Soup it Sundays
Soup it Sundays
Here’s a smart trick to get your healthy habits kickstarted... SOUP IT SUNDAYS.
Pretty much every Sunday without fail over autumn and winter I make a batch of soup. It’s a habit I’ve created and it really works! Not only do I have soup ready for a tasty lunch, but I make enough for lunches during the week and extra for an afternoon mug of it when I’m feeling a bit peckish but know dinner isn’t too far off.
I keep it in the door of the fridge in a jug so it’s easy to see (remember you’re approximately 3 times more likely to eat the first thing you see than the 5th.) I sometimes freeze it into individual portions too, so I can grab some and take it to work if I’m out for the day.
Today I made broccoli soup because it’s really cheap right now.
Ingredients:
2 broccoli
2 large or 3 medium potatoes, peeled and chopped into 2cm cubes
1 leek, thinly sliced
2 onions, roughly chopped
4 cups salt reduced stock
1 tbsp oil or butter
How to make:
Fry the onion and leek until soft.
Chop the stalks off the broccoli, cut off the outer woody layer from the stalk and keep the inside soft flesh, chop this up and add to the onion and leek.
Cut each broccoli into 4-6 pieces and add this to the pan along with the potatoes and stock.
Cook for 30 minutes until they are soft.
Blend the soup – I use my Kenwood New Zealand hand blender for this.
Serve with a sprinkle of grated cheese or a few cubes of blue cheese.
