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January 09, 2024
There are three great advantages of homemade soup at this time of year:
1) It tends to be very healthy - this recipe is gluten free and vegan (switch out the bread and butter if necessary).
2) It hardly costs anything to make at a time most of us are watching the pennies post Christmas hols.
3) It's a great wholesome way to warm up on a cold winter's day.
An affordable meal for the family with a few slices of sourdough and locally sourced proper butter from your local dairy or farm shop.
What's not to like?!
Rated 5.0 stars by 1 users
Lunch
Mediterranean / UK
4
10 minutes
45 minutes
It's almost impossible to go wrong when making soup at home.
Some of our best results have been 100% improvised and made, like this one, from the contents of the bottom drawer in the fridge; peppers, courgettes, onions, potatoes, the last few pulses in cupboard or chuck in a tin of butter beans that are hitting their best before date. A little bit of vegetable stock, season and spice to taste and run through the blender. Fool proof!
We enjoyed this soup so much this January, at a time we were craving something fresh, healthy and hot (it's very cold in the UK as we write this up), that we thought we'd add it to our recipe blog.
Don't worry about if you don't have all the veg, just use up what you have!
2 courgettes
2-3 sweet peppers
3 medium to large potatoes
1 medium red onion
1 medium brown onion
4 cloves of garlic
450 ml vegetable stock
1 tablespoon of Calder’s Kitchen Tomato / Spicy Tomato Chutney
salt & pepper to season
Heat oven to 180 degrees
Peel and chop potatoes into ¼s add and boil
On a large baking trey or ovenproof dish place:
Both onions, peeled and quartered, the peppers, sliced, deseeded and chopped, the courgettes (chopped) & garlic cloves (peeled and whole)
Coat in oil of choice (we used rapeseed oil) salt & pepper and place in the oven for 20 minutes or until well roasted
Drain the potatoes, but keep the water for your stock, and add to large saucepan
Make up 450ml of vegetable stock in a jug
Take vegetables out of the oven and add to saucepan, then add the stock
Add a generous tablespoon of Calder’s Kitchen Tomato or Spicy Tomato Chutney (we used spicy for a nice warm kick)
Cover pan with lid, bring to the boil and simmer on a low heat for 10 minutes
Take off heat and decant into a blender or bowl if using a hand blender. Blend and return to the pan
Warm through on low heat while preparing / heating a crusty bread or sourdough
Serve into bowls and add a splash of Creme Fraiche, salt & pepper to taste