soup

Pete’s Tomato & Sweet Pepper Soup
Serves 4
Ingredients
½ litre of vegetable stock made with veg. stock cube
1 onion (s) (sff)
1 Sweet pointed pepper, deseeded & finely chopped (s) (sff)
1 celery, finely chopped (s) (sff)
1 carrot, finely chopped (s) (sff)
1 Knorr “herb” stockpot
1tbsp sweetener
2 garlic cloves (sff)
410g Tin of chopped tomatoes (s) (sff)
Splash of Worcester sauce

Method

Fry the onions, garlic & pepper in a large pot sprayed with Fry Light until soft, add the celery, carrot, and cook for 5 mins add the Knorr “herb” stockpot, mix together.

Make up the veg. stock.

Add the tomatoes, sweetener & Worcester Sauce, mix, add the stock bring to the boil, then simmer for 20 mins, remove from the heat and using a hand blender, reduce to a “lumpy” mix, (or smooth if you prefer) return to the heat and cook for a further 10 mins.

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Pete’s Mushroom Soup-2

Serves 2
Ingredients
1 Ltr Hot vegetable stock
100g white mushrooms, chopped finely (s)(sff)
1 onion, chopped finely (s)(sff)
1 celery stick, chopped finely (s)(sff)
1 garlic clove, chopped finely
1 tsp mixed herbs
Method
Spray a saucepan with Fry light and add the onion and garlic and “sweat” for 5 mins.

Add mushrooms and cook for a few minutes then add the hot stock, herbs, and bring to the boil then reduce the heat and simmer for 15 mins.

Remove from the heat and part liquidise, leaving small pieces of mushroom, with a hand blender, add seasoning to taste, simmer for a further 15 mins.

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Pete’s Butternut Squash & Carrot Soup





Serves 4

Ingredients

1 Medium size Butternut Squash, cut into 30mm cubes (leave the skin on) remove seeds. (s)(sff)
1 Knorr Vegetable stock pot made into 1Ltr stock
1 Knorr Herb stock pot
1 onion, finely chopped (s)(sff)
3 carrots, finely chopped (s)(sff)
2 celery sticks, finely chopped (s)(sff)
1 Garlic clove (sff)

Method

Spray a frying pan with Fry Light, cook the onion garlic & celery until soft, add the cut butternut squash, along with the carrot bring to the boil, add the herb stock and then simmer for 30-40 mins until everything is soft. Remove from the heat and blitz with a hand blender.

Season with salt & pepper.

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If you want a low sin soup that tastes amazing, try butternut squash soup with some peanut butter.

boil cubed butternut squash in chicken bovril, with finely diced onion, garlic, and potato ( I find 1 part potato to 4 parts squash gives a nice texture without making it too bland or powdery)

When butternut squash is soft, put HALF into a blender and whizz til smooth return to the pan and stir through.

if it is too thick add some water until you reach desired consistency. Taste, adjust seasoning with salt and pepper first, before adding any peanut butter.

you don't need a lot of peanut butter to making it amazing, somewhere between 1tsp and 1 tbsp per person makes a difference, so depending how your sins are for the day you can decide how nutty to make it. Personally I use crunchy peanut butter for the texture, but smooth would be better if you put it in a flask.

Finish off with a swirl of free natural yogurt.

If you like a bit of spice, you can add fine red chilli and grated ginger.
 
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