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Hi everyone, I've got so much info and great advice from this forum so thought I'd 'give back' by sharing this recipe for a really tasty soup.

I get about 6 big servings from one pot, and reckon it to be about 86 calories a serving.

You can use any veg you want but this is my usual choice...

1 courgette
2 leeks
4 carrots
1 onion
2 peppers (any colour)
2 stalks of celery
2 cloves of garlic (finely chopped or crushed)
2 tins of chopped tomatoes - Lidl do 'chopped tomatoes arriabata' which gives a really nice chilli flavour, but not too strong/spicy. So I use 1 tin of that and one normal tin of chopped tomatoes
1 tbsp of tomato purée
2 vegetable stock cubes
1 litre of water

Just chop all the veg and throw into a pot, along with all the other ingredients. I then pour out a litre of boiling water into a jug and crumble the 2 stock cubes in and stir, then add to the pot. Cover and simmer for about an hour and a half, or whenever you think it's soft enough and that's all there is to it.

I usually make a pot on Sunday and just keep it in the fridge for during the week, and then heat a portion up in the microwave for about 3 or 4 min whenever I fancy it.
I don't purée it or anything as I like my soups to be chunky. It's also really nice with a little bit of cooked pasta / sausage etc thrown in if you want to bulk it up

It's really tasty and very filling - so ideal for fast days.

This soup is being added to my list! Thank you - I think low cal soup is a Godsend on this wol so I like to ring the changes and this ounds as though it will hit the spot!

MMMMM! Sounds really tasty. I will try it!

Just cooked this for my 2nd fast day tomorrow, extremely excited about eating it tastes delicious thanks!!

Sounds yummy will definitely try this

That sounds lovely. Will def try it out, I live on soup and make my own every week to take to work. Today I have made carrot & coriander as well as leek & potato, all frozen in individual portions ready for quick and easy snack/lunch or dinner. I reckon the carrot & coriander has approx 100 cals per portion but haven't calculated the potato one yet.

Wee_muncher - Did you try the arriabata tomatoes in it? I think it makes the soup really 'warming' which is perfect on fast days as I'm always cold lol

My husband isn't fasting but he pinches some to take to work for his lunch - so it must be good!

I have tubs that I reuse from soups I bought from tesco etc and they hold 600g which I work out to be about 130cal for this soup. That is enough for 2 people according to the serving size of the original soup No wonder I always feel stuffed after i eat all that!!

Loving all the recipes/ideas on here and will definitely try out the carrot and coriander one - yum!

No I just used ordinary tomatoes might try the spicy ones next time! Had some for lunch and have to say coping much better today than my first one having some more soup for dinner!

That sounds absolutely delicious, and versatile. I love recipes like that.

Another great one to try!

I love recipes where you just throw all the ingredients together and leave it to do it's thing. I bet this is the kind of soup that improves over a couple of days too, much like casseroles/stews do!

I just wanted to say thank you for posting this recipe! My fiancee and I both love this soup!!! The flavor is amazing and it was great for both fasting and nonfasting days. Tonight I am making the roasted garlic and cauliflower soup - the garlic roasting smells fabulous!

Thanks again!
Jody

Another lovely soup recipe, so many to choose from

This soup is bubbling away on my cooktop and early testing tells me this recipe is another winner. I added chopped up 1 chilli minus seeds and made my stock from scratch. So it has lovely depth of flavours. Looking forward to lunch, drat only 3 hours to wait