Friday 19 October 2012

Thank You Mum

 
 
My day started with an email from my Mum, with a recipe.

Mum's Lettuce and Courgette Soup



Two Servings

Ingredients
1oz butter, plus a small amount of olive oil
8 fresh large outside dark lettuce leaves roughly chopped
1 medium onion, cut into small chunks
1 medium Courgette sliced or chopped
1 chicken or veggie stockpot or cube diluted with 1/2 a pint of water
1 level tsp Turmeric
1 clove of garlic crushed or finely chopped
salt and pepper
2 large spoonful of plain yogurt to stir in at the end

Method
Soften the onion, courgette and lettuce in the butter and oil for 5 minutes, do not let them brown.
Then stir in the rest of the ingredients and simmer for 20 minutes.
Blitz with your blender.
Serve with a swirl of yogurt and a crusty bread roll if you're very hungry.

 
I used a pint of water with the stock and it still made a wonderfully rich soup, so a very thrifty recipe, as this way it would stretch to feeding 3 or 4 people with a bread roll.


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Thank you Mum, guess what I'm having for lunch. .

So I already have my three things to say thank you for today - the day itself, my Mum and my brilliant warming inspirational lunch.

What three things can you say thank you for right now?

Sue xx



6 comments:

  1. Thankful for having had a lovely autumnal walk this morning, leftover parsnip soup for lunch, and your blog for reminding me to be thankful!

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  2. Thankful for my lovely inspirational daughter and family;
    My many wonderful memories
    Todays clear head and sunshine Joan XX

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  3. Thankful for the beauty of nature,
    the turning leaves on the trees
    that it has stopped raining, if only for a day

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  4. Thankful for a bright, bright sunshiny day,that I did all the cleaning up yesterday, and most importantly, that the gas leak caused by an incompetent,'Gas Safe' fitter didn't blow my Mum sky high this morning.

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  5. soup is so comforting like a cup of tea can be. yesterday I had spicy pumpkin soup and it was just what my sore throat needed.

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  6. Brilliant sentiment, something we can really live by.

    The recipe for courgette soup looks gorgeous, personally I never thought courgette would work in a soup because of the slight sliminess, but this looks superb.

    Homeandfood.co.uk

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