Vegetable soup

1 onion

1 carrot

1 leek

1 potato

1 celery stick

1x 15ml spoon oil or spray oil 

1 reduced-salt stock cube

600ml boiling water

1 x 15ml spoon coriander

Black pepper 

Chopping board, knife, vegetable peeler, measuring jug, measuring spoons, saucepan, blender (optional)

1. Prepare the vegetables:

• peel and chop the onion;
• top and tail, peel and dice the carrot;
• top and tail, then slice the leek;
• peel and cube the potato;
• slice the celery;
• chop the coriander.

2. Heat the oil in a saucepan. Fry the onion, carrot, leek and celery in the oil until soft, for about 5 minutes. 

3.  Add the potatoes. 

4. Add the water and stock cube to the saucepan and bring to the boil.

5. Simmer for 20 minutes until all vegetables are soft. 

6. Stir in the chopped coriander and serve

• Turn up the flavour: Swap the white potato for a sweet potato. 
• Beat the budget: Use seasonal frozen or canned vegetables to reduce the cost. 
• Focus on fibre: Add a can of beans, peas or lentils to increase the fibre content. 
• Reduced food waste: Add any vegetables which need using up. 
• Serving suggestion: Serve with our quick bread buns. 
• Food skills: Check out our food skills videos to help understand the key skills used in this recipe. 

Be ingredient aware!

Check for any food allergy, intolerance, special dietary requirement or religious/cultural reasons for not handling or eating the ingredients in this recipe. 

You may need to modify the recipe accordingly. Always check food labels for allergens, and suitability for vegetarians and vegans.

For full guidance and up-to-date information on the 14 allergens, please visit the Food Standards Agency (FSA) website. 
  

Nutritional information

This recipe serves three portions based on portion size guidance for 11-18 year olds , if serving to younger children then they may require a smaller portion and if serving to adults, they may require a bit more. 

Why not use the Explore Food calculator, the British Nutrition Foundation's free online nutritional analysis programme, to calculate the nutritional information for other recipes?