Can I share a lovely soup recipe?

That sounds amazing! I too have a lush soup recipe to share - I call it Potage a la Jade, after the heroine of my sister's book who she describes cooking it ?

Chop off the stem end of a head of garlic, wrap it on foil and roast - this takes about 20-25 minutes at 180. Chop an onion, a couple of sticks of celery, a courgette, half a red pepper and half a loop of chorizo, and grate a carrot. Saute everything in olive oil with a couple of dried chillies. Add a can of tomatoes, about a can and a half of water, a spoonful of Marigold stock powder and some rinsed Puy lentils. Cover and simmer until the lentils are cooked - about 45 minutes. Squeeze in the garlic and serve with bread and some grated cheese if you like.

I do one that is really similar, I don't use tomatoes or the veg stock, but I make my own chicken stock, it's beyoo'ful.

That sounds lovely. Have put BNS on my shopping list for tonight.

Sorry but what is BNS?

butternut squash or big nasty sausages? ?

Sounds lovely.

I'm going to do this one tomorrow http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/product_range/phil_vickery_8166.htm

Iris that sounds delish, 2 q's

1. do you have to take the skin off the BNS...if so is there an easy way

2. how long do you roast it for, I never seem to do it for long enough and it's always solid

What is OO?

Tahdah, I roast it in the skin & then sort of scoop it out before I put it in the soup. It takes ages to roast but as long as it's cooked enough to come out of the skin it's OK.

OO= olive oil.

Sophie, that sounds gorgeous. I think the small boy will love that as he adores chorizo & lentils.