Fresh vegetable soup

 I only had 1 small portion of cauliflower, 1 onion and  1 small piece of turnip left, so I used those.  I also used one potato, but I usually have potatoes in the kitchen.   You can vary the ingredients depending on what you have in the kitchen.

RECIPE

2 vegetable stock cubes
1  1/2  pints of water
Small portion of cauliflower  florets  and outer  leaves
1 onion
1 potato
1 portion of turnip

The raw ingredients and the finished soup -

Vegetable Soup - Before and After

 METHOD

• Crumble the stock cubes into a pan.  Slowly add the water, stirring as you do.
  Bring to the boil, stirring occasionally.  This is to make sure the stock cubes mixes in well with the water. 
• Peel the onion and cut into small pieces 
• Peel the turnip and cut into small pieces 
• Peel the potato and cut into large pieces 
• Wash the cauliflower and the leaves.

Put all the incredients into the ovenproof dish.  Cook in the oven at 190 for  1 to 1  1/2  hours.

This soup can also be cooked in a pan on the hob.

Enjoy -

Chunky vegetable soup

Today we had our first leeks & to celebrate we did the ‘leeks au gratin’ recipe.

Ingredients:

• 6 leeks – sliced across in circles1/2″ thick
• 250ml double cream – must be double!
• 2 handfuls grated cheese

Method:

• drop leeks into a pan of boiling water – bring back to the boil.  Simmer for one minute & drain well.
• place leeks in a shallow, greased oven-proof dish.
• cover leeks with the double cream
• sprinkle the grated cheese on top
• cook in oven preheated to 180C for 30 minutes or until golden brown.

This recipe for Leeks au Gratin could not be easier & produces a very special dish.

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Champ is a recipe of mashed potatoes with butter and spring onions

Ingredients:

• 4 pounds (1.8kg) potatoes
• 1/2 pint (300ml) milk
• 1 cup (225g) chopped spring onions
• 1/2 cup (110g) butter
• Salt and black pepper

Method:

• Cook peeled potatoes in boiling water.
• Simmer milk and spring onions together for five minutes.
• Strain and mash potatoes, but keep them hot.
• Add hot milk, spring onions, salt, pepper, and half the butter.
• Stir in.
• Serve very hot, with a well of melted butter in the middle.

Try this potato recipe for Champ to warm you up!