tasting life...one recipe at a time
French onion soup is one of my favourite things to eat. Steaming hot onion soup, topped with a bubbling cheese crouton, what’s not to love! I first tasted this soup on a school trip to Paris when I was 16, it was love at first bite and I have adored with this particular comfort food…
My family all love making soup, consequently we are prolific soup makers. In short, my parents taught me how to make a great bowl of soup, it was a staple part of my diet growing up. My parents had a huge vegetable garden and as a result we ate fresh seasonal produce, hence lots of…
One vegetable that I love to eat, but find almost impossible to buy in the shops here is the Jerusalem Artichoke, or fartichokes as my children call them before dissolving into hysterics (they do given you a windy tummy)! For the last two years I’ve grown these at the back of my raised bed and…
Beetroot. One of those vegetables that is often passed up in the shops or just turned into a pickle. Instead, why not make it into this delicious yet fresh warming soup, perfect comfort food. I was doing my shopping recently and noticed that 500g bags of cooked beetroot were really cheap so I picked up…
I woke up this morning at 3am, never the best start to a day! I knew the only way to feel remotely human was to keep going. I met Michelle and decided a mini mid-week adventure was in order so off we headed for a bit of wild garlic foraging – I’ve always fancied making a…