Stir fry vegetable with tahini

Winter warmers

Vegetable, barley, fennel & kale soup

- a nice simple winter staple, will keep refrigerated 5 days or frozen once cooled. Makes 10+ serves.

Ingredients 

4 spring onions

1 leek
1 bulb fennel

4 sticks celery 

4 small carrots

1 cup barley 

1.5 litres stock 

Method

Chop & lightly fry celery, fennel, leeks & onion. Add carrot & cook 5 minutes. Add barley, stock + salt & pepper to taste. 

Boil then simmer 20 minutes. Add kale & simmer a further 20 minutes. Serve. 

Prologue

Soooooo....here I was at home when my Mum calls from the hairdressers and says"you'll love this" and goes on to tell me how Narelle Mackenzie, owner of Zadoo for Hair (formerly Style Avenue) is going on this cycling challenge through Cambodia that starts at Angkor Wat. Wow! Says I as it's been on my list of things to see before I die for about 20 years now; closely followed by Macchu Picchu. What is this predilection for ancient spiritual sites for one who hasn't spent much time in church or indeed prayer in her adult life you ask? Just a general quest for self actualisation (as Maslow would put it) that I am now fortunate enough to be able to follow and realise I suppose.

Preamble

Well folks looks like I'll be setting off in 1 day 8 hours 35 minutes and 16 seconds. Thanks for the suggestion Bruce. Here we go with Travels in Mandobia....