I really, really wanted to post a picture of some of my cooking on here. Unfortunately this was the only one that I could find, breakfast in a smiley! A bit corny I know but I made it for a father-to-be friend so he could see how it is done. Every kid has to have at least one breakfast smile. I'm going to take my camera to work with me so better pictures to come, I promise. 

A Meal For The Weekend

The weekend before I moved here to Bristol was meant to be a big one, I think the phrase is "dirty double". With a general night of depravity planned for the Friday night, DMT hard sessions on the Saturday and a boozy night in Chippenham behind me from the night before. Healthy food had to be planned before hand, so soup it was. Lots of soup.

As a general rule I love soup, a big saucepan of Leek and Potato soup can warm and sustain you for the whole weekend! The only downside is all of the chopping but hey ho have a beer or two whilst you do it.

2 White Onions
1 Red Onion
6 Sticks of Celery
3 bulbs of Garlic
4 large Leeks
6 White Potatoes
1 Sweet Potato
3 Carrots
2 Red Chilli's
Tumeric
Mild Curry Powder
Vegetable Boullion
Sea Salt and Cracked Black Pepper
Double Cream

• Start by heating some oil in a large saucepan then begin to dice all of the ingredients and add them to the pot. When doing this always start with the onions, garlic,celery and chilli. 
• Then move on to the root vegetables and finish by adding in the leeks. I usually slice the leeks and use most of the green leaves as well. 
• Cover with water and simmer gently for 20 to 30 minutes. Add in the seasoning and the dry spices. Optionally you can add in vegetable boullion, if you have a fresh one made then throw it straight in. However if you are using an oxo cube or similar then wait until the end. This way you can taste to see if it is required, for me it wasn't.
• Once the vegetables are cooked remove the saucepan from the heat and add in the double cream. Serve with crusty bread and enjoy!

Make sure that the soup you are saving goes into the fridge, only take out what you want each time to be reheated. This bit is important as the last thing that you want adding to your woes on Monday morning is food poisoning.
Now you can get out there and smash it up, live for the night and party hard safe in the knowledge that you have a vat of soup to warm you up when you crawl in.

I will steer clear of recommending this one for every weekend as I am starting to get too old for this!

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