Today, for the first time ever, I made soup.  I’m very impressed with myself.  We went to Tesco this morning with my dad, and as usual I had a look in the reduced fruit and veg bit to see if there was anything for the chickens.  They had cauliflowers reduced, so I got one thinking I could hang it (somehow) from their run, but when I looked at it properly it looked far too good to give to the chickens (sorry girls).  On the back of the packet I spotted they had a recipe for cauliflower soup, so I thought I’d give it a go, they’ve got it online too here.

I didn’t actually use this recipe in the end, after a bit searching on the web I came across this recipe for Cauliflower Cheese Soup.  I thought it sounded yummy (I love cauliflower cheese).  So after Olly went up for his nap I set to work, it was so easy.  I only used a pint of stock, as that’s how big my jug is, and I used chicken rather than vegetable stock as that’s all I had.

Whilst that was simmering I decided to make some bread to go with it.  By the time the bread was in the oven too my kitchen was smelling gorgeous.

When I served it up into bowls I added grated cheese to the top and stirred it in.  It was a huge hit with Oliver, he finished his bowlful before me, with not too much down his front.  It was very tasty, and the melted cheese made it interestingly stringy.  It was made even better with the addition of homemade bread.

Has anyone got any good, easy soup recipes I could give a go?