This time of year my office lunches descend into sticking canned soup into the microwave for laziness, but working from home I have no excuse now I’m eating healthier to make my own soups, lurking in there is kale, spinach, rice and some leftover prawns, soup had some chilli flakes dropped in.
I think I used too much stock but it tasted much better than imagined
The soups I make for myself using leftovers often look like that 😀. You’re right though, they do taste better than they look.
It sounds disgusting but I often poach an egg and drop it into the soup bowl for extra richness and nutrients.
Ha ha, don't say that I'll be dunking an omelette into one next 
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You got me hungry-I love poached eggs, plus you get protein and vitamins-nicely made
I wish I could cook like that & it’s all heathy ingredients
Honestly, it was really simple, the hardest thing was a) blending it after cooking the kale and spinach and b) realising I may have used too much stock, hence why I added rice to thicken up a little.
Original recipe was from here: greenkitchenstories.com/spi...
I need to show to spouse. I can barely flip an egg over. Trying to eat healthier and it’s all in there
Well pre-lockdown, my go to was fish & chips, kfc, mcdonalds, and meals for one in the oven with an occasional homemade chilli that's why I was 3 stone overweight and diagnosed with high blood pressure.
7 months later, I've learnt to make a load of different meals and not touched any junk food in all that time. I've had a few disasters, but that's both half the fun and half the learning. Really doesn't take much to do anything if it's planned and prepped.
That’s really healthier as you know. Unless spouse cooks, it a sad TV dinner, which are not very good either-one sees what one can or cannot do when “backed in a corner”
Soup really is easy. I didn’t make any for years as I thought I needed lots of equipment and know how. All you need is a saucepan and a stick blender (although you could just push the very well cooked veg through a serve or colander). Just cook whatever veg you have - mine’s usually a mix of bottom of the fridge - in a saucepan with enough water to just cover and a stock cube (if you don’t have stock handy, which I never do). You can add whatever herbs and/or spices you want and if you don’t want - don’t 😀, although a grinding of black pepper always helps; there’s usually enough salt in the stock. The beauty is that you can add whatever you want/have to hand - shredded cooked meat, crispy bacon, cream, poached egg 😀.
Thank You. Trying to do as much as possible.
Nice office lunch. I used to eat sandwiches in the office. Or a sausage roll if I was short of time.
Hi Hidden
I think your soup looks really good - and I bet it tasted amazing.
Zest
Yeah, the chilli flakes definitely gave it a bit of a kick ha ha
Hey Cornish guy...well that soup looks a bit like Pea & Ham soup so i bet it was delicious,but I cant really be bothered to make soup when some of the canned soup is so good,and if i made soup what would i do with it all now I live alone,and dont mention to freeze it as my chest freezer is absolutely crammed with enough food to last me all next year.
Overall i do live quite healthy and my only occasional sin is fish and chips,oh dear,not quite true as i do like to make Victoria Sponge.
But good for you losing weight,its not easy.
Hey, well I seem to be developing a bit of salt intolerance and canned soups tend to have a bit in.
I too live alone, no partner, etc and no freezer ha ha so I make enough for a couple lunches. Everything I make now is pretty much from scratch.
Well,i do admire that you make everything from scratch,it is healthier and much better,and i too make pretty well everything from scratch and as i sometimes have another guy around doing clerical work for me,i end up cooking him a meal too,and he does appreciate it ,as when he's at home he does'nt bother for himself,and eats almost anything he can find,and if i told you what his staple diet is you would be shocked,and yet he's fit as a fiddle and thin as a rake. Not fair is it...lol.
Ha ha see my comment way above, before lockdown I enjoyed a KFC more than a home cooked meal, but sadly I wasn’t thin as a rake ha ha, but shed 2 stone over this summer and in a much healthier position, but gotta keep it up, but not touched junk food since Feb!
Thats brilliant with the weight loss,i need to lose about a stone,but with recent anxiety i do eat far to much,plus a Vodka at night,something i must stop doing,but anxiety/depression does terrible things to ones way of life.
Yeah it does I agree with you, well I’m sure you’re doing really amazing ☺️ it’s interesting that anxiety makes me crave the bad stuff too just like you, we need to change that ha ha
if only .....nothing is easy these days,but we plod on.
i have just eaten home made fish and chips,done in an airfryer,no fat at all apart from whats already on it.
Umm not sure if mine was tooooo healthily but was home made chicken tikka masala with wild rice, all made from scratch and no salt!! Phew
Tikka Masala, home made sounds marvellous.I love Indian food,but never made it from scratch.You are very adventures,well done you.
Well YouTube and a couple people making videos were a big help ha ha
At least I have a good way of testing Covid with loss of smell with all the spices I have now 😂
January is Soup month and Slow cooker month 🥘
Bowl of happiness 🌈 
Split pea soup (traditional Dutch recipe)
