A Good Bowl OF Soup

Soups are great all year round but they are especially good in the cold months of winter.

There’s nothing like a good bowl of hot soup to warm you up and fill you up at the same time.  Hearty Vegetable, Chicken Noodle, Beef, Tomato, Seafood and many, many more.  There are plenty of good off the shelf soups but the best are ones you make yourself so here is a Soup Recipe Website to get you started.

Check it out.  http://souprecipe.org/

Stay Warm This Winter

Winter Warmer Recipes – Food to keep you warm through winter

The colder months have already begun and by now many of us will be feeling the cold, if we don’t be careful we could catch a cold also. Getting a cold at this time of year is never good, coming down with something can leave you tired and feeling run down which means you’ll struggle to get any work done and have low energy levels.

One way we can keep our energy levels up is by making sure we stay warm this winter, a great way to do this is by eating and drinking warm food and drink that will keep you warm. The only problem many people who are conscious of what they eat have is that in order to get high energy foods this can normally mean food that isn’t exactly healthy as it tends to be foods high in sugars and fats that hold most energy.

Fortunately there are quite a few recipes that have both high energy elements but also have a lot of vegetables or fruit in them making them overall good for us, in moderation of course. One such example of this is the perfect winter warmer, Beef stew. Beef stew has been around for an incredibly long time and is a very versatile dish which can have a lot of different vegetables and meat in it. Beef stew is typically made with stewing beef but many people add bacon pieces and a whole range of vegetables cut into chunks. A stew can be cooked slowly also so putting the ingredients into a crock pot in the morning will have a stew ready for you in the evening.

Another popular winter warmer is a bowl of hot soup; again this food is very versatile with a wide range of soups that are perfect for a cold winter’s day. The UK favourite tomato soup can be spiced up with red peppers or chillies depending on how hot you want to make it. Another favourite is pumpkin soup which is popular mainly due to all the pumpkin flesh left after carving pumpkins in October. In fact there are quite a few ways to make good use of the leftover pumpkin such as a pumpkin shake which is great as breakfast or a light dessert. Making good use of the pumpkin can be a good way to get children eating more fruit and vegetables.

There are many foods that can warm you up this winter that both give you energy but also are warmed up to keep you warm on even the coldest night.

Author: Phil Adams-Wright

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Coconut Shrimp Soup

Soups for summer meals are not that abundant.

There are the cold summer soups like Gazpacho but we were looking for something different.  Even though its served hot it’s still a refreshing soup that goes well with summer parties.

Ingredients:

• 1/2 lb of shrimp, peeled
• 1/2 teaspoon of toasted coriander seeds
• 1/2 piece of shredded fresh ginger
• sprig of basil, finely chopped
• 1 cup coconut milk
• 1 cup of chicken stock
• 1 sprig of lemon grass
• 3 cloves of garlic
• lime zest of 1/2 of a lime
• 1/4 Jalapeno pepper seeded

Bring all the ingredients to a boil except for the shrimp and basil.  Simmer for 15/20 minutes.  Add shrimp and cook for 3 minutes.  Garnish with basil and serve.  This recipe says it serves 2 but we feel its more like 4 when served as a soup before a meal.

Made by Sally and Bob for Jim and Judy’s Barbeque dinner 2009.  Recipe comes from a cookbook called “Don’t Stop The Cook, a complete guide to Carribean Food Recipes”.