Spicy Green Veg Soup

Soup glorious soup! Another soup recipe, what a surprise! I love the easy, one pan, minimal washing up approach to soup I guess, which means I do generally make at least one soup a week.

Spicy Green Veg Soup

Serves 5

Ingredients

For the soup:
2 small/1 large onion chopped

5 cloves garlic, chopped

1 leek, washed and sliced
1 large courgette, sliced
1 pak choi, washed and sliced
2 large handfuls spinach

2 large carrots, sliced

4 medium potatoes, cubed

1 (425 ml) can coconut milk

5 cups veg stock

1 tsp turmeric

1/2 tsp chilli flakes

1 tsp ground coriander 

1 tbsp coconut oil

Salt and pepper

For the croutons:

4 slices bread, cut into cubes

1-2 tbsp oil 

1 tsp wild garlic powder

Method

Preheat the oven to gas mark 6 / 200°C / 400°F

Heat the coconut oil in a large saucepan over a medium heat, add in the spices and fry gently for a minute or two.

Add in the onion and garlic and fry for another couple of minutes.

Add the carrots, potatoes and leek and fry for 5 minutes, stirring regularly.

Add the courgette and pak choi and fry for a final couple of minutes before adding the stock. Bring to the boil and simmer for around 20 minutes until the veg is tender.

Whilst the soup simmers toss your bread cubes in oil with the wild garlic powder and bake in the preheated oven for 5-6 minutes, shaking half way through.

Add the coconut milk and spinach and season with salt and pepper to taste. Stir in the spinach until it's just wilted then blend.

Serve the blended soup with the croutons and enjoy!