This month’s recipes
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Category Archives: Soup recipes
The Autumn Collection: the perfect cold remedy
I usually have a list of blog posts that I want to write, stacking up like airlines waiting to land. And, sometimes, I get to them as planned and sometimes I don’t. If life gets in the way, either the post … Continue reading
Posted in Soup recipes, Wheat-free
Tagged cold remedies, Thai soup recipes, wheat-free recipes
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The Summer Wardrobe: Watermelon Gazpacho
On a hot, hot August day, do your thoughts turn to…soup? No, didn’t think so though, if you looked in branches of the various lunch chains, where hot soup is usually the only one on offer, you would imagine that … Continue reading
Posted in Soup recipes, Summer recipes, Vegetarian recipes
Tagged gazpacho, gluten-free recipes, summer wardrobe, watermelon
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HFW’s Love your Leftovers ribollita
I absolutely hate waste, so half my miniscule fridge is full of scraps of this and that which I can’t bear to chuck. Until now, I rarely managed to use many of them up before the inevitable rot set in but, … Continue reading
How to feel rich for a quid: chilled pea and mint soup
I’ve just spent the last four Fridays cooking and demonstrating recipes from The French Home Cookbook at Divertimenti (I’m still on their website as I type) and this, along with parmesan shortbread and chocolate marquise (both to come, I promise) was one … Continue reading
Rory O’Connell’s kale, lemon and Parmesan soup
That may sound like the most unpromising dish I have posted in a while but, believe me, this is extraordinary. I proofread Rory O’Connell’s book, Master It, a few years ago and thought then that it was incredibly insightful and … Continue reading
Posted in One pot, Soup recipes, Wheat-free
Tagged kale recipes, Rory O'Connell, wheat-free recipes
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Zuppa alla Valpelleunenze
It’s Monday, a day, in my world, for clearing out the fridge and using up whatever is in there and this is my favourite way to do that so far this year. Once again it comes from Diana Henry’s Roast … Continue reading
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Tagged cheap recipes, Diana Henry, soup recipes
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Happy New Year, a birthday cookbook, and a cold-weather soup
Hello and Happy New Year! As I write this I can feel the cold around my ankles, despite being indoors, wearing two jumpers, jeans, socks and slippers, despite the heating being on and despite the consumption of many cups of … Continue reading
Posted in Bean recipes, Diana Henry, Soup recipes, Wheat-free
Tagged carb-free recipe, Diana Henry, haricot beans, winter soup
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The first soup of the winter: romanesco and cheese
I do love cold weather, or at least I do love it when it’s still a novelty, when all the fabulous autumn ingredients fill my head with possible recipes. I love the abundance of different squash, cabbages and apples, I … Continue reading
It’s salmorejo and gazpacho weather
I’ve never understood the notion of barbecues. Why, when it is already boiling hot, would you want to light a big fire and stand over it getting hotter? No, when it’s 30° (oh, it’s such a treat to write that) … Continue reading
Posted in Claudia Roden, One pot, Soup recipes, Summer recipes, Tomato recipes
Tagged Ballymaloe, Claudia Roden, Cordoba, soup recipes, Spanish recipes
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Savoy cabbage and Parmesan soup
There is a moment, about now, when the earth starts to wake up and smell, not in a too-many-dogs-not-enough-flowers way but more in a, well, earthy sort of way. I absolutely love it. I crave light more than warmth so … Continue reading
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