I’ve recently made the jump to having my fruit and vegetables delivered weekly, and I’m using a subscription box which is guaranteed local, fresh and certified organic. To put it lightly, I am absolutely loving it and can’t believe I never did it sooner. 

Every Tuesday morning I have a big box of beautiful vegetables at my door, and I get so excited to see what’s in it and plan some food for the week. My favourite part about it is that I know it’s seasonal. I don’t need to go searching in the supermarket for what is local and well priced. If it’s in my box, I know that it is the perfect time to eat that particular item. 

Naturally in Summer, zucchinis are plentiful – and it is one of my favourite vegetables! If people don’t like it, I know they just haven’t had it fresh, or it has been overcooked. Whenever I have an abundance of a particular vegetable, I like to make soup (even in the Australian Summer which some might think is a bit mad). 

Benefits Of Soup

Soup is great for:  

• Using up any vegetables that need to be used 
• Stocking up the freezer with meals that actually stay beautiful once frozen, therefore having a home cooked option on nights when I don’t feel like cooking 
• Getting veggies and bone broth into my kids. My oldest, who is five, just loves soup and will eat almost any soup that I give to him. Zucchini he would never eat, but zucchini soup he will smash. I take this as a win and use the opportunity. 
• Digestion! I find it really beneficial to give the digestive system a rest with soups. They are cleansing, good for the soul, and good for the gut. 
• A source of bone broth! I’m a huge fan of incorporating bone broth into your diet, it is so healing. Although sipping on plain bone broth is not my favourite. So using it as the stock in a soup is wonderful, and it makes the flavour incredible. I mostly use Best Of The Bone concentrate, and occasionally I have homemade chicken broth (which I make after I roast a chicken).

What Makes A Healthy Curry Paste

WHat makes this recipe so easy (and tasty), is that I use a premade curry paste filled with flavourful aromatics. Unfortunately most store bought curry pastes are filled with vegetable oils. 

For a long time I left curry making for times when I had time and space to make my own paste. Until I found Church Farm General Store curry pastes and life changed forever. I am obsessed with these and will sing their praises forever! 

They are fresh, homemade, free of nasty ingredients, and best of all taste unbelievably incredible. If you haven’t tried these, I urge you to. It is the only curry paste I will consume.