Chef: Erica
Blog: Healthy Life Lessons
Location: Ontario, Canada
Kale is always festive, especially when combined with quinoa, berries and pumpkin seeds and dressed with cranberries, orange juice, maple syrup, vinegar and oil. Certainly this would be a fine potluck dish to take along to nourish and please. It would also be a fine meal any day of the week.
Chef: Gingey
Blog: Gingey Bites
Location: UK
I enjoy squash year round, but there is something particularly satisfying about it during the winter months, especially when included in a warming soup. Here squash combines with potatoes, onion, tomatoes, garlic and some spice. I'm especially fond of soups that employ staples on hand, particularly when it's too cold to want to go out.
Chef: Janet
Blog: The Taste Space
Location: Canada
Cozy and comforting for sure is this lovely soup featuring red lentils, carrots, spices, tomatoes and kale combined in a flavourful broth made with smoked paprika, Old Bay seasoning and Worcestershire sauce. I am certain I could eat this weekly, if not daily.
Chef: Marina
Blog: My Perfect Kitchen
Location: UK
This new year's creation is something to be enjoyed any time of year. A delicious use of leftovers, succulent mushrooms shine along with beets, pear, red pepper, blue cheese and nuts. This creative combination has me craving salad, even though it is cold outside.
Chef: Sarah
Blog: Maison Cupcake
Location: UK
I've yet to try freekeh, but I would be sure to enjoy it, especially when combined as it is here with beets, quinoa, kidney beans, red cabbage, pumpkin seeds, haloumi and a bit of balsamic vinegar. This a power house of a salad that would grace any table.
Chef: Jacqueline
Blog: Tinned Tomatoes
Location: Scotland, UK
Our next tempting submission is from my dear friend and co-host of this event. How lovely is this citrusy and zesty salad featuring oranges, carrots, radish, pumpkin seeds and orange juice all served over lettuce leaves with a bit of sweetness from honey? Gorgeous indeed.
Chef: Cate
Blog: A Travelling Cook
Location: Germany
Quinoa is always a fine addition to soups, especially when spiced up with adobo chilli flakes combined with potatoes, leek, onion, garlic, carrots, peas, corn and parsley. Surely a wonderful tasty soup with lots of veggie goodness. Serve along with some crusty bread and your meal is complete.
Chef: Hayley
Blog: Chef Be Here
Location: UK
Colorful plates always stimulate the appetite, and this rainbow salad is sure to cheer us all up during the winter months as we dream of summer. Mixed greens, cucumber, radish, spring onion, cherry tomatoes and pepper shine here, topped with some crumbled feta. The possibilities are endless. Salads are always a good way to use up veggies from the fridge and why not enjoy them year round?
Chef: Linsy
Blog: Home Cook Food
Location: USA
Next up is Linsy with this satisfying soup with sweet corn, broccoli, tofu, spring beans, carrot, chili, ginger, soya sauce and sriracha sauce. Lots of flavor going on here. If served with quesadillas or wraps, your meal is more than complete.
Chef: Johanna
Blog: Green Gourmet Giraffe
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Up next we have a gorgeous salad from a long time participant of NCR. Feast your eyes on this salad with beets, lentils, baby spinach leaves, capers, all dressed up with yogurt, lemon juice, olive oil, mustard and seasoning. I do envy Johanna's hot weather. It's quite cold here in Canada.
Chef: Jen
Blog: Chardonnay and Samphire
Location: UK
Jen had lots of leftover cheese from Christmas and she certainly put it to good use in this roasted cauliflower soup with onion, garlic, lemon juice, nutmeg, and of course cheese. Nourishing and warming, this is a soup to enjoy anytime of year with your favorite cheeses.
Chef: Elizabeth
Blog: Elizabeth's Kitchen Diary
Location: UK
This lovely soup may be low on calories but it's still hearty and filling. Wanting to use up a celeriac from the fridge, it was incorporated into a creamy soup with onion, garlic, apple, soy milk and some cornflour to thicken it up a bit. All whizzed up and you certainly have a fine lunch.
Chef: Laura
Blog: How To Cook Good Food
Location: UK
Indeed a perfect soup for the winter months, here we have Jerusalem artichokes, onion, chestnuts, mushrooms sautéed with a generous amount of rosemary and Marsala wine. This earthy and "woodsy" soup would make for a fine lunch of dinner. What's not to love here?
Chef: Sarah
Blog: Maison Cupcake
Location: UK
If you are lacking ingredients, here is a lovely garlicky soup that comes together in hardly anytime at all. Frozen peas and garlic are quickly blended together and then garnished with cheese and chives. Easy and delicious.
Chef: Linzi
Blog: Lancashire Food
Location: UK
This is surely a classic winter warmer and there is nothing like homemade soup. Gently spiced, onion, parsnip, potato, swede are combined here, nicely blended and finished off with a dollop of yogurt.
Chef: Flynthings
Blog: Fly 'n Cook
Location: Unknown
Yes, wouldn't the Bahamas be just lovely right now. Instead though, we can enjoy this tropically inspired soup as we dream of warmer weather that includes red lentils, raw green mango, coconut milk, carrot, celery, onion all nicely spiced up. Nourishing and just right.
Chef: Katie
Blog: Feeding Boys and a Firefighter
Location: UK
This cleansing, soothing and warming soup is easy to prepare but certainly not lacking in flavor. Delightfully green and zesty, spinach is featured here with garlic, mint, lemon and a mix of seeds. All whizzed up and ready to eat in hardly any time at all.
Chef: Choclette
Blog: Chocolate Log Blog
Location: UK
Soups are surely just the thing for winter months and here we have a beauty with lentils, carrots, roasted onion, garlic and tomato with spices and herbs, some tamari, lemon and just a wee bit of chocolate. This soup has a lovely smoky flavor, especially when paired with bread made with oat smoked flour.
Chef: Kellie
Blog: Food to Glow
Location: UK
To celebrate Burns Day in Scotland, Kellie made this gorgeous soup with kale, potatoes and leeks hinted with nutmeg. If that doesn't sound good enough, try serving it up with some homemade kale crisps.
Chef: Corina
Blog: Searching for Spice
Location: UK
We finish up this month's challenge with a mouthwatering salad with rice noodles, cucumber, carrot, spring onion and chili flakes all dressed up a creamy peanut butter and lime dressing. I'm craving spring just like I am craving this salad.
My dear friend Jacqueline of Tinned Tomatoes and co-host of this event will be hosting the February 2015 edition of NCR. Make sure to check her blog at the beginning of the month for the announcement.
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