My grandmother used to make this for special occasions. She grabbed a can opener, and set about tipping the contents of tins, condensed cream of mushroom soup, Blue Lake tinned beans, and vacuum packed crispy onions, into an oven-proof dish. Then she cranked up the oven and baked it until it bubbled, and a thick…
Category: Veg
Butternut Squash Soup with Benedictine Brandy
Butternut Squash Soup with Benedictine Brandy Ingredients (Serves 4-6) 2 tablespoons unsalted butter 1 large leek, white and light green part only, chopped (about 1 cup) 1 x 3-to-4-pound butternut squash, peeled and cubed 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground nutmeg 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper Salt to taste (1/2 tsp) 3 tablespoons Benedictine Brandy (or Sherry)…
How-To Make Celeriac and Apple Soup
The Frugal Feeding’s recent post about celeriac soup reminded me that I haven’t made this bowl of fragrant warm comfort in a long time. Frugal’s soup looks wonderfully rich and creamy. Mine benefits from a subtle hint of sweetness and tartness from the apple. Some crumbled bacon also goes nicely on top with the toasted…
Today’s Lunch: Cauliflower Soup
How-To-Make Cauliflower Soup This will either taste deliciously subtle … or it will remind you of milky dishwater. It’s a very delicate soup with minimal ingredients: one large cauliflower cut into florets, one large onion thinly sliced, 4 cups of hot water, a generous pinch of salt (1/2 teaspoon or more to taste) and some…
How-to Make Cooked Red Cabbage
Cooked red cabbage is not something you fiddle about with in this house. Mr Misk just won’t have that. Danes hold it high esteem. He has his recipe for it, a slightly tweaked one from his mother, and now I have one that I can claim as my own. His and her red cabbage recipes….
Darned Good Vegetable Soup
Darned Good Veg Soup That’s what Mr Misk said when he tasted this soup. It’s a touch of summer soup in the midst of winter, thanks to frozen vegetables, basil pesto and tinned tomatoes. I used a stock cube for the chicken broth. I reckon there’s no need to make more work for yourself than…
Pineapple and Prawn Salad
When I was on holiday in Hawaii, we went to the Dole Plantation. We packed up the kids, popped them into strollers with snacks and bottles of water, and off we went with the promise of a train trip. Emma was dressed in coordinated shades of pink; she was ready. Ethan was watching Micky Mouse…
Creamy Ranch Salad Dressing
I love the flavour of Ranch-style salad dressing, and now I can make it whenever I want thanks to Monica Shaw’s recipe … that I tweaked only a tiny bit.
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