Spiced Root Vegetable Soup

The Dish

Spiced Root Vegetable Soup

Best for: Dinner, Lunch

Serves: 4-6

Prep time: 10 mins

Cook time: 15 mins

A bowl of heart-warming delicious soup can solve all problems. This soup is full of flavour, super nutritious and also low in calories, additionally there is NO better way to reduce your food wastage than making soup.

You can mix and match your ingredients so don’t worry if you don’t have everything. You also don’t need to stick to exact quantities here, that’s the beauty of a soup.

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The Recipe

Step 1

In a large stock pot, on a medium-high heat, add 1 tbsp olive oil, the sliced onions and a pinch of salt. Cook for about 5 mins until softened and translucent, stirring frequently. 

Step 2

Add the spices and leeks and cook for a further 2 mins.

Step 3

Peel and diced all the veg into small chunks, add to the onions with the bay leaf, thyme and the stock. Put a lid on the pot and leave to simmer for 15 mins until all the veg have softened.

Step 4

Remove the soup from the heat, remove the thyme and bay leaf, and use a hand blender to blitz until smooth. If the consistency is too thick, simply add a little water or coconut/oat milk. Season well with salt and pepper. Stir in the chopped kale which will cook in the residual heat.

Step 5

Serve with a sprinkle of chilli flakes, chilli seeds, chilli oil and a drizzle of coconut yoghurt.

• INGREDIENTS

Soup

• 2 large onions, thinly sliced 

• 3 garlic cloves, crushed 

• 2 Leeks

• 1 sweet potato

• 1 large swede

• 4 carrots

• 3 Parsnips

• 2 tsp ground cumin

• 1 tsp tumeric

• 1/2 tsp cinnamon

• sprinkle of nutmeg

• 1 litre veg stock

• 1 bay leaf

• 3 sprigs of thyme

• 150g kale

Topping

• Chilli seeds

• Chilli oil

• Chilli flakes

• Coconut yoghurt (mixed with a little water or coconut milk to get cream like consistency)

 

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