Quick winter vegetable soup

A great way to use lots of the veg in your box in one go! Of course you can vary the veg, or even add some pulses like barley or lentils to taste.

Serves 4-6

Ingredients

1 parsnip

4-5 carrots

4-5 potatoes

1 leek

a few cloves of garlic

1 - 11/2 pints stock

knob of butter

salt & pepper

Directions

  1. Scrub/peel/trim/chop the vegetables roughly
  2. In a large pan, heat the butter and then fry the leek and garlic on a low heat for 5 mins or so
  3. Add all the other veg and stock, season, bring to the boil and simmer for 20 mins or until the veg are soft
  4. Blend until smooth
  5. Adjust seasoning to taste
  6. Enjoy!

This recipe tastes even better made with vegetables from Community Harvest Whetstone :)