Winter Veggie Power Soup

It's the time of year when coughs and splurts are heard all around. I find I need to make sure I have my manuka +15 in the fridge ready to ward off any sign of a cold and a few soups at hand to warm me up.
This soup, from Super Duper Soups, is jam packed with nutrients from the array of vegetables used. If you have little ones in the house you may like to puree it and use it as a smooth soup rather than a chunky one.
You can of course add any vegetable you litke to it but below is my favourite combination.

 

 

 

Ingredients:

 

2 tablespons olive oil

1 large, finely chopped spanish onion
2 cloves garlic, smashed and finely chopped
2 medium potatoes, diced small

2 carrots, diced small

250g/9oz courgette, cubed
1 small leek, finely sliced

1 small parsnip, diced small

1.5 litres/51fl oz vegetable stock. Use a good stock cube if you dont have homemade stock. I use Marigold Swiss Vegetable Bouillon (in fact I use it for most sauces I need stock for) it's vegan, gluten free and has amazing flavour.

400g/1 tin chopped tomatoes

2 tablespoons tomato puree

 

Method:

 

Heat the oil in a large pan and gently saute the onion.

After a couple of minutes, add the garlic and saute until soft.
Add the vegetables, stock, tomatoes and tomato puree.
Bring to the boil and simmer until the vegetables are cooked.

 

If you are pureeing it you can do it now with a handhelp soup blender.

 

Serve with nice chunky bread warmed through in the oven and real Irish butter! Yum!

 

Enjoy!