Vickys Pear & Parsnip Soup, GF DF EF SF NF

A simple soup but full of flavour. Just a variation of my previously posted lighter onion soup

If you're not a fan of raw celery, neither am I but this soup is delicious! Celery tastes so much better cooked in my opinion. This is a thin but creamy, low calorie soup, great for lunch along with a sandwich. For more creaminess without the coconut cream, just add an extra potato

A vegan version of my pea & ham soup

A delicious, vegetable packed chunky soup, great served with bread and safe 'butter'!

I don't normally buy prepared, bagged fresh vegetables because they're expensive compared to whole veggies, but Tesco were selling short coded 480g bags of mixed broccoli florets and carrot batons off for only 20p so I bought a few bags. I used one of them to make this quick soup!

A delicious, thick and creamy soup with a wee kick for those colder nights. You can absolutely leave the chilli peppers out and add a dash of paprika to season if you prefer

This is litrally a 10 minute soup if you buy pre-boiled beets! Red Thai curry paste is great in this recipe as it contains garlic, lemongrass, lime leaf and coriander, very citrussy ingredients which work well with beetroot.

A miserable day in the North East of Scotland calls for soup! Be aware that lentils belong to the same food group as soya beans and if you have a soy allergy as opposed to an intolerance, you may not fare well with lentils and have the same reaction

I got some lovely yellow tomatoes at the local Farmers Market which are perfect for bringing colour to your homemade salsa and for making a beautiful yellow tomato soup

Just a variation of my chicken & vegetable soup but using Gnocchi in place of the diced potato - see my previously posted Gnocchi recipe for a free-from version #glutenfree #dairyfree

A great frugal recipe to use up all the stringy bits you would possibly throw away after carving your Halloween pumpkin. Where do you think pumpkin puree comes from? It's not normally from the flesh and so these parts are perfect for soup! Served with roasted pumpkin seeds in place of croutons you're using everything you would be discarding from a carved pumpkin

Looks like the heatwave is over and we're back to our normal Scottish weather! Jack announced it must be a soup day so why not a traditional tattie soup? Add in whatever else you would like, this is the basic, bare bones version. Best with homemade stock - chicken, vegetable or ham - but old-fashioned tattie soup would have been made with beef or mutton bones. My grannie would boil up a ham hough for hers but for the sake of ease and what we enjoy the most, I use an equal mixture of chicken and vegetble stock cubes

The supermarkets here always have the 5 main pre-packed vegetables going very cheap the week everyone is buying their Christmas dinner accompaniments. I got sprouts, parsnips, carrots, potatoes and onions for 15p a bag at Tesco, apparently Asdas were even cheaper! A lot of people dislike sprouts but we eat them all year round. Some people like to pair them with bacon or chestnuts at Christmas and you could certainly use ham stock if you like in this if you want to tone the sprout flavour down. I opt for half and half chicken / vegetable stock and you can add extra water depending on how thick you prefer your soup. Some cheese straws or crusty bread completes the meal

Colcannon is such a famous Irish dish I thought, why not change it up and turn it into a delicious soup instead of serving it as I normally would

This soup uses smoked paprika, cumin and garlic to give some warmth and depth of flavour to earthy lentils, perfect for the wintery showers we keep having!

I love mushrooms and this recipe is kind of a variation of my previously posted Mushroom Stroganoff

The best soups come from trying to use up fridge items before they go off! This soup is gorgeous whether you add the cheese or not

Asparagus is one of my favourite vegetables and Jack also loves it - the other 3 in the house not so much but hey, more for us!

My mums pear tree is performing well this year! This is a spin-off from my Pear & Apple Upside Down Cake. I always intended adding a caramel topping to that. You could add chopped pecans or walnuts to this recipe if desired, a couple of handfuls / 1 cup. Either mix through the batter with the chopped pear or scatter on top with a couple extra tablespoons of light brown sugar

Pear is probably my favourite fruit. It works best well ripened in this recipe so if you've any lying around going soft, use them up here!

This is a great flavoured recipe which works with chicken drumsticks or thighs too. You can scale the recipe down for a smaller table but don't half the marinade - cut it by just a quarter to give yourself enough cooking liquid

I had a bumper crop of homegrown tomatoes this year and wanted to do things other than make soup and marinara sauce

This is my updated version of this dish made the way my family enjoy it. Initially, 'Skink' referred to a type of broth made with the scrapings of beef from the front legs of cattle. Hard times in the North East of Scotland in the early 1890s left people unable to buy this product. By this time, Cullen Harbour had become the thriving centre of herring fishing and the village also specialised in the production of smoked haddock. With many families in the local villages having a fishing background, they turned to the smoked haddock which was in plentiful supply. By using that instead and various other products all put together, a distinctive delicious new soup was born - Cullen Skink!

An adult portion of 5-a-day is 80g, a childrens portion is a handful. Divided by 6, this recipe counts as 2 portions of an adults 5-a-day. A great breakfast option or dessert to start or end the day right

This is delicious alternative to a barbeque pulled pork. It tastes sweet with a little tang, not vinegary as you might imagine and this quantity will give you enough for leftovers for sandwiches!

Lamb is the traditional Easter meat to roast. I like to use my lovely local butchers expertise to get a nice rolled boneless shoulder. It isn't as expensive as you'd think (mine undercut the local supermarket by £2!!) and you'll get a much nicer cut too

This is delicious side for pork, chicken, fish or beef or even as a salad eaten on it's own. I love colourful food and this is one of my favourites

A delicious and healthy pasta bake! I used different cutting methods to prepare the vegetables and my dairy-free parmesan goes great with this dish

This relish tastes really fresh and is delicious with any type of grilled fish. Don't discard the papaya seeds! They have a great use! Read on!