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.
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.
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.