Bags have been packed for a week. I think we have everything, clothes for tropical humid weather, to be modest and to provide warmth, a big heavy sleeping bag for a trek, camera, and extra batteries. Our 5 week long adventure has begun.
After a week in Queensland, visiting J’s family, we will be boarding a plane to Kathmandu.
We will have 30 days in Nepal. The plan is to spend 3 weeks trekking in the Himalayas, and a week in Kathmandu. We are going to visit friends of J’s, people who he spent close to 6 years risking his life with, climbing big mountains, long before we knew each other. I think I have the best guide ever.
While I’m living it up in Nepal, I have some guest posts for you from some wonderful bloggers, some scheduled posts from me and I’ll be posting occasionally from afar.
But before I head off, I want to share possibly my favourite soup recipe yet.
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- 800gm Ham hock
- 2 carrots – peeled and grated
- 2 potatoes – peeled and diced
- 1/4 pumpkin – peeled and diced
- 1 onion – diced
- Tblsp oil
- 1/2 bunch of kale – chopped
- 200gm soup mix
- 1/2 cup barley
- water
- salt and pepper to taste
- Add onion to the pot with oil and fry until soft.
- Add all other vegetables, soup mix, barley and ham.
- Pour water in to cover ham.
- Cook until meat is falling from bone.
- Turn off, cool.
- Remove ham when cool enough to handle, take all meat off the bone and return meat to pot.
Its 6am on a rainy morning, I’ve been up for an hour and im cold. Soup would go down a treat. Cheers.
This recipe is a wonderful warming one too!
Sounds delicious, have a great holiday, Clare! xx
Thanks Celia!
Hi…this soup sounds yummy. I am from the US and was wondering what soup mix is? I’ve never heard of it here.
have a wonderful treck!
Soup mix is a packet of dried things such as split peas, lentils and barley. I hope that helps.
How wonderful to be going away for a whole month. Your husband sounds very adventurous. I’m sure you’ll return with lots of great stories for us xx
He is very adventurous, it’ll be a great trip! I can’t wait to share it with you guys!
Have a great time enjoying the warmth Clare! And lovely looking soup-I was just using the very same pot at home (I did a bit of a double take :P).
They’re such great pots aren’t they!
ooooh Clare, I love love love lerrrrrve ham hock, this recipe is perfect I can’t wait to try it.
Hope you have a most spectacular break, sounds like the holiday of a lifetime!
It should be a wonderful holiday! And the soup was delicious! Perfect for cool winter days!
That is a great soup for this chilly weather. Have a great time in Nepal. I am jealous.
We absolutely will!
Oh my gosh the holiday is finally here!! Have a fabulous time Clare xxx
I can’t really believe that all those days actually counted down!