My favourite vegetable soup (Starters)

Name: Delicate_Orchid1

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Product:	Starters
Date:	11.10.06 (1358 review reads)
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Advantages: very healthy, low in calorie,s delicious

Disadvantages: Preparation time can be long if choosing dried chick peas.

I recently decided to eat healthier and to avoid anything that does not have a high nutritional value - such as chocolate, fried foods or instant meals. One of the things I love the most is soup, but I feel that the instant soups available at supermarkets do not contain enough natural goodness and too many additives. A little experimenting lead me to develop my favourite vegetable soup ever.


INGREDIENTS

To make the soup you will need:

- One sweet potato
- 250 grams of carrots
- 1/2 savoy cabbage
- two handfuls of chick peas
- 100 grams of Quick Soup mix (available at Holland & Barrat and contains green lentils, red lentils and barley)
- 1 Kallo organic vegetable stock cube
- some soy sauce
- some pepper
- approx 500 - 750 ml of water (but can add more if you want a more liquid soup)

If you like, you can also add some chicken breast to give the soup a higher protein boost.


HOW TO MAKE THE SOUP

The night before making the soup, soak the chick peas. These need to be boiled the next day with a little salt for approximately 1 1/2 hours. If this seems like too much work, substitute for half a tin of chick peas (but these are less nutritious).

Place the Quick Soup mix in a large pot and add the water and Kallo organic vegetable stock cube (crumbled). Dice the sweet potato and add to the mix. Cover the pot and start boiling.

In the meantime, chop the carrots. Once the soup comes to a boil, add the carrots, let boil for another 5 minutes and then lower the heat to medium.

Chop the savoy cabbage and wash thouroughly. Add to the soup mix and simmer for another 10 minutes.

Finally, add the chick peas and/or chicken, season with light soy sauce and pepper and let simmer for a further 10 minutes.

The soup will be very hot - so let it stand for a few minutes before serving.


TIP

This soup works well as either a starter or a main dish. If you prefer a smooth soup instead of chunks, simply let the soup cool down and blend it in a blender, then reheat and serve.

Enjoy!

Summary: A healthy soup for the winter.