I'm sure most of us have a spice rack or three. Many of us will probably have a few out-of-date jars kicking around behind the tomato sauce, mingling with the vinegar and simultaneously shunning the white vinegar which was only purchased to remove a tea stain from a pale carpet - which worked btw. Wobbling on top of a couple of escapee OXO cubes, your extra jars, shapely but sticky and unattractive, that couldn't be fit enough for your super-smart chrome finished spice rack, trying it's hardest to represent to all the world, including the couple of friends or mates [depending whether you're male or female] that call around every couple of weeks, that you do in fact, cook! Occasionally. Ooh that friends/mates comment was a bit sexist [said as an aside, in a rather what I call, Miranda kind of way], don't you think?
Anyway, back to my point. Instead of leaving all those half-empty jars of spices [I know most of the jars are almost full because you never get around to using them - or they're so out of date, that they have lost their spicy aroma.
Yes, I say, get the spices out for your healthy eating plan. Spice up soups, vegetables, rice ...
Get them all out now. Go on. I know it's late but you'll be amazed at the therapeutic effect - the sorting that is.
Well, I gave my spice rack a good old clear out - only two for the bin - and set about making Indian Bean Soup [Vegetarian Cook Book from the days when my son had a Vegetarian stage when he was around 15. I say days, because that's how long it lasted. [He's 26 now!]. Oops, I've digressed [again] ... and Spicy Roasted Parsnip Soup [BBC GoodFood] seems to be going down really well.
Both soups were brilliant btw. Recipes to follow tomorrow.
By the way, leave the garlic out - it's not necessary and just adds £ to your shopping bill.
*PS - apologies for the non-edit - promise to do it tomorrow - or feel very welcome do it for me.
Enjoy, Gill
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