Vegetable soup

Here is a very quick vegetable soup recipe. On Tuesdays, I take my son and his friend to the park after school finishes. I bring lunch and we eat it in the park, before the boys play a game of football.

The weather was cold, and the fridge was looking a bit empty, but I had some sad-looking cauliflower, some carrots, half a zucchini, half a sweet potato and an onion in the pantry. Those five vegetables turned into vegetable soup for the park in about 30 minutes flat. Hot, tasty, quick and healthy. Thumbs up from the boys for this one. Winning all around.

What you'll need

Serves two

1/2 head cauliflower, stalk and leaves removed, broken into florets
1/2 large sweet potato (about 300g), peeled and roughly chopped into chunks
1 large carrot, ends removed and roughly chopped
1/2 large zucchini, stalk removed, roughly chopped.
1/2 large onion, peeled and roughly chopped

1L hot vegetable stock
Salt and pepper to season

Bread to serve

What to do

I didn't even bother frying off the onion for this recipe. Just throw all the ingredients into a large pot, pour over the stock, put on the lid, turn on the heat and bring to a rapid simmer. Now go and do the ironing or have a shower. Come back in 30 minutes and you'll have a lovely soup almost ready to go. 

Remove from the heat, give it a wizz with your stick blender, season to taste with salt and pepper and it's done.

Pour the soup into a thermos and take it to the park. Serve in a cup with some bread or drink it just as it. Delicious.