Would you like to join me for dinner ?

Vanilla's Friday

It was nice to find a thicker envelope to come trough my letter box :) today.
What's in it?
My friend recently emailed me , to let me know, she posted a book.
So today, it arrived. It is a book about how to make healthy juice.
Home made. And what healthy properties are in each vegetable and fruit.
I really like to find out about healthy things, I always like to read books that I can learn
what is good for me. I am excited to get to read this book in the evenings and then
put it into a practice...Will let you know more about the book....and how am I
getting on with it.

On the menu for today is a FLU FIGHTING SOUP
I found the recipe in the book called Medicinal cookery.
It is amazing and I will surely try some more recipes from it..Looks good and
healthy, so why not ?


You will need : 1 red onion
             2 green chilies (I only used one)
                  4 cloves of garlic
          5cm (2inch) piece of ginger
               1 small butternut squash
         1 punnet of shiitake mushrooms
                  Vegetable stock

 1.
Finely chop the onion, chilies, garlic and ginger. Add to a pan with little olive oil, and a pinch of crystal salt. Saute on a mid ho high heat until the onion softens.

2
Dice the butternut squash, discarding the seeds. Slice the shiitake mushrooms. Add these two ingredients to the prepared base  1
Stir well, then ed enough vegetable stock to cover all the ingredients. Simmer well, until she squash is soft,

3
 Add the soup to a blender , and blend into a vivid orange, spicy soup.

My blender broke half way trough...Hmm, so , you can see peaces in my soup. But it doesn't matter.
Am sure, we can still call it Flu fighting soup ;D

You must try this soup,  It is easy to make, it is tasty and it is soooo goood for you :)
Enjoy your meal.
Vanilla xx