Category: Soups

  • Mexican chowder

    Mexican chowder

    What a freezer we’re having this winter.  I can’t remember these sub-zero temperatures so consistently throughout the cold season before.  Certainly inspiration to whip up some belly warming soups.  This is a variation on a recipe I found on the Good Food site.  The kids would have loved it had I not accidentally used hot…

  • Poh’s Hainanese Chicken Rice

    Poh’s Hainanese Chicken Rice

    Well, it’s been a long while between posts… Somewhere along the way I got a bit distracted with other things, but we’re still cookin’ here, so it’s about time I put up some of the dishes we’ve been tucking into of late.  This first one is simply put, Asian comfort food.  Hainanese chicken rice is a…

  • Best Ever Minestrone

    Best Ever Minestrone

    This classic soup is a great big bowl of warming comfort in the cooler months.  I’ve had some pretty ordinary thin and overly tomatoey minestrones in my time, but this is something else.  Bursting with delicious veg, not too over-cooked and soggy.  The secret ingredient of the cheese rind does something amazing, so do not leave it…