Directions

1. *** If you'd like to speed up the cooking of this dish, prep your swede first and either steam it or boil it for about 10-15 minutes (or until you've prepped all your other vegetables, or pop it in a microwave bowl with a little water and cook on full power for about 5 minutes ***

2. Pop the oil and butter into a large non stick saucepan. Once sizzling add all your vegetables and fry for about 5 minutes. This is not to brown, it's purely to bring out its flavour

3. Now add the garlic, curry powder & thyme. Stir through and cook for 2 minutes

4. Add the boiling water and stock cube & stir

5. *** If you're making the Chicken & Egg add the chicken, mushrooms, ginger and Liquid Aminos now

   *** If you're making the Chowder add the fish, bacon & cayenne pepper now

   *** If you're making the Vegetable Smooth & Creamy, follow to the end of this recipe & then flip back to the Vegetable Smooth & Creamy

6. Give whichever soup you're making a good stir. Bring to boil and turn down to a medium simmer (half way between low & Medium)

7. Cook until all the vegetables (& meats, if any) are cooked. About 30 minutes if the swede is pre cooked or approx 45 minutes from scratch

8. And that's the base done, or partway through one of the other recipes. It's a really nice soup on its own, but if you're partway through one of the other recipes, now flip back to whichever one you're making

9. Vegetable Smooth & Creamy ~ Chowder ~ Chicken & Egg

10. Enjoy :-)