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Our tips for Cauliflowers

Great soup from fridge oddments

Submitted by Merryl Cook, Heaton Moor, Stockport

Gather up all the bits from your fridge - coarse outside lettuce leaves, that bendy carrot, bit of onion, green tops of leeks and spring onions, a few herbs, etc, etc. Put in a pan with water to cover and a stock cube or meat jelly or gravy if you have some leftover and boil until the veg are soft. Whizz in processor or liquidiser. The French call this 'Garbure' and it's almost always delicious and different each time. Can be thickened with leftover potato, or some small pasta shapes can be added, or a cooked chopped bacon rasher. Soy sauce and a slowly poured beaten egg will make it Chinese-ish. Curry paste,and garlic, or grated cheese, or mushroom ketchup ... almost any mixture you invent will taste better than a tin of soup, and it's practically cash- and additive-free!
Turn your leftover veg into a healthy soup

Submitted by Anonymous,

Use up left over veg to make a healthy & tasty soup - lovely weekend lunch with crusty bread. Any veg - the more the better, plus herbs, seasoning (tin of chopped tomatoes add colour & flavour). When cooked mash for chunky soup or liquidise for smooth. The options are endless - have never had a bad one & the kids love it!
Cauliflower getting tired?

Submitted by Angela Field, Oxford

I like to make a big batch of cauliflower cheese and then put it into individual portions and freeze it. It's great if the cauliflower isn't going to last much longer and you have a large amount left. It's really great with garlic in the cheese sauce and topped with breadcrumbs and parsley!
Keep your cauli fresh

Submitted by Helyn Douglas, Northumberland

Covering your cauli - either with it's own leaves or a plastic bag - stops it going brown. So buy caulis with all their leaves still on and leave them on - it'll keep for longer.
best before dates!!

Submitted by amanda, ashford kent

i often buy veggies that are at their prime and are marked down,i get home and decant into smaller bags,freeze them,and then when i cook my roast,chuck the veggies at the bottom. That way we get beautiful roasted veggies at a fraction of their price!!!