Small victory in the kitchen today – my vegetable soup turned out lovely

I have started making soup recently. I prefer lumpy soup to smooth soup.

My favourite recipe at the moment is onion, celery, carrots plus any other vegetables I have around. I use stock made from a chicken frame. Add a tin of coconut milk, oregano, thyme, garlic. I also add a few red lentils to help thicken the soup. However, the best ingredient for me is a tin of cannellini beans. It just adds an extra something to the soup.

TBH celery is a must in any of my multi-veg soups.

Enjoy the results of an excellent idea, Aveline 🧑‍🍳🍲

Don't shout at me but I buy ready prepared veg for soup when it's reduced. I get a bag of soffrito which is diced onion, carrot and celery for 50p which is an ideal base for soup. Sometimes I get mushrooms if they're reduced. The soups are lovely but always different depending on what I have left to use up along with my bargains.

I second that! You can’t pick up bargains in any vegetable market without the risk of ending up like The Hunchback of Notre Dame! Vegetables ARE heavy, but there are wonderful baskets and smart shoppers on wheels which would make life so much more manageable and enjoyable for you.

Get yourself a shopping trolly PigeonFancier 1956.
I wouldn’t be without my Mary Poppins one. It holds so much.