A great starter soup for #veganuary, this is so quick to make, so effortless and so nutritious. And delicious – the addition of lemon juice just at the end makes it lighter than you’d expect. Ingredients (serves 4) 2 tbsp olive oil 1 large onion, finely chopped 1 garlic clove, crushed 150g red lentils, washed…
Tag: Soups
Lockdown veg box idea #4 – lettuce, pea and parsley soup
It’s really easy to let a lettuce languish in your larder [fridge] until it’s a soggy mulch. I don’t mind lettuce but I’m alone in my family. Therefore, it’s almost impossible to get through a whole one such as the one in my veg box two weekends ago. But it feels very wrong to waste…
Lockdown veg box ideas #2 – celery soup
Okay, so this was as a result of two veg boxes giving me a surfeit of celery. Two of our family dislike eating it raw so I wanted to find a way of using it that didn’t have its stringyness. I came across this soup recipe in a Delia book (https://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/type-of-dish/soups/cream-of-celery-soup). Luckily, the veg boxes…
‘Godmother soup’
Otherwise known as harira, this was introduced to us by my daughter’s wonderful godmother Sarah. I’m sure there are millions of versions of harira, and I believe it’s a stable for breaking the daily Ramadan fast. I have only ever tasted this version and the children love it! It’s super-nutritious as well. Ingredients (serves 6 – and some!) 2 tbsp…
Winter vegetable soup
There’s nothing quite as comforting in its simplicity and nourishment as a vegetable soup. I wanted to find a combination of vegetables that weren’t too sweet (husband doesn’t like the sweetness of some cooked veg). Knowing I had some rather elderly carrots and a couple of potatoes languishing in the fridge and larder respectively, I…
Spinach and ginger soup
This recipe came from my step-mother. There are so many good things about this recipe: it’s incredibly healthy; it’s practically intravenous iron; and it uses one of my favourite ingredients and one of life’s great inventions – frozen spinach. Soups often use root vegetables and have the sweetness that comes with those. It’s therefore always…
The Veg Isle 