Super Simple Supper Soup

Buttery, beany, tomato-ey goodness in a bowl

Goodness me it’s been blinking cold where I live. I LOVE it. I love rugging up and cosy-ing down. I love the cold biting my face. I love the wind howling and the rain scattering and clattering on the roof. I love it all.

Cold weather is the very best soup weather, of course, so I thought WHY NOT share another soupy recipe to warm your inner cockles?! This one is a store-cupboard basic number with a wee bit of basil to freshen it up. You don’t have to use basil, of course. Any fresh green herbiness will lift this buttery, tomatoey, bean-y goodness.

I shan’t go on too much more, because I know people hate a long recipe preamble. Let’s just get on with it, shall we?! I’ll write a bit more after the recipe, for those who still have that sort of attention span (no judgement if you don’t!)

These would also be good with the Carrot and Cheese Muffins that I shared a recipe for last week (below). Or this herby bread. Yum! The bread in the photo above is from ALDI, by the way (and is delicious!)

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“A pot of soup simmering on the stove epitomises home cooking. The wafting, soul-warming smell is grounding, a homespun form of aromatherapy that beckons us to rest; a cue that we have arrived at a place where we can be warmed, restored and nurtured. In short, soup is a sign of care - for oneself and others.” - Irma S Rombauer, Joy of Cooking.

I bought Joy of Cooking recently with a gift card from a friend (thanks Vicki!) and I’m so thrilled that I did. Do you have a copy? It’s a giant tome of ideas and traditions and inspiration. I’m excited to trawl through it. I saw it discussed in the comments section of a recipe post on The Guardian and that was enough to have me clicking “add to cart”. The comment referred to Irma S Rombauer’s Dill and Cottage Cheese Bread (apparently delicious, have not made) and as a newly minted mid-life dill fan (see what I did there, herb pun!) that piqued my interest. (You can find a really lovely story which includes this bread here.) I’m going to give it a whirl v soon.

But we were talking about SOUP, weren’t we?!

The thing is, I agree with Irma’s assertion that soup = care - “for oneself and others”. In fact, I make soup every week for this reason. If I am ever feeling hangry or I wake up and don’t feel like eating anything, I heat up some soup and everything feels better, at least for a little while. Disturbance is diverted and comfort eases in, spoonful by spoonful.

Perhaps you too need soup?

xx Pip

PS: If you have Joy of Cooking, what do you like about it?

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