I’m really not a soup person. There’s something about the texture that I find to be really lacking so that getting through a bowl is more of a chore than enjoyment. However, I’ve recently been craving a bright green soup and yes, it really was the colour that I was thinking about rather than the flavour, which I assumed would include peas, mint and possibly not much else. It seems silly, but in my mind I could just see the freshness and set about finding a recipe. I came across a recipe for 15-minute summer soup and it looked like it was exactly what I was after. I made it tonight while Rob had his lamb koftas.
I pretty much followed the recipe exactly (half quantities) but with slightly less courgette (I didn’t have enough) and with rocket instead of watercress (not a watercress fan). The final result was surprisingly watery – I didn’t really mind, but you might want to use less water and then add more as you blend to get the consistency you want. It tasted great – exactly what I was after and I got through almost the whole lot (well, at 100kcal per portion, why not?!).
I’m definitely not a soup convert, but at least this is another one that will probably work for me at times (along with Rob’s delicious mexican bean soup!)
[...] we had a plan B! I’d bought some courgettes with the intention of cooking up some more summer vegetable soup last night, but I’d gone out for lunch so wasn’t feeling at all hungry. We also had a [...]