I chopped up the overgrown courgette (zucchini) and made 7 mugs of Courgette and Leek soup. I chopped up 2 leeks from the back garden and chucked them in a pot of chicken stock (made from the bones of the large chicken I got last week) with a onion and a spoonful of stock powder. I blitzed it with a little soya cream and voila - work lunches for the next week or 2 sorted.
They're now in the black freezer along with 6 mugs of Chicken and rice soup I made yesterday with some stock I defrosted on Saturday.
I think there are still a couple of mugs of soup in the garage freezer (no idea what kind) which gives me enough lunches for work for the next few weeks. I do love my soup! 😋
Your soup will come in handy during your work week. I usually grate my zucchini (the overly large ones) to use for loaves, muffins and cake.
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Soup is such an easy work lunch for me. A few mins in the microwave and I can take it back to my class if I'm working through my lunch break
DeleteYou are certainly very industrious and economical, Ali! I gave up making soup during the really hot weather but should start again as the weather has turned more Fall like. My favourite is carrot and lentil. I seldom buy a whole chicken but would dearly love to have a carcass for soup.
ReplyDeleteLike you I don't often buy a whole chicken but it's worth asking your butcher. Mine has chicken carcasses and bones available but they're not out on display!
DeleteI like to buy a whole chicken just so I can make soup from the carcass!! Once it's cooked I pick it over so I get as much meat as I can off it then box it up in portions and freeze it. I've got 6 boxes of cooked chicken in the freezer, had a stir fry last night with some and put some of the tiniest bits in my chicken and rice soup. It does loads of meals! But I also like the idea of getting a carcass from the butcher!
DeleteAt this time of year nothing beats homemade soup.
ReplyDeleteI eat soup all year round but yep, definitely getting into Winter soup mode now!
DeleteSoup season is definitely returning with the cooler weather and the darker evenings. It's lovely.
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I love my soup especially in the cooler weather! xxx
DeleteUntil the heatwave returned yesterday, I was thinking about making soup of some kind. I really like your mugs, Ali. Are they Sistema ones? Catriona
ReplyDeleteYes they're Sistema. Every time I saw them on offer I picked up a few more. I think I have 14 now. Some of them are at least 8 years old as I had them in my old house!
DeleteImpressive - the trouble with retirement is that I am actually far less organised than I was when working- hmmmm, I'll have to get a grip or
ReplyDelete" get my act together " as my dear old mum used to say!
Alison in Wales x
Lol!! I suspect I'll be the same!
DeleteThose soup mugs are a great idea, I'll have to look out for some.
ReplyDeleteI love them! You just fill them and freeze. Then take one out the night before and bingo, instant lunch/supper. Microwavable and dishwasher proof too!
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