Have bought the following to make soup:

[lulumama]

Dried haricot beans

Dried flageolet beans

Pearl barley

Dried split peas

will they be a nice combination?

or any other suggestions...

TIA

Oooh, yes, luna, I made soup last night. Punnet of cherry tomatoes, 5 sticks of celery, 3 onions and some garlic, with a bit of water. I should have added a stock cube, but didn't have any so just seasoned with black pepper and a tiny bit of salt.

Added cannelini beans after dd2 had been served hers. Good luck! Sounds lovely. x

A very windy combination, I would say! TBH, I would go with just one of the pulses - I esp love split peas. Remember they need to be soaked (for at least 2 hours I think, then boiled for 30 mins before using - someone may correct me here but that's what I do) I would go with the split peas, onions or leeks, some carrots, veg stock, a little potato to thicken and perhaps some bacon fried and crumbled on the top before serving. Thicker pieces of bacon or gammon are also nice in the soup itself and give a lovely flavour (watch the salt though!)

Enjoy

next time buy tinned pulses, then you can just 'chuck em in' rather than having to extra pre plan by soaking and pre cooking etc.

Agree, Furball. Thats what I usually do. Tinned chick peas and tinned toms, stock, garlic make another good soup base, then chuck in bits and bobs from the fridge/larder.

Yours will still be lovely lulu, just it'll take a lot longer!

thank you !!!

some lovely ideas there

i shall call it 'windy soup'

justjules, I've just placed an order for that book on your recommendation! Five quid 'in used but excellent condition' plus p&p. Thanks

oh lulu

I HATE beans and split peas

I'm a crap vegetarian

can i add chicken to it? shred it finely and poach it in the soup or cook if first?

chicken? poach? anyone? anyone?

'ello ferris

you makin' farty soup then?

t'would appear to be farty soup... but the CHICKEN !! please tell me what to do !

shred/chop finely and add RAW to soup. Should only take a few minutes to cook

thanks !! but soup is eaten now, sans chicken, i have frozen half, so will add chicken to that half when i defrost and reheat.

oooh good luck with the beany soup lulumama

I have just popped my own windy stew on the slowcooker

Butternut squash/ red onion/ leeks/ celariac/ carrot/ red lentils/ stock and marmite (and some fresh parsley.

DH should be powering himself to work tommorrow

that sounds delish, bigmouth

thanks lentils are the speciality of the bigmouth house

justjules, my book arrived yesterday! Can't wait to try some of the recipes - they sound delicious. Thanks for the recommendation