Taste of Glasgow

This is a must have hearty winter warmer that was inspired by the cauliflower that was delivered in this week’s organic veg box and some online surfing for cauliflower recipes.  So taking the favourite bits of the recipes I read I concocted this spicy soup. It may sound like an odd combination but it is [...]

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A soupy favourite of mine and one I often make with left over chicken from the Sunday roast.  It’s surprisingly easy and is far tastier than any of the shop bought varieties – honest! Ingredients: 2 chicken breasts (or left over roast chicken) 2 celery sticks chopped 2 carrots chopped 2 garlic gloves (either bash [...]

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French onion soup is usually made with white onions but due to having a rather large bag of red onions in the house I decided to make this batch with red onions.  The red onions offer a sweeter, possibly slightly more sickly but not unpleasant, flavour. Prepare yourself for a whole lotta tears when preparing [...]

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Soup making time again and this week I have gone for a hearty number, which will make you warm and nicely full on an autumn afternoon. Ingredients 1 onion chopped 100g of chorizo chopped 1 tsp of dried rosemary 4 garlic gloves (chopped/bashed) 750g of passata 2.5 pints of organic chicken stock 1 x 400g [...]

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It’s creepy and it’s cooky, mysterious and spooky, its altogether ooky, my pumpkin recipe doo doo doo dooo…… Ingredients: 500g pureed pumpkin 1 carrot 2 cloves of garlic 1 red chilli 1 onion 1 red pepper 2 medium potatoes 1 tsp ground cumin 1 tsp cayenne pepper 1 tsp ground coriander 1.5 pints of vegetable [...]

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Just another typical day in Glasgow… it was a cold and wet Sunday afternoon, and I wanted to whip up something warm and hearty to welcome the boys home from a hard day at work (seriously, the only 2 people I know working on a Sunday!). Hungarian Goulash is a very thick soup, or even [...]

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