Pumpkin soup just got a whole lot easier and more delicious with this No Chop Pumpkin, Bacon, Sage Soup. The best part about this nourishing, veggie rich soup is you don’t need to chop anything up. Simply bake and blend. While the roasting process does take longer than boiling pumpkin in stock, the depth of flavour and richness is worth that extra time. Next time you want soup, add this to your ...
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Carrot Coriander Soup
This Carrot Coriander Soup reminds me of the cartons of soup I used to buy for the family I worked for in the UK. In my early 20's I lived in a small town called Cambridge. I worked as a nanny and even way back then, I used to love cooking for the family I worked for (and lived with). The kids who'd been raised by the American nanny before me weren't a fan of my cooking at all, although a good ...
Moroccan Sweet Potato Soup
I love a good, hearty soup and this Moroccan Sweet Potato Soup is a delicious, easy to make nourishing bowl of yum. The addition of the spices warms it up supporting digestion and reducing inflammation. Take a look at the variations below the main recipes to adjust the recipe to suit your dietary requirements and taste. ...
Healing Chicken and Vegetable Soup
This Healing Chicken and Vegetable Soup is one of the most nutritious and nourishing meals about. Best of all it's prep to plate in just 30 minutes. It's one of my go to meals for when anyone in the family feels a bit run down, it really is food for the soul. Health benefits Starting with bone broth, the most nourishing ‘super food’ and digestive tonic of all. For all you need to know about ...
Lemony Red Lentil Soup
This delicate, Lemony Red Lentil Soup is super easy to make from basic pantry staples. It's one of my go-to recipes when I can't be bothered cooking because it's so quick and simple whilst tasting divine. If you love the flavour of lemon, you are going to love this soup! Take a look at the variations (below the main recipe) for suggestions to alter the recipe to suit your specific dietary ...
Quick Pantry Lentil Soup
Sometimes we have to rely on our pantry stores to whip a meal up quickly. This Quick Pantry Lentil Soup is one of my go to meals (along my my Quick and Easy Dhal). I pretty much always have the ingredients in my pantry and it has saved me many times when I've been caught short on time and ingredients. It's quick and easy to make and is a warming, nourishing bowl of plant based goodness. ...
Healthy Pea and Ham Soup
This is my take on a Dutch style, Healthy Pea and Ham soup. I can't always source good quality ham hocks so I've improvised to replicate the flavour combo of smoked meat and legumes that I grew up with, but using a pork chop and bacon instead of the hock. The result is this tasty, hearty stew like soup that's more a complete meal, than a starter. Whilst it has a long cooking time, it really is a ...
Carrot Cake Baked Oatmeal
I'm sure many of you are thinking about forming (or re-forming) healthy habits about now, so, I thought this the best time to share this little gem of a recipe - my Carrot Cake Baked Oatmeal (with Cinnamon Yoghurt). The festive season is one time in the year I stray from my usual clean eating. I'm eating out more often, the change in routine with my kids being on school holidays also throws me, ...
Vietnamese Meatball Soup
This Vietnamese Meatball Soup recipe has become a bit of a staple this winter. Mainly because it's delicious, easy and quick to make (and it can be customised to include what ever vegetables you have in your fridge). It's also jam packed with immune supportive ingredients which is so handy at this time of the year. My 14 year old daughter is a budding singer/ songwriter (you can hear her sing on ...
Easy Lamb Harira
Hearty stews and soups, especially when they contain warming herbs and spices are super nourishing in the winter time. This Lamb Harira can be prepared in 15 minutes in just one casserole dish, then it's into the oven to slowly braise. Set and forget is my type of cooking! You can also adapt this delicious soup come stew to cook in your slow cooker if you have one. Health benefits This is one ...
Creamy Potato Apple Soup
Well there's a distinct change in the weather, even here in sunny Queensland with a little bit of a chill in the air in the evening and morning. Autumn and winter are my favourite seasons here on the Gold Coast, the skies are blue, the days are dry and sunny - way more comfortable for this old girl than the humidity of our summer (now I'm sounding like my mother ha ha). Which brings me to this ...
Healthy Instant Noodles
Last week I wrote about snacking and listed some of my kids favourite after school snacks. You can catch up here. So this week I thought it appropriate that I share their absolute favourite snack – my healthy version of those awful, fake instant noodles (or noodle cups). Instant noodles are a perfect example of not what to eat – heavily processed, nutritionally void, packaged…I can’t even call it ...
Mexican Minestrone
Loaded with vegetables and plant powered fibre, my next twist on Jamie Oliver’s "10 recipes to save your life" is a Mexican Minestrone. It may be a soup, but trust me this is no starter! As part of Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution, I was one of 10 people selected world-wide to put my spin on 10 of Jamie’s favourite staple recipes. This is #7, my twist on Jamie’s ‘Minestrone' Health benefits The ...
Zucchini, Mint, Feta Soup (in just ten minutes)
One vegetable my kids really dislike is zucchini (or spew-kini as they like to call it). For those of you who have followed me for a while, you'll know that my kids have a great appetite for whole foods and genuinely love a wide range of vegetables. One of the reasons this is the case is because no matter what, I have and always will, persist with offering them vegetables, even the ones previously ...
Meatballs & Kale In Lemony Garlic Broth
This weeks cracking Meatballs & Kale In Lemony Garlic Broth recipe is thanks to my lovely friend Irena Macri from Irena Macri | Food Fit For Life. I’m a huge fan of Irena’s work – her recipes are delicious, nutritionally balanced, easy to make. This recipe is super popular for very good reason! Meatballs and Kale in a Lemony Broth This delicious, zesty soup come meal is so nourishing ...
Beetroot, Coconut and Ginger soup
I find the human palate an amazing thing - some people just eat anything that's put in front of them and others are a little more discerning (sounds so much more classy than 'fussy'). You might be surprised that I actually fit into the second category here. With age, I've certainly broadened my culinary horizons - largely due to my 'eat anything at all' husband, no matter how unusual. Also, as we ...