Yes, they do. Some favourites
DS1 - hot and sour soup
3l chickne/veg stock
2tspn tabasco
6-8 cloves finely chopped garlic
2 inch piece ginger, grated
4tblspns soy sauce
good splash fish sauce
2tblspns vinegar
2tblspns vinegar
2tblspns sugar (brown is best)
Bring it all to the boil and simmer for a fwe minutes. Then add some cooked chicken,some prawns or tofu if you like and simmer again, you can add some chopped red pepper, sliced spring onions, bamboo shoots and water chestnuts at the same time (or other veg that you like). Crack some eggs into a bowl and beat together, then drizzle into the boiling soup, stirring around all the time. The eggs will set as kind of raggy, eggy noodles. You can also omit the meat/fish and eggs and chuck in some noodles instead.
DS2 - chick pea and pasta soup
2l veg stock
4 or 5 cups cooked chick peas
2 onions, chopped
a lot of garlic (about 8 - 10 cloves) chopped
half a bag pasta
Fry onions and garlic until beginning to soften. Add chick peas and stock. Simmer 15 minutes or so. BLend until almost smooth but still with some bits of chick pea. Add pasta and simmer 10 minutes or so until pasta is cooked. You might need to add some more stock.
DS3 - clam chowder or carrot, beetroot and orange
4 pints veg stock
2 grated beetroot
5 or 6 grated carrots
2 onions
1/2 pint orange juice
carton cream
Cook everything except cream until soft. Blend until smooth.. Stir in cream and heat through. This is a fab colour
DD - chicken and rice
Chicken stock
couple of onions
couple of leeks
5 or 6 grated carrots
little bit of shredded, cooked chicken
couple of handfuls rice (put in near the end of cooking)
DS4 - tomato and rice
2 tins baked beans
2 tins tomatoes
1 carton of passata
2 onions,
Blend until smooth
Add 2 pints of hot veg stock
1tblspn sugar
1tspn dried herbs
Simmer about 15 mins. You might need to add some more stock if it is too thick. Add some left over cooked rice and heat though. Stir in some milk or cream if you like. DS4 likes this with grated cheese sprinkled over the top.