Root Vegetable Winter Warmer Soup
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Ingredients
- Splash sunflower oil (or olive)
- ½ bag fresh thyme pulled off the stalk (or dried if no fresh)
- 2 pinches nutmeg
- 1 onion (red or brown) finely chopped
- 1 clove garlic finely crushed
- 1 stick celery finely sliced
- 1 leek finely sliced
- 3 baby turnips peeled and roughly chopped
- 1 medium parsnip chopped
- 3 carrots chopped into rounds
- 1 potato (medium) roughly chopped
- 2 pints (1.2 litres) vegetable stock / Bouillon
- pinch salt
- pinch pepper
Accompaniment
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Description
Delicious and filling, packed with veg, helps you exceed the fantastic 5-a-Day in one easy-to-make meal!
Method
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1) Heat the splash of oil in a saucepan and add the thyme, nutmeg, onion and garlic. Cook until the ingredients become soft
2) Add the celery and leek and continue to cook for another 5 minutes
3) Add the remaining vegetables and the stock, and cook for a further 15 minutes, until the vegetabnles are tender
4) Using a blender, process the vegetable soup until the mixuture is smooth. Season with salt and pepper and serve
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