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Soups and Starters

Creamy Leek and Potato Soup

Creamy Leek and Potato Soup

Organic vegetable boxes are lovely and the veg taste as flavoursome as they look. At this time of year there’s usually a leek or two in our weekly box – untrimmed and dirty with earth sticking to them, they look as if they have just […]

Beetroot Soup with Feta

If you have already-cooked beetroot to hand, this ruby-coloured soup is quick and easy to make. You can also make it with ready-cooked beetroot that comes in vacuum packs. Make sure you look at the pack in case it’s preserved in vinegar. I once made […]

Butternut Squash, Coconut and Chilli Soup

Butternut Squash, Coconut and Chilli Soup

It’s dreich in Edinburgh today. That means it’s grey, drizzly and overcast. When it’s like this, my mood usually matches the weather – not much energy.  But, what do we expect, it’s only June!  Seriously though, in Scotland we are used to constant variations in the […]