Hands up if you have eaten your weight in chocolate, cake or biscuits recently?! ✋ Me! 😛 But how could I resist this lovely vegan carrot cake which arrived in the post! Yes! In the post! 😀
I ate over HALF of it! (no… not in one sitting)! Then there were the pretzels and the shortbread, and the pizzas… that’s enough for a month at least! 😛
So I thought it was time for something healthier to get back on track, to get rid of the sluggishness from all the sugar, and to re-energise! Here is a very simple soup, packed full of vitamins, minerals and antioxidants, as easy to make as chopping up veg, and of course, tasty as well! 😀 This soup makes the perfect detox soup – especially if you’re not into juices and you can eat as much of this as you like – completely guilt free! Hooray! It is completely #slimmingworld friendly (no syns) and will fill you up without filling you out! Hooray!
If you’ve never cooked onions without oil before, it is really easy and you can still get a great taste by following a simple method! You can add any vegetables you have on hand to this soup, but it is ideal to at least have the base of onion, celery and leek, and carrots too! You can fill up on this soup for lunch, or for dinner, or, you could even grab a ladle-full of the veg, add some spices and use it to top a jacket potato… like this!
Yummy! I would be tempted to keep a great big pan of this in the fridge so you can have a bowl whenever hunger strikes! I’ve added a handful of fresh coriander to change the taste, but I’ve also eaten it with red chilli flakes and a load of ground black pepper just to make it different! If you need to eat your soup with something, check out these homemade bread rolls (just try to only eat one or two if you’re watching the calories)! Let’s check out the soup recipe!
A flavoursome vegetable soup suitable for syn free at slimming world!
- 2 medium onions finely sliced
- 2 sticks celery chopped
- 1/2 medium leek halved & sliced
- 1 packet passata
- 2-3 litres water
- 1/2 medium courgette quartered & sliced
- 1/4 small cabbage finely shredded
- 2 large handfuls round green beans chopped
- 1/2 medium yellow pepper chopped
- 2 medium carrots shaved
- 2 teaspoons paprika
- 2 teaspoons basil
- 2 teaspoons oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic granules
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- salt to taste
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In a large saucepan, dry fry the onions until they start sticking to the pan, then add a splash of water. Repeat a couple of times until the onions are starting to change colour.
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Add the celery and leek and allow to cook until slightly browning, adding more water if necessary.
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Stir the passata in, then add the water, cover and allow to cook on a medium heat for ten minutes.
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Carefully add the courgette, cabbage and green beans, cover and cook for a further five minutes.
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The rest of the ingredients can now be added – yellow pepper, carrots, paprika, basil, oregano, garlic, black pepper and salt. Mix everything together, cover and cook on a low heat for a final ten minutes.
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Check the thickness of the soup is as desired (add a bit more water if you want it thinner, cook for a bit longer if you want it thicker). Check seasoning and adjust if necessary.
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Enjoy!
- Add any vegetables you have on hand – try different coloured peppers, broccoli, cauliflower, peas, sweetcorn.
- For a thicker textured soup, grate the carrot and or/courgette.
- If you like spice, add some chilli flakes or hot chilli powder.
- Store refrigerated for up to five days.
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I’m going to share this vegetable soup over at this weeks Fiesta Friday 🙂 Please come on over and join us – you’ll find lots of lovely recipes, tips and new friends! This week the party is co-hosted by the wonderful
Mollie @ Frugal Hausfrau and by Angie herself!
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Speak soon, Have a great week.
Laurena x