One bowl of this lentil sweet potato soup is a complete healthy meal. Packed with protein, fibre, iron, minerals, vitamins and carbohydrates, it has everything that your body needs. For that extra protein boost, I topped the lentils with a jar of chickpeas. Sweet potatoes are particularly abundant in beta carotin, vitamin C, manganese and […]
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This is a simple soup made with basic fall ingredients: pumpkin; apple; onion; garlic; and vegetable stock or broth. You don’t need to add any cream. When blended with the pumpkin flesh, the apple gives the soup the perfect texture and taste. However, be sure to use the following ratio of apple to pumpkin flesh: […]
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This gazpacho is light, velvety, tasty and cool. It’s the perfect mid-day meal during the heatwaves that many of us are experiencing these days. I recommend adding some roasted garlic cloves. Roasted garlic lends a smokey yet milder taste than raw garlic and it blends well with this soup. In this recipe, I added 5 roasted […]
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Smooth, fluffy, light and creamy without the dairy cream, this soup is world class. If you are going to make a cauliflower soup, I highly recommend that you start by roasting the cauliflower in your oven. Roasting it brings out those nutty, savoury and caramelised flavours in the vegetable. For an extra creamy soup, I […]
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This simple, healthy, chunky leek and potato soup is one of my favourites for two reasons: it’s warm and savoury, especially when the weather turns colder; and it’s the first homemade soup that I ever made, way back when I was a clumsy teenager (but far from clumsy in the kitchen). INGREDIENTS 4 cups sliced […]
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I’ve been away from the kitchen this month since my mother passed away just over one week ago. I am on a leave of absence from work and today, I was in the mood to create a recipe with fresh autumn ingredients. My mother would have enjoyed this wholesome autumn soup because she loved butternut […]
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