Easy Veg soup recipe please

[IllegallyBrunette]

Easy as in, I have only ever made soup once before in my entire life

Preferably one that doesn't have lots of unusual veg in. Have looked at a fe and not know what some of the ingredients are LOL.

this is a really easy one, that another mumsnetter posted

roast 4 or 5 large red peppers, cut in half, seeds removed, drizzled with olive oil and roasted until starting to blacken at the edges

then blend with 3 juicy garlic cloves and 2 - 3 tins plum tomatos and heat

et voila!

or leek and potato:

peel and roughly chop 3 - 4 large white potatos and same of leeks. sweat off the leeks in some butter and olive oil, then add the chopped potatos and mix.

then add a kettle full of boiling water and a chicken stock cube

and cook until the potato is soft

I was going to say leek and potato soup too - my version is different though!

I don't make my own stock but I can recommend Swiss Marigold vegetable (vegan?) stock powder - lasts for ages.

Cauliflower and cheese soup is easy (quite rich though)

Thanks both, will scribble those down.

you should post your version too, and your cauli and cheese soup., sounds delish

Ok, will do - later on though

thanks

My MIL ofetn makes what she calls "dead vegetable soup" - consists of any left over veg from a roast lunch/other meal, or any veg in the fridge which is slightly past its best, bung in a pan with some onion and garlic, add a bit of potato if none already in the mix (but don't make it too potatoey as it doesn't blend well), and some stock. (you can get thai or curry flavoured stock cubes too which she sometimes uses - they are not bad although I haven't used them myself. She literally uses anything even roasted potatoes and it always seems to come out OK.

Cook it all up - not too quickly, try and let it simmer for a while, and then blend it all up.

We tend to freeze portions too so that there is always a quick ready meal.

You can add small pasta pieces too, and grate a bit of cheese/drizzle a bit of olive oil over when serving.

didn't mention the adding water part! Make it as thick and gloopy or runny as you prefer.

There is very little yo ucan do to kill a soup even if it is not always "gourmet"...

My version of leek and potato soup (not so different to Lulumama's really, just more leeky!)

3 sliced leeks (outer tough bits removed)
1 small garlic clove, crushed or chopped
1 large potato, diced
Large knob of butter
1 pint of veg stock

Cook leeks in butter and garlic until softish. Add stock and potato. Cook until potatoefalling apart. Transfer to blender and pulse/blend until smooth.

Serves 2 adutls and 2 small children btw!

I'm sure Lulu can give you a chicken soup recipe if you have a Sunday roast.

Brb with cauliflower/cheese soup

Cauliflower and cheese soup

Large knob of butter
Half an onion, finely sliced
1 clove of garlic, crushed
1 cauliflower cut into florets (not baby cauli)
1 bay leaf
100 grm creme fraiche (iirc I use milk)
large handful of mature cheddar
Bit of frshly milled pepper

Cook cauli until par-boiled. Keep cooking water.

Melt butter, add onion and garlic. Add cauli, bay leaf and cooking water. Season and boil until soft.

Remove bay laef, blend and put back into pan. Stir in grated cheese, creme fraiche and simmer.

thank you mercy, that is lovely x

Fry a couple of medium onions in a little oil.

Chop a couple of medium carrots and chuck them in.

Chop up a few potatoes (couple of big handfuls should do it) and chuck them in too.

Add a stock cube of your choosing (or just a good slug of salt, unless it's for kids in which case season afterwards) and then grind twice as much pepper as you think you'll need into it, then a bit more for luck.

Cover it all with boiling water, bring to boil then simmer for an hour or so (until the tatties start to soften and crumble to thicken it).

Ridiculously easy and actually very tasty - also works well with lentils or yellow split peas instead of tatties, but for those you really need a ham bone too