Friday 17 February 2012

Feed my family Friday: Soup-er easy

Chant it like a mantra: 'this is easy, this is easy'. Yes, it really is becoming the theme of anything vaguely home-made that I do- I'm all about the simplicity!


Pea and Mint Soup:
Pros:
1. Full of taste
2. Tastes better second day
3. Few ingredients (most are store cupboard)
4. VERY low fat
Cons:
1. Rubbish if you don't like pea... or mint!


You need:
1. Salt and pepper to flavour
2. 600g Frozen peas
3. 4 tablespoons mint (I used fresh)
4. 3 tablespoons basil (I used dried)
5. Stock (I used a mix of veg and chicken but either will do)
6. 5 Shallots (I'm sure onions would work too)
7. Fat-free natural yogurt or creme- fraiche
NOTE: this recipe lends itself to variation: I've put more/ less peas/ basil/ shallots etc in and generally it makes no difference!


To make it:
1. Chop everything except peas and yogurt/ creme-fraiche and pop it in a pan.
2. Pour over about 1.2 pints of stock made with boiling water and boil for ten minutes.
3. Add frozen peas and cook for another five minutes.
4. Turn off the heat. Using a hand blender, er, well, blend it!
5. You're done! Now wasn't that easy? Serve up with a nice dollop of yogurt/ creme-fraiche (note- I keep this on the table as it's great to add more as you go). If you're feeling fancy pants, add a mint leaf to garnish.
A hit with the whole family and whole thing completed in twenty minutes. 


For more ideas, check out the blog where this started here-link! Today is a yummy looking sauce.


Tonight we're off out for dinner (it's the first night we were all free to celebrate my dad's birthday). I have a banging headache so have been lying in a dark room for the past two hours, it doesn't appear to be shifting so I've just had aload of painkillers and am hoping it goes before I need to get ready for the meal. Fingers crossed and Happy Friday folks! xxx



7 comments:

  1. Thank you! I love a good soup. Fixing some for tonight. Have a fees weekend.

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  2. This looks amazing I have never made pea soup befor my mom used to make it all the time. Will have to try it. I made soup for Feed my Family Friday also.

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  3. Hi Rachael, here is the link for that soup I made, that you asked about. I am like you, don't love broccoli, but I can eat it in soup.

    http://allrecipes.com/recipe/broccoli-cheese-soup/

    Also on my post, if you click the word "here" where I talked about that soup, it should take you there, hopefully. :)

    Your soup looks amazing as well!

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  4. Mmm. Normally I'm not a huge fan of peas, but this looks delicious. I'll have to try it soon.


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  6. Oh this looks super good and I happen to be in love with peas...so I must try it, especially because it's so soup-er easy ;)

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  7. I need to start making more soap! This looks delicious :)

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