The supermarket was offering fresh cucumbers by the case load for an amazing price that I’d be silly to pass up. The first dishes that came to mind were an Indian raita and a cold cucumber soup. First up is the soup. You could drink this as a savoury smoothie (after my first taste I instantly [...]
Posts Tagged ‘soup’
Easy Chilled Cucumber Soup
Posted in Delicious, soup, tagged cold soup, cucumber, food, garlic, lemon, mint, Recipes, soup, Summer Food, yoghurt on June 13, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Thai Mushroom Soup with basil & olive bread
Posted in bites, Delicious, rice cooker, soup, tagged basil, Bread, olives, Recipes, salad, soup, Thai, Yeast free on June 3, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Benri is back! At last a dish I feel is more than worthy of a post. As I mentioned in a previous reply to a comment, Andy gave me a cookbook (one by the Weightwatchers team) as part of a birthday gift. I don’t think it was because he thinks I need to lose weight [...]
Pumpkin & Coconut Soup
Posted in soup, tagged Chinese, Pumpkin, soup on November 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This soup is one I picked up from working in a bistro a few years ago. It is an absolute favourite of mine. It’s deliciousness is 5 star. You have to try it to see what I mean. Ingredients Half a Kabocha (Japanese pumpkin) or 1 squash 1 onion 2 pints of vegetable stock (I [...]
Pea n’ Sweet Potato Soup
Posted in soup, tagged soup on October 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This soup is an adaption from Jamie Oliver’s 20 min recipes iPod application. Quite a funky little application actually, with vids and pics and tips. Some nice recipes and this is the first one I tried out. The problem with western cooking when living in Japan is the severe lack of ingredients, so for this [...]

