cheesy pea soup - syn free, and tasty, I swear
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Yield 4 big bowls
There's no way I can make that look appetising and for that, I'm sorry. Unless you like sink trap soup. But it's one of those meals that looks appalling but tastes nice, like moussaka, or Paul. Plus it's low in fat, like moussaka, or unlike Paul.
This does take no time at all to make however, uses only a few ingredients and is just the thing for those summer evenings when you have nothing in and the takeaway menu is just a shade out of reach.
Ingredients
- one big old lettuce from the shops, or garden, if you please
- 400g of frozen peas (I used petit pois - not for any culinary reason, but just because I couldn't be arsed to find the proper peas at the back of the freezer)
- two large cucumbers
- one large bunch of spring onions
- 1 litre of chicken stock
- 80g of extra mature cheddar (two x HEA, but this serves four) (and listen, you can totally get away with adding 160g, I'm just being polite)
Instructions
- slice your spring onions - including all the green stalk - and gently fry off in a little oil
- cut the lettuce and cucumber up roughly - it's all getting blended so no need for neatness
- once the spring onions are softened, add the stock, lettuce, peas and cucumber and boil for about 10 minutes until everything has softened but still stays green
- carefully blend the soup with a hand blender
- stir in the grated cheese until everything is thick and tasty
- serve adorned with cress and cheerful wishes (and a lot of black pepper)
Notes
- you could do this in a soup maker, but honestly, big pan and a stick blender will do you just right - Amazon have the blender we use for a tenner
- cookbook is coming along ever so well - why not pre-order?
Courses soup
Cuisine syn-free
Recipe by twochubbycubs at https://twochubbycubs.com/2019/08/02/cheesy-pea-soup/