Veg soup recipe

Veg soup recipe

Makes 4-6 bowls

* Splash of Olive Oil

* 1 Onion, finely chopped

* 1 garlic clove, finely chopped

* 1 celery stick and/or carrot, chopped

* 1kg vegetables (cooked or uncooked), chopped

* about 1.5L vegetable stock or water

* salt and pepper

- Heat oil in a large pan, add the Onion, garlic and celery and/or carrot and cook gently, covered, for 5 to 7 minutes

- Add the vegetables, stir around and cook for five minutes. Add enough stock Or water just to cover, plus some salt and pepper then simmer gently for 10 minutes, if using cooked vegetables, or about 20 minutes for raw vegetables.

- Allow the soup to cool a little and then blitz to a creamy smoothness with a hand-held blender or in a liquidiser. Adjust the seasoning. Reheat in a clean saucepan to serve.