Christmas at The Soup Spoon

Beef Bourguignon Contains Beef | Dairy-Free* | Gluten-Free * No longer dairy-free once sour cream is added as condiment.   The movie “Julie and Julia” was a hit. I love it. The oh-so-yummy food styling of the boeuf bourguignonne just made me want to get home immediately and make my own after watching it. Even […]

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Christmas is always more And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice-cold in the snow, Stood puzzling and puzzling: “How could it be so?” “It came without ribbons! It came without tags! “It came without packages, boxes or bags!” And he puzzled three hours, till his puzzler was sore. Then the Grinch thought of something he […]

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SouperChef Special | Lobster Bit-sque Seafood | Contains Dairy | Gluten-Free Many of you love our Prawn Bit-sque, the SouperChef Special that makes a special appearance on our menu every Christmas. This year, we have used lobsters instead of prawns, because Christmas deserves a little more! People say cooking is a labour of love, and […]

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SouperChef Special | Chicken Cacciatore with Portobello and Sage  Chicken | Contains Dairy | Gluten-Free Pollo alla cacciatore is a traditional Italian hunter-style stew. This was inspired by my trip to Italy in 2012, travelling through the rolling hills of Tuscany. The hunters of Southern Italy would eat this at the end of a long, […]

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SouperChef Special | Barramundi Dill Chowder  Fish | Contains Dairy | Gluten-Free This chowder was inspired by and adapted from my Perth campervan adventures in March 2015. My kids were playing on the beaches near Margaret River, and I cooked this chowder in our campervan parked nearby. Such a priceless experience!       Barramundi […]

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SouperChef Special | French Onion Soup Vegetarian* | Contains Dairy | Egg-Free | Gluten-Free *Contains butter To me, there’s no better way to celebrate the holidays than with a soup that has stood the test of time. This soul-warming soup is a must-have on my Christmas table! Patience is needed to simmer this soup to bring […]

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SouperChef Special | French Onion Soup (Vegetarian*/Dairy-Free**/Egg-Free/Gluten-Free) Note: *Butter is used in this soup. **No longer dairy-free if cheese is added as topping. Julia Child and her Soupe à l’oignon Everyone loves Julia Child, and I’m no exception after watching the movie Julie & Julia. Her recipes taught a generation of Americans about French food, and her approach […]

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Yuletide Chicken Stroganoff  (Chicken / Contains Dairy / Contains Gluten / Alcohol-Free) Inspirations I love it when inspirations beget inspirations! This Chicken Stroganoff for Christmas is a spin-off from our Beef Stroganoff Brazilian Style hailing from the Taste Brazil campaign earlier this year, and I’m souper stoked to bring it back, in a brand new […]

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SouperChef Special | Beef Bourguignon (Beef/Gluten-Free/Egg-Free/Dairy-Free) Julie & Julia Julie & Julia is a 2009 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Nora Ephron starring Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, Stanley Tucci, and Chris Messina. The film contrasts the life of chef Julia Child in the early years of her culinary career with the life of […]

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SouperChef Special | Prawn Bitsque (Seafood/Gluten-Free/Egg-Free/Contains Dairy) Meaning of Bitsque Every year, when we make this soup, we always have kind souls writing to me, informing me that we have accidentally spelled Bisque wrongly. I had to reply clarifying that our version is meant to be Bitsque, a bisque with bits. We wanted to make our bisque a […]

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Home for Christmas What‘s your favourite Christmas memory? For me, it’s the family gathering in thanksgiving for the reason for the season. It’s cosy, crazy times at home with my loved ones. It’s decking our long dining wooden table in our own familiar ways, the napkins and cutlery quirkily out of place. It’s seeing my […]

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My souperinspiration: Beef Bourguignon Julie & Julia Julie & Julia is a 2009 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Nora Ephron starring Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, Stanley Tucci, and Chris Messina. The film contrasts the life of chef Julia Child in the early years of her culinary career with the life of young New […]

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