By: Blonde Two
What with talk of weather bombs and the wind playing eery tunes around our house, my mind has turned to ways to keep warm on Dartmoor. The day is fast approaching when B1 and I will have our first tent-shiver-session of the year. I fancy a new merino base layer (my old favourite is full of holes) to go under my down jacket.
Yesterday, however, I was experimenting with food instead of clothes. We Blondes are used to taking flasks of hot drinks everywhere with us. You may recall Blonde One’s struggles with her conscience over the hot Ribena or coffee dilemma. Hot liquid can also be imbibed in the form of soup. Yesterday’s experiment involved inventing the most warming, energy giving soup that I could. I think I succeeded, here is the recipe:
Blue Cheese and White Vegetable Soup
Chop – 1 onion, three parsnips, two potatoes and 1 (small) cauliflower
Simmer in vegetable stock (oxo cube and water) until squodgy
Add 1 tsp each of allspice, turmeric and dried chilli flakes
Blend (or mash if you haven’t got a blender)
Add a decent amount of blue cheese (the tastier the better) and a goodly splash of cream.
Now I have yet to experiment with taking my soup to Dartmoor. Mainly because it was so delicious that we ate it all before I could say “rucksack”. I am convinced though, that this winter warmer will make a good “warm-all-night” supper. It has some fat, good carbohydrates, some natural sugars and that bit of chilli (for endorphins). I may even eat it in my sleeping bag!
Wow sounds awesome! Will have to try it x
Me too – though strongly recommend you try it inside at least two sleeping bags, even if one is Big Orange, and – yes, preferably, – on a sofa in a nice warm room in a B & B.
Blonde One gets a bit fed up (or we end up with loads of giggling) because I take so long with my sleeping bag zips at night. Another bag would probably mean I woke up outside the tent!
Blonde Two will you stop spoiling our beautiful blog with such nasty things as cooking and recipes and nonsense!!!!
I am very sorry! But all I can think about is soup at the moment. I am some weird kind of soup addict!