Hearty Pea Potato and Ham Soup
I had some lovely pea soup at a restaurant recently and wanted to duplicate it at home. In my mind, I guessed the mechanics of making pea soup, but I’d never done it before so it would be a nice challenge to my skills I went home and checked and found a can of [...]
Old Cucumber Soup (Lou Wong Kwa) with Red Dates
I love my soups and soups always make a useful addition to a meal or can even form a meal in itself. Besides many Chinese soups have health benefits too like the old cucumber. The old cucumber or old yellow cucumber (Lou Wong Kwa - cantonese) is said to be “cooling” and beneficial for health. [...]
Nutritous Burdock and Carrot Herbal Soup
I browsed through a magazine at Borders last week, that featured burdock and carrot in a soup. I’d never thought of this combination before, so I decided to try it! Its really really easy which suits me quite well.
Burdock is an edible root that the Chinese will know as “wai san”. I always have a [...]
Easy Carrot and Orange Soup
I felt like having soup recently but there was nowhere near me where I could get some nice simple soup with a bit of crusty bread. So, I decided to make it myself, with a little help from the internet! Checking my fridge, I discovered I had a few carrots so I did a quick [...]
