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Pea & Watercress Soup

This soup is just as good served cold as hot. For a change, try shredding some lettuce and adding it to the soup while it reheats.

Calories per serving: 93
Saturated fat: Low
Total fat: Medium
Protein: High
Carbohydrate: High
Cholesterol: Nil
Vitamins: C, A, E, B group
Minerals: Potassium, Iron, Calcium


Ingredients

½oz/15g low-fat spread
1 medium onion, chopped
1½pints/825ml vegetable stock
12oz/325g tender frozen peas
1 good bunch of watercress, trimmed, washed and chopped
2tbsp chopped fresh mint
salt and black pepper

Method

1. Melt the fat in a heavy-based saucepan and sauté the onion until soft.

2. Add the stock, peas and watercress.
Bring to the boil, then simmer for 10 minutes.

3. Season to taste and put the soup through the blender.

4. Return to the pan, add the mint and heat through to serve.

Note: you can add a dash of single cream or fromage frais to each dish before serving, which would add only a few extra calories.


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Other Recipes in this series:
Pea & Watercress Soup
recipes by Judith Wills
from The Vegetarian Spring 1995
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