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Soups are an all time favourite of dieters and foodies alike, winter makes a soup all the more appealing. More so if the soup is hot, tasty and filling, forming a small meal by itself.

Browsing Archive: October, 2008

Fresh Ginger Soup

Posted by Vipul on Thursday, October 23, 2008,
Ingredients :
1 1/4 litre vegetable stock or water
1/2 cup cabbage very finely chopped
1/2 cup carrot very finely chopped
1 spring onion with greens, very finely chopped
1 tbsp. fresh ginger very finely chopped
1 clove garlic very finely chopped
1 tbsp. fresh lemongrass shoots very finely chopped
1 green chilli very finely chopped
1 tsp. soya sauce
1 tsp. brown vinegar
1 tbsp. cornflour
salt and pepper to taste
1 tbsp. oil

Method :
Dissolve cornflour in 1 cup cooled stock, keep aside....
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Black Bean Soup

Posted by Vipul on Thursday, October 23, 2008,
Ingredients :
2 medium-sized onions
2 large carrots
1 tablespoon chopped garlic (jarred garlic is fine)
1 tablespoon olive oil
1/2 tablespoon butter
8 oz. chicken broth (or substitute vegetable broth to make this vegetarian)
water
1 bouillon cube
3 cans black beans
3 bay leaves
1 dried whole chipotle chile (not canned!)
1 teaspoon cumin
1/4 teaspoon chile de arbol
1/4 teaspoon chipotle chile powder
1 teaspoon cider vinegar
salt

Method :
Put the olive oil & butter into a large soup pan over medium to medium-hi...
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Strawberry+Vanilla soup

Posted by Vipul Chejara on Saturday, October 18, 2008, In : soup 
Ingredients :
500g strawberries
1 small Vanilla pod
450ml apple/cranberry juice
1-2 tablespoons clear honey or to taste
mint sprigs to serve

Method :
Hull the strawberries and roughly chop the berries.Cut the vanilla pod in half length ways and scrape out the seeds with the tip of the knife
Put the strawberries and vanilla seeds and pod into a bowl.add 150ml of juice,cover and leave to stand for an hour for the flavours to infuse.
Remove and discard the vanilla pod.Put the strawberries ,marinad...
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Frozen veg soup

Posted by Vipul Chejara on Saturday, October 18, 2008, In : soup 
Ingredients :
1 bag of mixed frozen veg
2 tins chopped tomatoes
Basil
Tomato Puree
Garlic Puree
3 Veg Stock Cubes
Ketchup
1 onion
salt
pepper
Worcestershire Sauce
Water

Method :
First chop the onion into eights, they don’t need to be equal as they will be blended later. Empty the frozen veg into a stock pot, or just a massive pan and add all the ingredients in with it. With the puree, Worcestershire Sauce, and ketchup, you only need a bit so only a squirt of each will do. Sprinkle about a hal...
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Tomato + Pepper soup with Garlic Bread

Posted by Vipul Chejara on Saturday, October 18, 2008, In : soup 
Ingredients :
1 tin tomatoes
4 fresh toms - peeled
1 stock
1 onion - peeled + finely chopped
2 gloves - peeled + chopped
good glug olive oil
1 red pepper
dash milk
seasoning
crunchy bread
another clove garlic - peeled + chopped
spoonful butter

Method :
fry the onion + garlic in a pan with the olive oil
once sizzling + the rest of the ingredients - simmer for 30 mins or so
get your bread and spread the garlic + butter on
serve with the soup once cooked - easy peasy

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Mushy pea soup!

Posted by Vipul Chejara on Saturday, October 18, 2008, In : soup 
Ingredients :
1 can of mushy peas
1 egg
2 table spoons of double cream
half a cup of hot water
salt & black pepper to your taste!
toast

Method :
Boil or poach your egg so that it is soft inside (that takes about 3 minutes of boiling) while the egg is cooking empty your can of mushy peas into another sauce pan, add the cream and hot water and use the ricer to mush it up even more (as if you are making potato mash) season with salt and pepper. Peal the egg serve the soup and drop the pealed egg i...
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Veg Soup

Posted by Vipul Chejara on Saturday, October 18, 2008, In : soup 
Ingredients :
2 Carrots
1/2 Turnip/Swede
1 Leek
(any other veg you want/have - try parsnip, sweet potato, celeriac, mushrooms)
1 Sml Onion
1 clv Garlic
Veg Stock
Butter
Salt and Pepper

Method :
Peel and Dice up veg, as chunky as you want the soup, but finer works better.
Heat about 1 tbsp butter in a large pan.
Add all veg and soften for about 5 minutes, stirring.
Add veg stock/water to cover the veg by a good inch.
Season well, Bring to boil, reduce heat and simmer for 30-45mins/until veg is ...
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