Soothing Vege Soup
Description
I say soothing, because I make this soup when the weather is forecasting consecutive single digit, wet and cold days, and when I feel like I need a good doe of vegies!
Just what the doctor ordered
Soothing, filling, especially when you’re not feeling too great this flu season!
We’ve got 7 types of vegetables packed into this delicious soup, it could have been 8 but I didn’t have any celery – and that’s a usual ingredient for soup so by all means add a couple of chopped up celery stalks and throw them in when you’re sweating the leeks.
All up, this made over 3 litres of soup – I didn’t check exactly the number however, but rest-assured there are many, many serves!
Ingredients
| 1 large sweet potato |
| 1 large zucchini |
| 6 yellow button squash |
| 2 leeks |
| 125g tin corn, drained |
| 1 large carrot |
| 3 C packed spinach leaves |
| 2cm. ginger |
| 3 bay leaves |
| Small bunch of thyme, about 8 sprigs |
| 2 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil OR 1 tbsp. organic unrefined coconut oil |
| 2 garlic cloves |
| 1 tsp. white pepper |
| 1 tsp. sweet paprika |
| pinch black pepper |
| 2 L vegetable stock |
| 1 L water |
Directions
- 1
- In a large stock/soup pot, add the coconut oil, thyme, bay leaves and pepper.
- 2
- Slice the leeks thinly and set aside.
- 3
- Roughly chop the zucchini and slice the squash.
- 4
- Peel the carrot and sweet potato and roughly chop into 1cm chunks.
- 5
- Peel and dice the ginger as finely as possible.
- 6
- Peel and mince the garlic.
- 7
- Measure out the stock and water in 2 separate jugs.
- 8
- Add the minced garlic and ginger pieces to the soup pot.
- 9
- Bring the pot to a medium-low heat to melt the oil and saute the ginger and garlic. Add the paprika.
- 10
- Add the leeks and stir through well until translucent (approx 2mins).
- 11
- Add the rest of the vegetables EXCEPT the corn and spinach - add these last, when ready.
- 12
- Saute the vegetables briefly and add a drizzle of stock to avoid sticking.
- 13
- Gently add the remaining stock and water, continually stirring.
- 14
- Reduce heat to low and allow to simmer gently for approximately 45-60 minutes.
- 15
- Add the spinach and corn, stir through and remove from the heat.
- 16
- Allow to cool completely before transferring to kitchen containers, alternatively serve and enjoy!
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