My current soupy favourite is a bit of a variation on Minestrone in taste but with the addition of some lovely sausage meatballs. It’s a really adaptable recipe so you can add in any root veg you like. And for a healthier version you can substitute the pork by making meatballs from some turkey mince. Just add some seasoning and herbs of your choice to give the turkey meat a bit more flavour.

You will need
6 good quality pork sausages
1 clove of garlic
2 stalks of celery
2 large carrots
1 large onion
1 large white potato
2 bay leaves
1 tin of chopped tomatoes
A quarter head of savoy cabbage
1.5 litres of vegetable stock (heated)
2 teaspoons of sunflower oil

Method
1.) Cut up your veg into small chunks
2.) Heat 1 teaspoon of oil in a large saucepan
3.) Gently fry your onions until they soften, then add the garlic and the other vegetables. Fry for around 3 or 4 minutes.
4.) Add your vegetable stock, tomatoes and bay leaves.
5.) Bring to the boil and then allow to simmer for 20 minutes.
6.) Remove the skin from your sausages and place the meat in a large bowl, season with salt and pepper.
7.) Roll small amounts of the sausage meat into ball and set aside on a plate.
8.) Heat the oil in a frying pan and then fry your sausage meatballs on a medium heat until cooked through and browned on the outside. Once cooked, set aside until your soup is cooked.
9.) Add some chopped savoy cabbage to your soup a couple of mintues before you are ready to serve and remove the bay leaves.
10.) Ladle the soup into bowls, add meatballs and top with grated parmesan cheese.

This recipe will serve around 6 people.

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I’ve also had a few more magazine features, including a huge feature in The Simple Things magazine, who commissioned me to do an ‘insiders guide’ to Brighton. Shooting for the feature was a lot of fun, and i thought I’d share some of the images with you, including some that didn’t make it into the magazine.

Hope you enjoy a bit of summery Brighton!

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I don’t normally post much of my commercial work here on the blog, but this recent shoot was too good not to share!

Last week I packed up my kit and headed up to London’s Carnaby Street to photograph a very special cake. The commission came from the television network HBO, who booked me to shoot press images of the Game of Thrones Red Wedding Cake, produced by the incredible Choccywoccydoodah. The cake was made to celebrate the release of GoT season 3 on DVD. And to add a bit more excitement to the shoot, Choccywoccydoodah had their film crew along to film document the cake and the shoot (no pressure there then!).

The workmanship of the cake was truly breathtaking and it took two strapping men to lift it into place – an absolute work of art and testimony to the talent of Choccywoccy’s choclatiers.

After the shoot the cake was being whisked away to be presented and cut at a press event with some of the GoT cast members, so sadly I didn’t get to try any of it. Knowing Choccywoccy I’ve no doubt it tasted as incredible as it looked though!

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