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Golden Leek Soup for a Wise Man

January 6, 2012

You can tell it is January as everyone is writing posts about soup or muesli. We’ve all over-indulged during the festive period and today, as the decorations come down, it is time to face the music. It’s all change for me in many ways as my little boy goes back to school on Monday and my daughter goes to nursery for the very first time, swapping her usual nap time for toddler-filled playtime. I have resolved not to use the time to write, but instead, to hit the gym and enjoy the precious couple of hours I will have to myself. We’ll see how that goes…  

I can’t tell you how much my little boy loves leek soup. He askes for it all the time. This is the simplest of soups to make, just three ingredients and a stock cube, yet it brings such comfort. You might even have these ingredients growing in your veg patch or on your allotment – another of my resolutions! This year, he was a Wise Man in his school Nativity play and given that today is the feast of The Three Kings, I promised I would make ‘golden soup’ for us to eat. The feedback today was: “Mummy, this leek soup is so yummy, I would like to fill up the bath with it and have a rest in it tonight!”  So, in case there are any Wise Men passing by your house tonight, needing a bath or just a bowl of soup, here’s our recipe for Golden Leek Soup.

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Bye bye festive plates and bowls for another year!

I’m hoping to open up Family Friendly Fridays here as a blog event soon as well as rounding-up and re-instating Simple and in Season VERY soon!

In the meantime, I’m also linking this up to Helen’s Frugal Food Fridays!

Frugal Food Fridays

 

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About Ren

Ren Behan is a British-born food writer of Polish descent. She is a mum to three young children (13, 10 and 5) and spends lots of time with them in the kitchen. Ren writes about seasonal, family-friendly food on her blog www.renbehan.com. She also contributes recipes and articles to online and print food publications, such as Food52.com, GreatBritishChefs.com, Huff Post Food and JamieOliver.com. She holds a Diploma in Food Journalism with Distinction and has completed a Food Styling course at Leiths School of Food and Wine.

Ren’s cookbook, Wild Honey and Rye: Modern Polish Recipes, draws upon her Polish heritage and regular travels to Poland.

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  1. Jeni says

    February 4, 2012 at 4:21 pm

    Loved this soup recipe – thank you! My 3 year old son loved it too so this will be a firm fave for the future.

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    • Ren says

      February 6, 2012 at 12:20 pm

      Aah thanks for letting me know Jeni. I made it again yesterday and added some cooked macaroni pasta to bulk it up a bit 🙂

      Reply
  2. Lisa@FacelessFood says

    January 15, 2012 at 11:18 am

    Yum…nice simple soup, great for winter.

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    • Ren says

      February 6, 2012 at 12:20 pm

      Thanks Lisa 🙂

      Reply
  3. Jeanne @ CookSister! says

    January 11, 2012 at 1:49 pm

    Hmmm, a leek soup bath… Well, I guess if seaweed wraps caught on, why not leek baths? 😉 Soup looks lovely – and you forgot salads in your list. We’re all posting muesli, soup and salad in the wake of our festive indulgence 😉

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    • Ren says

      February 6, 2012 at 12:21 pm

      Hi Jeanne, that’s true. Too cold for me and I hardly ever eat salads in any case, bad girl! Hope you are all well. I know, leek soup bath?!

      Reply
  4. Claire says

    January 11, 2012 at 9:40 am

    I will be book marking this soup. I love leek and potato but I have never thought of adding carrots.

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    • Ren says

      January 11, 2012 at 10:39 am

      Yes, just adds a little extra colour and flavour, my kids love carrots!

      Reply
  5. Jacqueline says

    January 7, 2012 at 11:19 pm

    I forget about making a simple leek soup, but it is good. Such nice comments from your wee one 🙂

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    • Ren says

      January 10, 2012 at 11:16 am

      Thanks Jac, yes, he’s so sweet. Hope 2012 has staretd well for you x

      Reply
  6. working london mummy says

    January 7, 2012 at 12:12 pm

    a gorgeous looking soup and I love the shot of the empty bowl! LEt me know when you open up the family friendly fridays and I shall link in! x

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    • Ren says

      January 7, 2012 at 3:04 pm

      Hi Nazima, thanks so much. Yes, I still have a big backlog, this week my goal is to round-up Simple and in Season and get a new round going as well as Family Friendly Fridays!!

      Reply
  7. Laura@howtocookgoodfood says

    January 6, 2012 at 2:38 pm

    Love the sound of this and my little boy is a mad keen soup fan too, so shall give this a go!! x

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    • Ren says

      January 6, 2012 at 6:38 pm

      Thanks Laura, all the best for the New Year! xx

      Reply
  8. Helen @ Fuss Free Flavours says

    January 6, 2012 at 2:33 pm

    Lovely soup Ren.

    Many thanks for taking part, and yes I did write about muesli yesterday!

    Reply
    • Ren says

      January 6, 2012 at 2:34 pm

      Hi Helen, added the blog hop code too – exciting!

      Reply

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