Recipe for wholesome and healthy soup in 25 minutes
This soup was a creation of my own. I'm not quite sure what happened but I found myself wanting something hot, something wholesome and something that would use up some of our vegetables. So I began putting things together and it turned out really yummy!
This recipe serves 2.
Ingredients for vegan soup
• 2 mugs of water – 700 ml of water
• 1 cube of vegan stock
• 1/2 a bunch of broccoli – chopped into small pieces
• 1/2 a head of a small cauliflower – cut into small pieces
• 2 handfuls of kale – remove thick stems
• 175 of baby corn – cut into thirds
• 1 handful of capers
• 8 cherry tomatoes – left whole
• 1 small (200g) can of sweetcorn
• 1 tablespoon of sesame seeds
• 2 handfuls of cashew nuts – about 250g
• 100g of tofu - diced
• 1/2 a teaspoon of vegan margarine
How to make vegan soup
1. Put the water in a pan and let it boil
2. When it’s boiled, add the stock, letting it simmer on the heat when it’s dissolved
3. Add the broccoli and cauliflower
4. After 2 minutes, add the kale and stir
5. After 1 minute, add the capers and baby corn and stir
6. After 10 minutes add the cherry tomatoes and sweetcorn
7. Let it cook for another 5 minutes and then add a handful of sesame seeds
8. Cook the tofu in a 'dry' frying pan
9. After 1 minute, add the margarine and mix with the tofu
10. After 1 minute, add the tofu to the soup and let it cook
11. Put the cashew nuts in the pan that was used for the tofu and mix
12. Turn the heat off when they become brown and remove the pan from that hob
13. Serve the soup in a bowl and garnish it with the cashew nuts
The feedback was from my hubby who said he could eat this at least three times a week, because it was so healthy and tasty.