Now here's a culinary marriage we all love! Oh yes, very slurpy-durpy indeed are those little round balls aka peas with fresh mint and this recipe for soup might just be the slurpiest of them all?
Are you ready? Then get some paper and a pen and write it down for it very quick and easy to make.
You will need:.
1 onion, peeled and finely chopped.
3 celery stalks, finely chopped, we also put the leaves in if they are looking good!
2 cloves of garlic, peeled and chopped.
600g of frozen peas.
1.2 litres of vegetable stock.
6 tbs of chopped fresh mint.Fat free natural yoghurt.
Freshly ground black pepper.
How to make it:
Place the stock, onion, celery and peas in a large pan and bring to the boil.
Then turn down the heat and simmer for 15 - 20 minutes.
Allow to cool slightly, then put in the chopped mint leaves.
Using a hand held liquidiser, puree the soup until very smooth.
Remove from heat and serve immediately with the yoghurt and black pepper.
We are having it for supper one night this week as she checked to see if we had any peas before she went off to weigh-in today.
Lost.. 1/2 a lb. That will teach her to gobble up curried chicken and rice last night for supper! I must admit, I also found the curried rice most appetising so I am not surprised at her squeak of joy when she found the packet hiding in frosty cupboard.. aka the freezer.
Such a strange thing, someone had done all the hard work, all she had to do was heat it up! I have never seen a ready-cooked meal before, the only meals she eats that she hasn't cooked are when we go to friends' houses or she goes to a restaurant, to which, sadly, I am not allowed to go.. sigh.
Yes.. she only lost a measly half a pound in weight this week.. and now weighs 9stone 12lbs.. I do blame that food in the packet (heaven only knows what was in it) but when you've gardened hard for several hours, the last thing you want to do is cook a meal and she wanted something more substantial than soup.
She's really changed shape in the last couple of weeks, a few of them remarked upon it at group today and she had a big shock when she went into her 'serious' clothes cupboard to choose something pretty to wear for lunch tomorrow.. for four of her very old small sized couture jackets are a bit loose!
Why was she looking for something pretty to wear at a lunch? Well, you don't go to have lunch with a heavenly Frenchman (even if you have known him for 56 years) wearing things you'd wear to the allotment, do you?
Anyway, she pulled out these four jackets, they are all now classified as being vintage, yes, she does keep her clothes a long time. They were a Christian Lacroix, an Ungaro, a Yves St.Laurent and a glorious scarlet boiled wool jacket which has a mad beautifully crazy scarf that she bought eleven years ago in Ojai.. (lovely town in California).
Depending on what the dreaded weather is doing tomorrow, she'll wear a skirt or the skinniest black trousers she has.. even they are starting to be a bit loose around the bum.
I say the 'dreaded weather' for our morning today was glorious.. bright and sunny, but we spoke with Faith in Wiltshire and she said it had been raining there ALL day.. whoops.. as we get our weather from the south west, she made a note to wear a weather proof jacket and to grab a Beanie.
Sure enough.. on the dot of 2pm, the skies over Fulham opened and a downpour commenced.. ugh. We hope it won't be doing it tomoorow at midday when she meeting Patrick.
Anyway, it's now way past nine of the evening clock and I have to go to bed.. I'll tell you about their lunch tomorrow evening.. yawn.
GeeGee Parrot.
April 11th, 2016.
Are you ready? Then get some paper and a pen and write it down for it very quick and easy to make.
You will need:.
1 onion, peeled and finely chopped.
3 celery stalks, finely chopped, we also put the leaves in if they are looking good!
2 cloves of garlic, peeled and chopped.
600g of frozen peas.
1.2 litres of vegetable stock.
6 tbs of chopped fresh mint.Fat free natural yoghurt.
Freshly ground black pepper.
How to make it:
Place the stock, onion, celery and peas in a large pan and bring to the boil.
Then turn down the heat and simmer for 15 - 20 minutes.
Allow to cool slightly, then put in the chopped mint leaves.
Using a hand held liquidiser, puree the soup until very smooth.
Remove from heat and serve immediately with the yoghurt and black pepper.
We are having it for supper one night this week as she checked to see if we had any peas before she went off to weigh-in today.
Lost.. 1/2 a lb. That will teach her to gobble up curried chicken and rice last night for supper! I must admit, I also found the curried rice most appetising so I am not surprised at her squeak of joy when she found the packet hiding in frosty cupboard.. aka the freezer.
Such a strange thing, someone had done all the hard work, all she had to do was heat it up! I have never seen a ready-cooked meal before, the only meals she eats that she hasn't cooked are when we go to friends' houses or she goes to a restaurant, to which, sadly, I am not allowed to go.. sigh.
Yes.. she only lost a measly half a pound in weight this week.. and now weighs 9stone 12lbs.. I do blame that food in the packet (heaven only knows what was in it) but when you've gardened hard for several hours, the last thing you want to do is cook a meal and she wanted something more substantial than soup.
She's really changed shape in the last couple of weeks, a few of them remarked upon it at group today and she had a big shock when she went into her 'serious' clothes cupboard to choose something pretty to wear for lunch tomorrow.. for four of her very old small sized couture jackets are a bit loose!
Why was she looking for something pretty to wear at a lunch? Well, you don't go to have lunch with a heavenly Frenchman (even if you have known him for 56 years) wearing things you'd wear to the allotment, do you?
Anyway, she pulled out these four jackets, they are all now classified as being vintage, yes, she does keep her clothes a long time. They were a Christian Lacroix, an Ungaro, a Yves St.Laurent and a glorious scarlet boiled wool jacket which has a mad beautifully crazy scarf that she bought eleven years ago in Ojai.. (lovely town in California).
Depending on what the dreaded weather is doing tomorrow, she'll wear a skirt or the skinniest black trousers she has.. even they are starting to be a bit loose around the bum.
I say the 'dreaded weather' for our morning today was glorious.. bright and sunny, but we spoke with Faith in Wiltshire and she said it had been raining there ALL day.. whoops.. as we get our weather from the south west, she made a note to wear a weather proof jacket and to grab a Beanie.
Sure enough.. on the dot of 2pm, the skies over Fulham opened and a downpour commenced.. ugh. We hope it won't be doing it tomoorow at midday when she meeting Patrick.
Anyway, it's now way past nine of the evening clock and I have to go to bed.. I'll tell you about their lunch tomorrow evening.. yawn.
GeeGee Parrot.
April 11th, 2016.
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