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Honorary Senior Fellow Award

Annette Sym - Tuesday, May 01, 2012

I am so excited to share my fabulous news with you. On the 4th of April I was presented with an Honorary Senior Fellow Award from the Sunshine Coast University, in recognition of my contributions to small business, entrepreneurship and health advocacy.

It means so much to me to be recognised for my contribution in these areas and it humbles me to think of the lives changed as a result of my journey.

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F.R.E.E eBook for Smart Phone Users

Annette Sym - Monday, April 30, 2012

I am excited to announce the launch of my Smart Phone friendly website. With over 45% of Australians owning a Smart Phone what better way to help you find a great Symply Too Good recipe whilst you are out doing the grocery shopping or even in the kitchen, all from the comfort of your phone!   Read more >

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Winter Means Soup Time

I love soup, which would explain why I have so many wonderful soup recipes in my cookbooks. This is the perfect time of year to enjoy a hot steaming bowl of hearty soup with winter now set in. Be aware not all soups are low in fat such as Thai soups that use coconut cream, so avoid these and instead have the clear broth soups. Here are 10 tips to making healthy homemade soups:

1. Making soup can be a great way to get rid of any old lack lustre vegetables and a great way to use up bones from chicken or ham.

2. Adding kidney beans, lentils, barley or rice helps to bulk up soup and give the soup a thicker hearty consistency as well.

3. Use lean meat and skinless chicken to keep the fat count low in soups. To remove excess fat from soup skim off the fat that comes to the surface once it has cooled.

4. To make a creamy soup add in evaporated milk right at the end of cooking, be careful not to over boil the soup to avoid the canned milk separating. Most chefs will use cream for any soup that is titled “Cream of” so avoid at any cost.

5. Use a good quality boiler as it will stop the base from scorching or burning. I always think it is a good idea not to go too far away when cooking soup so that you can give it a stir every now and then, especially if you have pasta, rice or potato ingredients in the soup as they can get stuck at the bottom.

6. Use cooking spray instead of butter or oil when browning vegetables for your soup.

7. Pumpkin is cheap right now, so use pumpkin as a base for soup or another great option is red sweet potato (also known as kumera).

8. Use low-salt stock powders as canned and packets soup mixes are really high in salt. You can get some low-salt soups which are much better choices when you want a quick bowl of soup.

9. I love homemade soups, not only because they have more flavour but you also know what is in them thus avoiding preservatives and additives. Cheaper and more nutritious than the commercial soups, there is something really nurturing about serving homemade soup to family and friends.

10. If you live on your own, don’t worry, make a pot of soup then divide into small containers and freeze. Great for taking to work for lunch as well. Label the containers so that you know what you have in your freezer and note that milky soups should be frozen for only 2-3 weeks, others up to 6 months.

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