Now that the dark nights have set in and the weather is cooling at a rapid pace we begin looking to our home comforts. There are many to choose from and I personally have a good few to help me through the autumn and winter weather. I’m a real foodie so some of my favourite home comforts come in food form.
The ultimate in home comforts has got to be a big pan of homemade soup complete with crusty bread. Surely everyone is nodding along in agreement on that one. It has to be a really hearty soup, plenty of chunky veg, lentils, barley! All of the good stuff. I’ve been keeping a pan of said soup on the go for a few weeks now and it’s the best thing to come into from the cold.
My favourite is a good old tradition vegetable and bacon broth! A bowl of this soup is like a meal in itself. Definitely one to warm the cockles! Coupled with a delicious crusty tiger baguette and you’ve got a match made in heaven!
This post is in collaboration with Aldi and I was kindly gifted some vouchers to spend in-store in ingredients to make into a dish of my choice. Naturally I had to go for my old favourite, soup.
It’s super easy to do and most of the work is in the preparation, after that it’s more a case of stirring the soup as it cooks.
Here’s what you’ll need:
- 4/5 White potatoes
- Turnip (half)
- 3/4 Carrots
- 2 Leeks
- 5 rashers unsmoked bacon (optional)
- 2 vegetable stock cubes
- Half a cup of barley soaked
- Salt & pepper to taste
- Chilli (optional)
Soak the barley before hand if you use it, I tend to soak mine for around one day. Peel and chop all of the veg to your liking, I cut mine up randomly rather than uniform. I cut the fat off the bacon and dice that up, followed by the rest of the rasher. You get a good amount of taste from the fat of the bacon so make sure to put it in. Unless of course you’re going for a vegetarian alternative.
Throw all of the ingredients into a big soup pan, add water to cover, again this is personal depending on how thick you like it. Once the soup is hot add two stock cubes, salt and pepper to taste and chilli if desired. Leave the soup on a medium heat making sure to stir often to avoid it sticking to the pan. Give it an hour or more and voila, you have yourself delicious, hearty broth perfect for winter!
What homemade soup would be complete without generous helpings of crusty bread and butter! Absolute heaven!
So there you have it, my ultimate in comfort food for this time of year.
What is your favourite foodie home comforts?
*I was gifted vouches for Aldi to purchase ingredients of my choice for this post.
22 Comments
There’s honestly nothing better then homeade soup and bread!
Candice | NatalyaAmour.com
I have never made soup before, but it seems like a must at this time of year! I’ll have to give this a go it looks delicious xx
Hannah | luxuryblush
Such a lovely post Mel, soup this time of year is so hygge and cosy! My Mum made some homemade vegetable soup last week, and I enjoyed it very much, particularly with some bread to dip in. Aldi have some great deals too – my family buy from there and often get me ingredients for baking. 🙂 xx
Helen | Helen’s Fashion, Beauty & Lifestyle Blog
that’s made my mouth water! We have a dish here in stoke called Lobby and that’s our winter warmer soup!
I’m a sucker for soup, I love it so much! This recipe is so easy too!
Love, Amie ❤
The Curvaceous Vegan
I’d probably leave out the bacon but this sounds delicious and so hearty and warming. Perfect for this time of year 🙂
Sounds perfect for a cold day! Delicious! x
Ah, you cannot beat a proper home made soup! so warm and comforting this sounds amazing my other half would love this!
Alicia Xo
soup is really needy in winter weather and this soup recipe looks so yummy, thanks for sharing this, I would try this soon.
xo Corina
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I love soup especially at this time of the year x
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YUM! That looks SO good! I love soup this time of year! 🙂
Erin || MakeErinOver
My grans homemade soup is still my favourite winter comfort, she knows how to really make good soup!
That soup looks so yummy! Mine choice would be homemade Leek & Potato soup, I just love it. If not that, then homemade cottage pie of Beef Stew. 🙂
Sarah 🌺 || Boxnip
This looks absolutely lovely, I will have to try this! I love winter dishes like this! x
I might give this a go. I made leek and potato last week and it was so good xx
This sounds – and looks – so yummy for a wintery lunch x
There is nothing better than a warm comforting soup in winter!
Ooh this looks so delicious! x
I love homemade soup – there’s nothing better! This looks amazing! x
I’ve never had homemade soup before, it does seem like the perfect winter comfort food!
It sounds so basic but my comfort food is probably a bacon baguette haha x
I love cooking homemade soups
This soup sounds lovely! I love bacon in soup, it’s the best part haha
Keeping this aside, will have to make it this week 🙂