Super spring greens soup is all well and good, but let’s be honest, it’s about as exciting as receiving bad medical results in the post. There’s simply no way to make it interesting, so, instead, let me post our latest video. We are messing about with making videos but can’t be fussed making ten-a-penny recipe videos, plus not sure if we can promise you diet recipes when you can see our fat wrists clawing away at the pan handle. There’s a euphemism.
What a catastrophe! Ah I hope you like it. I’d love to hear your thoughts!
So, the soup then. We wanted something nice and fresh, despite it being mid-winter. Here’s the thing: sometimes you really do need some vitamins to wash down your endless pasta, mince, cheese, beef…this doesn’t make a smooth soup mind, so if you’re one of those fannies who can’t abide soup that isn’t like drinking gossamer silk, then tough titty. This isn’t a taste explosion, no, but it’s hearty and healthy.
Do you need a soupmaker? You can use one if you like (this is the one we have) but in all honesty, this is a pan and stick blender job. You don’t need to spend a lot of money on a stick blender – a tenner will do!
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to make super spring greens soup, you’ll need:
- one big head of broccoli
- 200g of spring greens
- 100g of watercress or spinach if you prefer
- 750ml of veggie stock, made from bouillon powder preferably, but listen, I’m not arsed
- lots of black pepper and salt
- optional, but necessary if you’re a fancy-dan like me: a scattering of pumpkin or sunflower seeds (2 syns-ish)
to make super spring greens soup, you’ll need:
- if you’re making in a soup maker – get the stock bubbling and then cook the broccoli and spring greens for about fifteen minutes until softened – add the watercress and blitz!
- if you’re making in a pan, much the same – boil the veg, add the watercress, use a stick blender to blitz until fairly smooth
- top with lots of black pepper and a pinch of salt
- serve with your nuts laid on top if you’re using, mahaha!
Want more soup ideas? Who wouldn’t?
- tomato and rice soup (0.1-5 syns)
- curried pumpkin soup (less than 1.5 syns)
- cheeseburger soup (0.5 syns)
- cabbage, kidney bean and sausage soup (1 syn)
- kale, spinach and broccoli and pesto soup (1.5 syns)
- onion soup (2 syns)
- hot and sour soup (0.5 syns)
- spicy carrot and coconut soup (2 syns)
- gazpacho (1.5 syns)
- pea and coconut soup (1.5 syns)
Yum! Off to mash another banana now. Someone call A&E!
J
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