SPICED KŪMARA & RED LENTIL SOUP

Recipe & Images EMMA GALLOWAY This flavoursome soup uses pantry staples and is super easy to pull together, making it perfect for mid-week meals or leisurely weekend fare. If you’d like, a handful of roughly chopped greens, such as spinach, silverbeet or kale, can be added in the final 5 minutes of cooking. Serves 4–6 […]

TOMATO AND CASHEW SOUP

Recipe & Images AMBER BREMNER This is a simple soup recipe that’s ideal to help use up a glut of home grown tomatoes (or cheap seasonal produce from the shops). Soaked cashews blend with roasted tomatoes to create a silky, creamy and perfectly smooth tomato soup. This soup is vibrantly coloured and tastes purely of […]

Coconut Beetroot Soup

Recipe and Images: V on Wheels Serves: 4 Vegan/Gluten free/Oil free 3 beetroots, scrubbed 1 cup leeks, finely sliced 2 cups celery stalks, finely sliced 1 tbsp fresh root ginger, grated 1 litre fresh vegetable stock 1 tbsp lemon juice 4 tbsp coconut cream, plus extra to serve Small handful pumpkin seeds (toasted) and coconut […]

Zuppa d’Orzo (Barley Soup)

Recipe: Noel Cimadon | Images: Ashlee DeCaires ½ onion, finely chopped 1 leek, only the white part, finely chopped 1 carrot, diced 1 celery stalk, diced olive oil butter 1 bay leaf 1 ham hock 6 cups beef stock 125g barley 2 potatoes, peeled and diced salt and pepper parsley Sauté onion, leek, carrot and […]

Onion, Beef and Noodle Soup

Recipe: Vicki Ravlich-Horan | Images: Ashlee DeCaires This recipe is based on one by Amiel Stanek from Bon Appetit. It crosses the classic French onion soup with slow cooked beef and moreish noodles. The original recipe used a few too many pots and pans for me, and while I appreciate this would result in a […]

White Bean Soup with Kale & Pumpkin Seed Pesto

Recipe and photography: Emma Galloway This is the kind of hearty, hug-from-the-inside kind of soup I crave on cold winter days. Blending a portion of the soup, then adding it back to the pot creates a lovely creaminess without actually adding cream. The kale and pumpkin seed pesto will likely make twice as much as […]

Corn and Bacon Chowder

This takes me back to my childhood and cold winter days at the beach. The family bach in Coromandel always has a fully stocked cupboard of tins—just in case we are ever stranded up there. Something we always prayed would happen when the holidays neared an end. This cupboard always contains a couple of tins […]

Vegetable Chowder

Recipe Vicki Ravlich-Horan | Photography Ashlee deCaires Hearty and nutritious this vegan (don’t hold that against it) chowder is packed full of goodness. We served it in our funky bread bowl made from one of Volare’s handcrafted breads.I like to keep this chowder chunky so don’t blend it at all. The key is to chop […]

Cauliflower Chowder with Chorizo Crumbs

Recipe Vicki Ravlich-Horan | Photography Ashlee deCaires Cauliflower produces a naturally creamy soup. To add texture I have roasted a few florets which also add a delicious nuttiness. The chowder is then topped with some crispy fried chorizo and cauliflower. If seafood is your thing, a couple of prawns sautéed in the chorizo pan fat […]