‘Season of mists and mellow soupfulness…’

My discerning dgs2 has lentil soup every Monday and Tuesday when I look after him, regardless of the season. The boy demands it. Grandma makes it, obviously. I like different soups. I might make minestrone at the weekend. Pea and ham (fi a chicken) is a Scottish advert but I love pea and ham soup too. Leek and potato is another favourite. Butternut squash, sweet potato and ginger soup has a pleasant inner warmth to it. Oh I want soup right now!

Celery, leek and potato mushroom (with sherry) and mixed veg.

I just put all the left over veg in the pan and add lentils and barley. Always delicious and I can get four meals out of one painful. Eat one and freeze three.

I'm an avid soup maker too. I like to make various different kinds, some depending on what's in the garden. Lentil is always a favourite here too, along with good old fashioned Scottish tattie soup, but I also like leek and potato; sweet potato and butternut squash; carrot, parsnip and orange and many others too numerous to mention!