Bouquet Garni.

Yes katarina, during the cooking of anything that has stock in, take it out before serving!

Hi Sticki, thank you, but when and for how long? I know, that I will not serve the dish with the bag floating in the soup, lol :))))

Um I'm not quite sure, I think you put it in for the majority or the whole of the cooking time, not all of them contain garlic.
Lulu would know.

I tried to check it in google, too. I think generally 20 minutes before the soup is finished. ???

That would be absolutely fine! If I find it in my recipes and it's very different I will let you know

Enjoy your soup!

What are you doing Sticki? We are alone with mother today, so we are baking duck with potatoes and cabbage and a chicken soup with vegetables and chicken. It is heavily raining ouside, but here it is warm. Going to clean the rooms in the afternoon.

Good in casseroles & stews.

Thank you very much, to both of you. Sticki, I hope one day I will be able to serve it to you.:))

Im sure it will be delicious katarina!

great to do cooking on a rainy day, its raining here too but i hope its going to dry up later so i can clean out my pond. for now i have to sort out some cupboards and the fridge!!

tonights dinner isnt so exciting, because it is similar to last night [unusual for me] i made butternut squash chilli, i wanted to put black beans in it but then discovered they had to be soaked over night ~ the soaked beans will now go into what is left of the chilli and we will eat that tonight.

perhaps i will find a more interesting pudding to make? trouble is OH says he wants to lose weight so i cant make the things i like :-((

What is butternut squash chilli? Sounds like the name of sumo, lol.
Beans should be always soaked overnight, don´t they?
Tell your OH (it is the short form of Olympic Games in Slovak) that he WILL lose the weight from working around the pond, lol. No, I am bad, say hello to him.

I like all this in this pic and I caltivate them also.

Hi Bik, I grow them almost all too, with the exception of laurel tree (I had beautiful one, but died in frosts this February) and garlic. Otherwise I have thymus, sage, lavender, rosmary. Not pepper!
Those which come from Mediterranean they have extremely good aroma.

butternut squash is one of the pumpkin family kat, i chopped it up and roasted it, then used it instead of meat in a chilli con carne, it works well.

OH working in the garden????? i dont think so! he does cut the lawn but other than that he is likely to pull up plants and carefully look after the weeds!!

i looked up bouquet garni in one of my oldest books, it says
'most soups are improved by the addition of a small bunch of herbs called a faggot or bouquet garni, ...... for long slow meat stews the more aromatic herbs are used, such as chervil, basil, tarragon, rosemary and dried celery seed'

I can tell you, Sticki, that the soup was "heaven in the mouth". I can imagine, that it will be even better with stew meat. Thank you!

mmmmm sounds lovely, now i am hungry!

Disadvantage of dish like butternut squash is that you stay hungry after that, LOL.

Actually, I tried to lose weight by diet. During the day I ate only salads and in night I had normal food, lol.

im serving the chilli with jacket potatoes there are also kidney beans in it so it will be filling enough but i like the sound of your diet!!!

:))))) My grandmother had restaurant before WWII. That is in genes :)) Although, I am more fan of quick fresh food of Italian style, then our heavy foods. My digestion ages, too.

p.s. its the night food i liked the sound of in your diet!

Oh yes, that was the bright side of it!