My mum is a health freak in an even more serious state than I am. She eats pretty bland food, almost free from sodium and low in oil and sugar. She plants her own veggie and herbs in her garden, makes her own jams from plums, oranges, strawberries, peaches, apricots and other fruits that she has excess, makes her own bread, makes the best kaya in the whole wide world and can bake very delish cakes and pies.
My mum has a stash of homemade soups kept in the freezer at all times, which she will heat up and put in some vermicelli or just eat it with some hot toasted bread whenever my dad is too tired to cook (my dad is the chef at home!). My girls have never tried granny’s homemade capsicum soup and sweet corn soup and I am glad that this holiday, they finally had a chance to. And they all loved granny’s soups to bits and gobbled up all her soups stash left in the freezer! Since it was such a big hit, my mum made another batch of soup today, with carrots, cherry tomatoes, sweet potatoes, celery, big onions and garlic. It is so simple to whip up — contains no meat, no stir frying is needed and all you need are a big pot to cook the ingredients for about half an hour and then a hand mixer to blend the soup!
Granny’s homemade capsicum soup (made from red bell peppers, tomatoes, onions, garlic, salt, pepper, olive oil and purple sweet potatoes as thickening agent) and sweet corn soup (made from sweet corns, carrots, organic soy bean powder onions, garlic, salt, pepper, olive oil and potatoes as thickener), garnished with sweet thyme homegrown from her herbal garden.
My mum omitted whipping cream as she is lactose intolerant and substituted it with organic soy bean powder.
Really healthy food! I am on my way to like to eat such healthy food as well.