Green Creamy Soup

Hmm, this is really good: creamy, herby and very green.

Ingredients:
2 sweet potatoes, sliced
2 heads of broccoli, chopped
1 head of cauliflower, chopped
4 cloves of garlic
1 onion, chopped
1 tsp beef stock powder
2 tsp paprika
1 cup Greek / Bulgairan double cream yoghurt
3 twigs of thyme
3 twigs of rosemary

Method:
Fry the onion and paprika in a little olive oil. Once translucent, add the veg, stock, garlic and almost cover with boiling water. Boil until the water has reduced by about 2 thirds and then mash it a bit. Everything should be soft and mushy. Transport to the blender and blend. I had to do 3 batches of blending. Blend the last batch with your herbs- de-twigged and the yoghurt.

Mix it all up and enjoy, maybe with some crunchy croutons.

Black Bean and Gammon Soup

Origional recipe: http://simplyrecipes.com/recipes/black_bean_soup/

Adaption:

2 cups dry black beans soaked and drained makes 4/5 cups of soaked beans.

*Buy black beans at a Spice Emporium or Wellness Warehouse (it's cheaper at the Wellness Warehouse)

450g gammon

1 large yellow onion, chopped fine

1 medium sweet potato, chopped into 1/2-inch pieces (can substitute 2 large carrots)

1/2 carrot, chopped fine

4 medium garlic cloves, minced

1 red bell pepper, roughly chopped

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 Tbsp ground cumin

1 teaspoon chile powder

2 bay leaves

4 cups chicken stock

1/2 teaspoon salt

4 Tbsp olive oil

1 Tbsp molasses

3 to 4 Tbsp lime juice (can substitute lemon juice)

For garnishing:

Chopped fresh cilantro

Sour cream

Avocado, peeled and chopped

Method

Fry onion and gammon in your pressure cooker.

Add all other ingredients except lemon juice and toppings. Cook for 30 minutes.

Serve with lemon juice and garnishes.