Borscht

A beetroot soup with cabbage, onions, leeks, onions and potatoes built on a pork hock stock.

Tomato Herb Soup

Rich and a little spicy best with home grown tomatoes - uses cream.

Chicken and Sweet Corn

Shredded chicken, creamed corn, sesame oil - serve with soy sauce.

Minestrone

Italy's answer to borscht - great all purpose vegetable soup.

Kapusta soup

Even more cabbage in this soup from old Father Walter - sauerkraut and fresh.

Lentil soup

Very hearty vegetarian soup from an old Women's Weekly recipe book.

Spanish Fish Orange soup

Superb soup, a dividend of Gus's maxillo surgery and his liquids only diet.

On soups...

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Where we come from, soup is not a first course but a meal.

Our soups are chock full of vegetables and often made with good bone stock - usually pork hocks or smoked pork hams. Other times, you can boil a whole chicken or the bones from a roast. Bone broth is very high in protein and many nutrients: 

  • Bone: The bone itself yields minerals like calcium and phosphorus. Sodium, magnesium, potassium, sulfur and silicon are also present.
  • Marrow: Bone marrow gives you vitamin A, vitamin K2, omega-3s, omega-6s and minerals like iron, zinc, selenium, boron and manganese. Marrow from beef and lamb also contains CLA.
  • Connective tissue: This tissue provides glucosamine and chondroitin, which are popular dietary supplements for arthritis and joint pain (source: Healthline.com).
And for carbs, we serve crusty bread or garlic bread or maybe toasted pita bread.

Sorrel Soup

A great garden green, sorrel can be used in salads, smoothies - and soups.

Chicken Vegetable soup

Never be scared to boil a whole chicken, or the remains of a roast, for stock.

Tom Yum Soup

Possibly the best soup to come out of Asia - and another Gus contribution.