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Not much point in writing about myself seen as how that's what my blog will be about but heres some background information: I'm blunt & direct and some people can't handle it. I don't sugar coat. Too many people around me have died or had awful things happen to them and so I've become somewhat immune to shock and sometimes seem cold towards others. I've had too much pain in my life to go out of my way to affect or hurt others. Life is too short and I don't ever want people to hurt or be scarred the way I have been. Life is better now than it has been in a long time and I think I'm finally learning to love, trust and live again.

Saturday, 7 November 2015

easy peasy winter warmer!

Winter warmer root vegetable soup

I'm totally obsessed with making soup at the moment! It is THE most simple thing to cook in the world! 
If I had known it was this simple, I'd have been making it years ago! 

My most recent creation is my winter warmer root vegetable soup. 
It contains:
Half a parsnip
Quarter of a large butternut squash
1 onion
1 carrot
Quarter of a suede
Black pepper 
Stock cube

You can use whatever veg you like! 
I'd just advise to use an onion with it (or maybe a leek or celery) to give it a base. 

1. Wash a chop all veg and put onto a baking tray, drizzle a little olive oil and crack a little black pepper over it all. 

2. Pop veg into a pre-heated oven (about 200 degrees) for:
20 mins for tomatoes/peppers other soft veg
30 mins for root veg 

3. Mix a stock cube of your choice into a pint of boiling water (I used chicken) and pour into a large saucepan.

4. Once veg is roasted, pop into the saucepan with the stock.

5. Bring the veg to the boil stirring occasionally.

6. Simmer with the lid on for 15 mins.

7. Put all contents into a blender and whizz it up until smooth(ish)

8. Serve!

Depending on what soup you've made you might like to swirl a little Greek yoghurt into your bowl (lovely with root veg), or sprinkle some cayenne pepper into the mix to give it a warming kick! (Gorgeous with butternut squash soup), or for a taste of the Mediterranean, drizzle a bit of balsamic vinegar in with your tomato soup.

Spiced Butternut squash & parsnip soup

Cherry tomato & bell pepper soup (recipe from the Juice Master)

My rule of soup is: always a lot of black pepper! I definitely take after my Mum with that habit! 

Yummy😋

I hope somebody who reads this is inspired to make their own creation.
I'd love to see if anybody does... 

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