Ooh, love tomato soup that time of year 

Making a batch of watercress and spinach soup tonight.. and just got a butternut squash and some sweet potatoes (that's for next week!)... 

Frenchie

oliviascotland wrote:

My favourite soup at the moment is a spinach and coconut soup - very easy to make, too!  Melt a knob of butter in a deep pan, add a chopped onion, a couple of cloves of chopped garlic, and cook for 5 minutes, then add 500g spinach, a pint of chicken stock, salt, and pepper, and simmer for 2 - 3 minutes.  Add a can of coconut milk (full fat one is best), bring back to the boil whilst stirring, then remove from the heat and blitz until smooth.  Taste, adjust seasoning and serve 

Olivia - must sound tat one - seems easy and sounds delicious

How about this supper healthy soup recipe I wrote for Lighter Life Magazine

Smoked Haddock Chowder
Serves 4
Prep time  5mins
Cooking times  25mins

What you need

3 sticks of celery diced
400g potatoes cut into cubes
1L vegetable stock
2 bay leaves
2 leeks cut into disks
200ml skimmed milk
125g Sweetcorn, tinned or frozen
600g Smoked Haddock, skinned and cut into bite sized chunks
Small bunch of Parsley


What you do
In large saucepan heat 2 tsp of water then add the celery, put the lid on a sweat for 5 mins. Add the stock to the pan along with the potato and bay leaves and simmer for 10 mins until the potatoes are tender.
Add the leeks, sweetcorn, milk and haddock and a good grind of black pepper. Bring back to a simmer and cook for a further 5mins until the fish is cooked through.
Check the seasoning then divide between 4 bowls and top with the parsley leaves.


Notes
For a change use half smoked haddock and half prawns.


hope you like it

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Last edited by alisonskitchen (Tue 18 Jun 13 12:10pm)