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Leftovers Soup!

Leftovers Soup!


We have a confession to make…. We often cook far too many vegetables and also end up with bits of leftover meat. Most folk would throw these in the bin, but we’re a bit tight like that. So it all ends up in the freezer in boxes. But the freezer is not a bottomless pit.

So yesterday we had a “Soup Making Day” Nothing goes to waste here. I can’t give you exact ingredients for this soup but basically you’ll need the following.

Ingredients:-

Vegetables and meat leftovers from the freezer
2 Stock cubes
1 Wuzzer ( We got ours as a freebie via Amazon when we switched energy suppliers) – That’s a food processor to most folk.

Method:-

(1) Thaw everything you have stored in boxes.
(2) Boil 2 Stock cubes in 500ml of water.
(3) Blitz everything apart from the stock.
(4) Place in a large pan and add enough stock to make a reasonable soup liquidity.
(5) Bring to boil.
(6) If you are not going to eat today allow to cool and freeze in portions.

We have a few verbs and bits an bobs which we are growing in tubs on our balcony, so I dressed the soups up with those, a Gluten free cracker and a bit of grated Cheese. Looks good, tastes better!

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Left Over Lamb Curry

We splashed out of a leg of Lamb for Christmas Day. Quite an investment for us and far too much meat for one sitting. So Sue cobbled this together with the left-over meat.

Ingredients:-

500g of roasted Lamb, cut into chunks
1 Thumb of Ginger grated. Or 1 Tsp of dried Ginger
4 Cloves of Garlic, minced
2 Red Onions, sliced
1 Tsp of Cinnamon  powder
1 Tsp of ground Coriander
1 Tsp of ground Cumin
1 Tsp of ground Turmeric
½ a Tsp of Fennel Seeds
2 Tsp of Chilli Powder
A 400g tin of Chopped Tomatoes, plus 400g of water
Salt & Pepper to season
Oil to fry

Method:-

(1) Add to Oil to a large pan and fry the Onions until softened.
(2) Add the Garlic and Ginger and fry for a minute or so.
(3) Season with Salt & Pepper.
(4) Add the remaining spices and stir in.
(5) Add the chopped Tomatoes and water.
(6) Add the Lamb reducing the heat and simmer for 1 ½ to 2 hours.

The odd looking objects around the plates are Sprout Bhaji! ( http://www.eatwellonuc.org.uk/index.php/recipes/420-curry-pies-sprout-bhaji )

 

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