Quick and Easy Root Veg Soup

This is a real quickie – my go-to soup recipe when I want a filling and warming soup. Fast. It takes a few minutes to prepare (not even any peeling of veg!) and about 15-20 mins to cook…

Ingredients:

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• 1 large or two small sweet potatoes, chopped into chunks (washed but not peeled)
• 1 parsnip, chopped into chunks (washed but not peeled)
• 2 carrots, sliced (washed but not peeled)
• 1 leek, washed and sliced
• organic veg bouillon powder
• 1 clove of garlic, sliced
• ground cumin to taste
• sea salt
• black pepper

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Method:

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• Sweat the leek in a little olive oil over a lowish heat until it starts to go soft
• Add the garlic, cumin and chopped veggies, stir for a minute
• Add enough water to cover the veggies + a little extra
• Sprinkle over some vegetable bouillon powder
• Stir well, bring to the boil then turn down to a simmer
• When the veggies are cooked, you’ll need to blend the soup – it’s advised that you let the soup cool before doing this unless you’ve got a blender with a hole in the top for steam to escape
• I blended mine in my NutiBullet in small batches.

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To serve, I swirled in some plain natural yogurt and 1/3 block of feta. Delicious.