I'm close with an older lady who lives in our street who I visit regularly...I find it such a joy to be
able to spend time with her as she shares stories from her past..she is also very funny and makes me laugh.
Recently she called me and said "come over and have some soup" she'd made it that afternoon.
The weather has started to cool here in Melbourne so I jumped at the chance of a bowl of soup and a chat.
The soup was delicious so I couldn't wait to get the ingredients the next morning to make it for my family for the weekend. I particularly liked the hint of ginger that flavoured the soup, my friend told me it helps to keep colds away in winter.
She was also clearing out her cupboards and gave me this beautiful light green crystal bowl which I couldn't resist making a trifle in. This trifle was one of my late Father In Laws favourite desserts as made by my Sister In Law Hilary..a few years ago I asked her for the recipe.
Hunting in some vintage shops the other day I came across one of these old hand whisks we use to whisk cream with when I was little so thought it would be fun for my youngest daughter to give it a go.
I haven't started knitting my scarf yet..I haven't knitted in a long time so thought I'd start out practicing with this lovely coloured wool that caught my eye.
If you have any questions about these recipes or just want to say hello don't hesitate to send me an email I'd love to hear from you.
Catherine x
10 comments:
Oh, I love so much about this post.
1. I LOVE soup
2. Best remedy ever
3. Your layouts with handwritten recepies are great.
4. The wool is gorgeous
The only thing I will disagree with is the Osem chicken consomee. I'm Jewish so grew up with it. It is full of flavouring and preservatives and there are so many more natural products out there doing the same thing.
Lovely post!
Hi Tina,
Thanks for this I hadn't even thought about the Osem Chicken Consomee from that point of view...I'm always fascinated by all the products in the jewish section of the supermarket that would be completely familiar to you. I'll hunt down a natural alternative and let eveyone know.
Catherine x
Wonderful post so full of love and family connections. The soup sounds delicious and I love your pictures of that!
We had one of those hand whisks when I was growing up, and I loved it too! How exciting to have found one!
I bet your daughter loves it.
xo
Another tantalising read!
I heard about your blog from Emma, and since then I've been checking back on all the yummy food you make! Haha I've even showed my mum so we can follow your recipes.
Keep up the delicious posts!
Hey Catherine,
I hope you get this comment, for some reason some of my comments have gone missing, oh well I have been enjoying your latest posts,that soup looks just like my mums soup-its got to be the best thing about winter!
I think thats gorgeous that you have an elderly friend-was just talking last night about how a lot of elderly people go unnoticed-such a scary feeling.
I'm sure you make her day.
I agree..I love soup we have so many favourites here. Thanks for letting me know about the disappearing comments Di I have just switched off the word verification which I think was causing the problem.
Catherine x
Do you know, my son Gabriel found a very old hand whisk in our old neighbour's house this week! He is so excited about using it-maybe I'll get him to try out your trifle Catherine! I'm going to try the veg soup-yum! Caroline x
Thank you so much Nancel that's very exciting for me that you and your mum are following my recipes :)
Hi Caroline, I hope you enjoy the soup & trifle if you make it (I might make another one for Easter)..what a lovely coincidence your son found an old whisk this week..so much fun.
You are so lucky to have a neighbor like this. What a joy! We've all become so insular in our neighborhoods over here, it makes me pine for the good old days!
Happy Easter to you.
Alison
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