There are always lots of ways to make soup! This is how I would generally go about this one. You may have your own variations.
Leek, pumpkin and potato soup
Chop the leeks, onions and potatoes. Prepare pumpkin and grate the fleshy part for using in the soup. Finely chopped garlic can be used as an optional extra. Lightly fry onion and garlic (optional) or go to next stage.
Carefully heat up a sensible amount of water in a saucepan with vegetable stock added until lightly bubbling.
Add leeks, onions and grated pumpkin followed shortly after by chopped potato. Add appropriate seasoning (salt, pepper, etc)
Tomorrow I am cooking slow roast stuffed boned lamb shoulder, using loads of my home grown garlic. I may use my pickled garlic to give it a 'lift', with chopped capers. It is marinating over night in white wine with homemade preserved lemons.
Lightly fry courgette slices with some crushed garlic. Layer the courgette slices with slices of tomato and slices of cheddar or mozarella, seasoning with a little salt and pepper as you go, in a gratin dish. When dish is nearly full, or you have as much as you need, then sprinkle top with chopped basil and grated cheddar or parmesan and put in oven for 30 mins at 190° or gas 5. Serve with pasta or rice or spoon onto halved baked potatoes. Will be a bit wet and sloppy but delish.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
I'm finding that parsnip works well as a potato substitute in a bombay potato style curry. Once prepared (peeled and diced) just par boil the parsnips for a little while first before adding the pieces to the ongoing curry sauce at the appropriate point (like you usually would with potato).Avoid using the hard core of the parsnip though.
This is also a good dish to include home grown onions from storage (lightly fried), and spinach too. I've got some Winter spinach growing in a container in the garden which can be used this time of year.
I cheat with the curry sauce though as it usually comes from a jar!!!
Really it's a case of following and adapting an existing bombay potato recipe (or similar) to use different ingredients which are available this time of year.
I really like stir fries. They are a useful quick to cook dish! This one is a late Summer/ early Autumn dish.
Ingredients can easily be adapted. This recipe uses: rice, onions, courgette, carrot, soy sauce, black bean sauce. The vegetables can easily be varied and noodles can be used instead of rice.
First prepare vegetables while cooking rice according to instructions.
Next use a wok or pan to carefully fry off onions in a little sunflower oil (or similar).
Shortly after add carrot followed later by courgette and a dash of soy sauce to the pan. Stir gently on a low heat.
Extra soy sauce or black bean sauce can then be added.
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There are always lots of ways to make soup! This is how I would generally go about this one. You may have your own variations.
Leek, pumpkin and potato soup
Chop the leeks, onions and potatoes. Prepare pumpkin and grate the fleshy part for using in the soup. Finely chopped garlic can be used as an optional extra. Lightly fry onion and garlic (optional) or go to next stage.
Carefully heat up a sensible amount of water in a saucepan with vegetable stock added until lightly bubbling.
Add leeks, onions and grated pumpkin followed shortly after by chopped potato. Add appropriate seasoning (salt, pepper, etc)
Cook at a gentle level until ready.
More recipes welcome!
Winter, Spring, Summer or Autumn dishes.
Container growing, gardens or allotments
As long as some of the ingredients are "grow your own" vegetables or fruit.
What dishes would you usually put together or plan on putting together if all goes well ?
Tomorrow I am cooking slow roast stuffed boned lamb shoulder, using loads of my home grown garlic. I may use my pickled garlic to give it a 'lift', with chopped capers. It is marinating over night in white wine with homemade preserved lemons.
Lightly fry courgette slices with some crushed garlic. Layer the courgette slices with slices of tomato and slices of cheddar or mozarella, seasoning with a little salt and pepper as you go, in a gratin dish. When dish is nearly full, or you have as much as you need, then sprinkle top with chopped basil and grated cheddar or parmesan and put in oven for 30 mins at 190° or gas 5. Serve with pasta or rice or spoon onto halved baked potatoes. Will be a bit wet and sloppy but delish.
"Bombay potato style" parsnip curry
I'm finding that parsnip works well as a potato substitute in a bombay potato style curry. Once prepared (peeled and diced) just par boil the parsnips for a little while first before adding the pieces to the ongoing curry sauce at the appropriate point (like you usually would with potato).Avoid using the hard core of the parsnip though.
This is also a good dish to include home grown onions from storage (lightly fried), and spinach too. I've got some Winter spinach growing in a container in the garden which can be used this time of year.
I cheat with the curry sauce though as it usually comes from a jar!!!
Really it's a case of following and adapting an existing bombay potato recipe (or similar) to use different ingredients which are available this time of year.
Vegetable rice stir fry – allotment veg
I really like stir fries. They are a useful quick to cook dish! This one is a late Summer/ early Autumn dish.
Ingredients can easily be adapted. This recipe uses: rice, onions, courgette, carrot, soy sauce, black bean sauce. The vegetables can easily be varied and noodles can be used instead of rice.
First prepare vegetables while cooking rice according to instructions.
Next use a wok or pan to carefully fry off onions in a little sunflower oil (or similar).
Shortly after add carrot followed later by courgette and a dash of soy sauce to the pan. Stir gently on a low heat.
Extra soy sauce or black bean sauce can then be added.
Finally add the rice and stir in well.
I'm going to try growing mange-tout peas this year because they are lovely in stir fries.
We're having a go at sugar snap peas for same reason
Why do people say 'fry off'? instead of fry? I am always intrigued by the changes in use of the English language also 'listen up' as an Americanism.
Good idea!
Must try both mange-tout and sugar snap peas in stir fries.
Usually just do peas as a side dish.