When I saw this recipe for a chilled-spiced beetroot soup in the current (Jan/Feb 2011) issue of Pick n Pay‘s Fresh Living magazine I knew it make a great packed lunch for a warm Summer’s day. The flavours and vibrant colour would provide a welcome midday break and ensure I could forge ahead with the afternoon’s tasks.
Today’s Lunch:
This lentil soup makes for a great midday meal. A sweet spicy twist comes from the addition of carrots roasted with lemon, cumin and a touch of cayenne pepper. It’s not going to win any beauty prizes but sure does deliver on the flavour front.
Today’s Lunch:
Recently Cape Town became one of a handful of cities worldwide to endorse a weekly meat-free day. I’ve blogged previously about the Meatless Monday movement and my strange mental block when it comes to creating a meat-free meal on a specific day of the week. So I’m happy to follow the City of Cape Town‘s example and enjoy a few random meatless days a week.
This simple vegetable soup is a great vegetarian option for your chosen meat-free day. Cubed celeriac, carrot and any other vegetable odds and ends you’d like to make use of, cooked with lentils in a vegetable stock and served with a generous spoon of flavoursome pesto.
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Posted in Packed Lunches
Tagged baby corn, bread, carrot, celeriac, lentl, pesto, soup, sugar snap peas, vegetable soup
Awhile back Sigrid from Cooking and Eating with Polkadotcupcake and Marisa from The Creative Pot where chatting about Mexican food on Twitter. Their conversation escalated into a cheese slut confessional and the creation of the #cheeseslut tag. Soon bloggers started coming out of the woodwork (including myself) declaring their love for all things cheesy. Check out Browniegirl, Cook sister! and My easy cooking for more #cheeseslut posts.
This soup was my contribution to a weekend #cheeseslut cooking challenge and also to Mothers’ Day lunch. I made sure I had some leftover for lunch the next day too though.
Today’s Lunch:
Here is my recipe for the soup
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Posted in #Cheesesluts, Packed Lunches
Tagged apple, avocado, blue cheese, broccoli, lettuce, red pepper, sandwhich, soup
All I seem to want to cook and eat at the moment is pots and pots of warm soup, but some days I’m just too lazy for all the chop, chop, chopping. So when I see Justin Bonello on the TV telling me it’s OK to get a little help from Woolworths who am I to argue? I picked up a pack of mixed bean and vegetable soup mix, followed the on-pack instructions and added a smoked chicken breast from the Aphrodisiac Shack and in a few minutes had a lovely pot of yummy soup.
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Posted in Packed Lunches
Tagged bean, bread, satsuma, smoked chicken, soup, vegetable
Have you noticed the seasonal change in the weather recently? In Cape Town the evenings have a slight chill to them signalling the onset of Autumn and I think that is the perfect excuse to create giant pots of warm and comforting soup. Like this Thai flavoured butternut soup I made last night.
Today’s Lunch:
Here is my recipe for Thai flavoured butternut soup.
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Makes approximately 9-10 servings
Posted in Packed Lunches, Recipes
Tagged bread, butternut soup, coconut milk, coconut oil, coriander, garlic, kapruka, Knead, lemongrass, lime juice, lime leaves, onion, soup, thai butternut soup
