Soups and Salads Archive

  • Pea and mint soup

    Eating green with Pea and Mint soup

    This spring pea soup has four ingredients and takes only ten minutes to prepare, perfect for a midweek meal. It’s also a green meal, but I don’t mean the colour, I mean it’s environmentally friendly! The original recipe is by Donna Hay, an Australian food...

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  • lentil soup with chorizo

    Lentil Soup with Chorizo

    Lentils are one of my favourite non-meat proteins simply because they don’t require much organisation. Some days you don’t want to be pre soaking pulses for soup, you just want to throw some ingredients into the pot, ignore it for an hour or so, and...

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  • Chickpea and leek Soup

    Chickpea and Leek Soup

    It’s hard to explain just how tasty this simple chickpea and leek soup is. Just imagine the combination of the nutty chickpeas, the sweet and silky leeks and the savoury, salty kick of the parmesan all combining in your mouth. No. Don’t try and imagine...

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  • Roasted Carrot Salad

    Roasted Carrot and Avocado Salad

    My regular readers may notice it’s been a while since I’ve posted anything here. I’ve been travelling and generally without access to a computer, or for that matter a kitchen. I’ve been home for a couple of days now, but my body’s still confused, feeling...

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  • Broccoli Soup with mushrooms

    Broccoli Soup and Wild Mushrooms

    I’m reading a lot of posts from North America at the moment about fresh asparagus and strawberries, and feeling a little sad. Down under, we’re heading into winter and won’t see asparagus until we come out the other side. Fortunately, there is one treat to...

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