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Sweet Potato & Ginger Soup


This soup is a great winter warmer on a cold day. The ginger gives it a real zing that warms you up on the inside. Another bonus is that it’s fat free and has a low salt content (depending on which stock you use).
Although this would qualify as vegan food I won’t advertise it as [...]

Smoked Seafood Chowder Recipe (Cassandra Style)


2cups water
500gm smoked cod (or other fish)
4rashes bacon
onion
garlic
2medium potatoes
2 1/2cups milk
3T P Flour
Tin of crab meat or seafood extender or other seafood include prawns, scollops, mussels
2tsp lemon juice
can creamed corn
cup of rice
1. boil the smoked fish simmer 10mins…then drain keeping one cup as stock
2. flake fish and remove bones
3. cook onion bacon and garlic to [...]

Roast Pumpkin Soup


I’ve just got back from an afternoon of almost sailing. We were all set to go for the first race of the summer season, but overnight we’d had snow to sea level, there was a lumpy swell rolling up the river and the wind was gusty. We took a vote and decided we’d be happier [...]

Easy Prawn (shrimp) Laksa


Laksa purists are going to hate me, but this is a quick and yummy little dish that doesnt take long to prepare and is a great little boost on a cold day. There are hundreds of different ways to make laksa and this one is as easy as it gets. You can choose to add [...]

Lamb Shank and Vegetable Soup


I blame Jamie Oliver for putting up the price of lamb shanks, they used to be a cheap off cut that you could use to flavour soups and stews, now they are showing up on restaurant menus at the same price as a prime cut of beef steak. On the bright side as their reputation [...]

Vegetable Soup Recipe


I never used to eat vegetables, just on the principle that I was forced to eat them as a kid and by the time I moved out of home I figured I’d had enough to last a life time. So after waking up to the lack of nutrition in my life, I’ve rediscovered them.
I was [...]