
Boil the diced potato in the vegetable stock and water until soft. Chop the garlic and add to the broth.
Roughly chop the basil.
Add the frozen peas and basil to the broth and bring back to boil quickly. Once the soup has boiled it doesn’t need any further cooking as this will destroy the beautiful green colour. Use a stick blender to liquidize the soup, add any salt or pepper to taste. Add a swirl of cream to each bowl for serving and dinner is done!
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The best person in the world - Mum, that's you!
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You're too modest Julie! You did a great job with the cake! :D
Yellow strawberries and cream is just perfect for mum as a reward for putting up with two kids who were a pain in the bum.
I would have loved to have seen those martini glasses! Hope Miss A had a lovely time celebrating turning 5 :D
It shouldn't. It should go to me as whilst trying to make sure my mum, step-mum, MIL, Step-MIL, 3 x Grandmas are spoilt on Mother's Day, I always seem to get forgotten!
My poor old mum is battling to care for my step dad who has advanced Parkinsons. My real dad who has had a stroke still expects her to be there for him, my bro is going bankrupt and she lives two states away from her only gransdon. Her life has little joy- JUst wish for one thing nice to happen to her. We all love our mums, good luck to you all!
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