To make your own Vegetable Stock Paste , find recipe on Cookidoo®.

Please refer to The Basic Cookbook for the Vegetable stock paste recipe.

Replace 26 oz water and 4 tsp stock paste with 26 oz vegetable stock.

Chinese people usually drink soups and broths at the end of the meal rather than at the beginning. They believe that drinking soup has many health benefits.

A scattering of Parmesan over the soup as garnish adds a lovely salty note.

You can replace the vegetable stock with 1.5 Tbsp homemade vegetable stock paste and 900 g water.

Please refer to Cookidoo® for the Vegetable stock paste recipe.

For savory pumpkin soup, place 400 g pumpkin, 50 g onion and 550 g water into mixing bowl in step 1. Replace cashew nuts with 1 tsp chicken stock powder or ½ tsp salt and ¼ tsp ground black pepper in step 2.

If you don't have red lentils you can use tapioca instead.

Nutritional yeast is not to be confused with brewer's yeast or baking yeast. It is a natural flavor booster that lends a cheesy, nutty or savory flavor to many dishes. Available in the natural food section of your supermarket or in health food stores.

A small cup of hot soup to help boost the immune system, prevent anaemia, while detoxifying the body.

Asparagus drains the kidneys by facilitating the removal of acid while remineralizing, which is part of a non-tiring drainage for the body.

Some vegetable peelers come with an attachment that allows you to cut your vegetables into spaghetti-like strips. Otherwise, peel and very thinly slice your vegetables into narrow strips by hand.