My right index finger has gone pale and numb again.
Flex and stretch my digits, hands buried deep in my pockets against the cold. Plodding wearily up the hill as the wind whips by me. The evening is turning into night.
It doesn’t take much cold to make the veins of the top of that finger clamp down. Maybe I should find the mittens I wore in Mongolia for the evening walk home from work.
What should I have for dinner? The Husband is out. I had tofu satay with rice for lunch so I could use some vegetables. Coupled with the weather, seems like a warming bowl of vegetable soup could be just the ticket.
Out of the shower, wrapped in my daggy dressing gown, head in the cupboard. Which one to try? Sweet potato and pumpkin? Sweet potato and pumpkin.
Tugging the ring-top pull. Inside the soup is orange with occasional large brown flecks of nutmeg. Pouring it into the bowl: the thick puree flows easily. Paper towel over the top of the bowl, into the microwave.
Sitting down at the table. Get ready to be comfort food, soup!
Hm. The taste of Japanese pumpkin comes through much stronger than the sweet potato, but its too sugary-sweet. Checking the can. Yup, brown sugar. Coupled with cinnamon and nutmeg it tastes more like runny pumpkin pie than a traditional soup.
I wonder why they went down this route? I would have been happier with savoury flavour, perhaps with a cumin or lemongrass flavour.
It’s okay. The texture is good: smooth but not watery. But too sweet! It’s spoiling my stomach for dessert! Okay, I guess nothing would really do that, but still.
Soup should be healthy and nourishing, not sugary.
Rating:
Specifics: Heinz Very Vegetable Sweet Potato & Pumpkin Soup, bought at Coles, Macquarie Fields
Very Vegetable Sweet Potato & Pumpkin Soup
My right index finger has gone pale and numb again.
Flex and stretch my digits, hands buried deep in my pockets against the cold. Plodding wearily up the hill as the wind whips by me. The evening is turning into night.
It doesn’t take much cold to make the veins of the top of that finger clamp down. Maybe I should find the mittens I wore in Mongolia for the evening walk home from work.
What should I have for dinner? The Husband is out. I had tofu satay with rice for lunch so I could use some vegetables. Coupled with the weather, seems like a warming bowl of vegetable soup could be just the ticket.
Out of the shower, wrapped in my daggy dressing gown, head in the cupboard. Which one to try? Sweet potato and pumpkin? Sweet potato and pumpkin.
Tugging the ring-top pull. Inside the soup is orange with occasional large brown flecks of nutmeg. Pouring it into the bowl: the thick puree flows easily. Paper towel over the top of the bowl, into the microwave.
Sitting down at the table. Get ready to be comfort food, soup!
Hm. The taste of Japanese pumpkin comes through much stronger than the sweet potato, but its too sugary-sweet. Checking the can. Yup, brown sugar. Coupled with cinnamon and nutmeg it tastes more like runny pumpkin pie than a traditional soup.
I wonder why they went down this route? I would have been happier with savoury flavour, perhaps with a cumin or lemongrass flavour.
It’s okay. The texture is good: smooth but not watery. But too sweet! It’s spoiling my stomach for dessert! Okay, I guess nothing would really do that, but still.
Soup should be healthy and nourishing, not sugary.
Rating:
Specifics: Heinz Very Vegetable Sweet Potato & Pumpkin Soup, bought at Coles, Macquarie Fields