Answering Your FAQs, Planning My February Reads & Making a Warming Winter Soup

Happy Thursday! In today's video, I'm answering some of your frequently asked question,s making a delicious winter soup for lunch and planning my February reads.

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LINKS:
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Answering questions about my reading habits: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMTzVGLzPqw
Answering questions about moving to Yorkshire: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omJ_qkmOlUA
The Girls of the Hamlet Club by Elsie J Oxenham (first in the Abbey Girls series): https://ejosociety.org/product/the-girls-of-the-hamlet-club/
Reunion by Fred Uhlman: https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Reunion-by-Fred-Uhlman/9781860463655?a_aid=mirandamills
The Ink Dark Moon by Ono No Komachi and Izumi Shikibu: https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/The-Ink-Dark-Moon-by-Izumi-Shikibu-Komachi-Ono/9781784878245?a_aid=mirandamills
Sonnets by William Shakespeare: https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Sonnets-by-William-Shakespeare/9781784878238?a_aid=mirandamills
Wild Places by Katherine Mansfield: https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Wild-Places-by-Katherine-Mansfield-author-Claire-Harman-editor/9781784878146?a_aid=mirandamills
All Sorts of Lives by Claire Harman: https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/All-Sorts-of-Lives-by-Claire-Harman/9781784744762?a_aid=mirandamills
The Agency for Scandal by Laura Wood: https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/The-Agency-for-Scandal-by-Laura-Wood/9780702303241?a_aid=mirandamills
The Nonesuch by Georgette Heyer: https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/The-Nonesuch-by-Georgette-Heyer/9780099474388?a_aid=mirandamills
Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan: https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Daughter-of-the-Moon-Goddess-by-Sue-Lynn-Tan/9780008479299?a_aid=mirandamills
A Pin to See the Peepshow by F Tennyson Jesse: https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/A-Pin-to-See-the-Peepshow-by-F-Tennyson-Jesse/9780712353595?a_aid=mirandamills
Au Revoir Now Darlint by Laura Thompson (press copy): https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Au-Revoir-Now-Darlint-by-Laura-Thompson-editor/9781800182462?a_aid=mirandamills
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RECIPE:
Apple and Celeriac Soup:
Ingredients
2 shallots, finely chopped
1 clove smoked garlic, finely chopped
2tbsps olive oil
1 small celeriac, peeled and cubed
2 apples, peeled and cubed
approx 1 litre of chicken or vegetable stock (enough to cover apple & celeriac mixture)
a small bunch of thyme, tied together with string
salt & pepper, to taste
Method
1/ Heat the olive oil over a medium heat in a large saucepan. Fry the onion and garlic, until soft and translucent, being careful not to burn them.
2/ Place the celeriac & apple cubes in a food processor, processing until in small pieces. Add to onions & garlic in saucepan, and add sufficient stock to cover.
3/ Add the bunch of thyme to the saucepan.
4/ Bring to the boil and simmer for 25-30 minutes, until vegetables are soft.
5/ Remove the thyme bundle. The, blitz the soup with a hand blender until a smooth & velvety soup is formed. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Answering your FAQs
12:51 - Making Celeriac and Apple Soup
18:49 - Mum answers some FAQs over lunch
24:14 - Planning my February Reads