and so it begins
winter soups 2012 I love winter foods. cabbage, dried parsley, (homegrown and dried from two years ago), parsnip, celery, carrots, potato, turnip, leeks and garlic in the middle. I'm going to use the big chopper today. I prefer the smaller one, but it's getting a little blunt. I've had this carton of Chicken Style stock (it's vegetarian) in my cupboard for over a year (use by date is next November), so I've decided to use it for today's soup. I don't want the flavour too strong, so I'll add one and a half or two litres of water to it. while that is gently heating up, I'll put that chopper to work. Leeks first, they're sweeter than onions, so better in a light stock such as vegetable or chicken. I'd use onions for a beef soup or a casserole. Then carrots. Tip them into the simmering stock with the leeks. Stir it up, then keep chopping. Turnips to the left of me, parsnips to the right, here I am, stuck in...