00:06well hello there folks and a very warm welcome back to what's for tea it's lovely to see you
00:12all again and i hope that i find you very well and tonight for tea i've made this delicious and
00:18oh so
00:18comforting creamy vegetable soup so easy to make i will put the ingredients on the screen as i use
00:26them highly recommend you give this one a go so these are my vegetables here i've got four kind of
00:32medium potatoes one onion three medium carrots and i've got four sticks of celery as well so you
00:39just want to peel and chop these i'm going to keep you know the skin on the potatoes because the
00:44skin
00:45is nice and clean but you can take the skin off if you prefer and if you leave the skin
00:49on it will help
00:50to thicken your soup so this is the vegetable stock that i am using here you can use whatever
00:56stock you prefer i like to use the oxo cubes sometimes as well but i do prefer the gnor so
01:03you just want to add your boiling water according to the instructions on your packet and then i'm
01:08also going to use a couple of tablespoons of fresh chopped parsley as well i'm going to use some olive
01:14oil for frying again use whatever oil you prefer and for herbs i'm going to use sage but i also
01:21use
01:21thyme sometimes as well so just use whatever you prefer and also a touch of garlic and some salt and
01:28pepper to taste as well then i'm also going to add some frozen peas and frozen sweet corn just because
01:34i've got them in the freezer so i'm going to throw them in so go over to your cooker grab
01:39a nice big
01:40soup pan and pop that onto a medium heat add in whatever oil you're deciding to use and then once
01:46it's nice and hot you want to add in your celery and your carrots and also your onions and you
01:53want
01:53to cook these with a wee bit of salt the salt is going to help draw the moisture out of
01:57your vegetables
01:58and help them you know saute a wee bit better a wee bit of pepper as well give those a
02:03good stir around
02:04and you want to cook these for about five minutes with a lid on again just to help them sweat
02:10down
02:10until they start to soften up and they should be looking something like this your onions should be
02:16translucent by this point and now we're going to add in your potatoes so add your potatoes and again
02:23just add a wee touch of salt and pepper and give them a good stir around again and you want
02:29to give
02:29these another cook for about five minutes and again it's just to help soften up your vegetables
02:36and your potatoes ready for the stock so on with your lid another five minutes so get your lid off
02:43and we're going to add the rest of your herbs and seasoning so i'm going to use sage i love
02:48the
02:48combination of sage and onion but like i said use whatever herbs you prefer in your soup and then also
02:54a touch of garlic granules as well you can use fresh garlic if you like i just prefer the dry
03:01you know
03:01the dry garlic and things like this i think it's got much stronger sort of saltier flavor if you like
03:07so i like to use the garlic granules and just give everything a good stir together just to make sure
03:13it's well combined and then we're going to add the stock so that's the vegetable stock and some extra
03:19water going in and then just give this a good stir again just to make sure everything is well combined
03:25as long as you've got enough stock in there to make sure your vegetables are covered that's absolutely
03:30fine because we are going to be adding some milk as well so you'll get more liquid so bring this
03:36up to
03:36boil then reduce the heat pop your lid on and let this simmer away for about 25 minutes until all
03:43of
03:43your vegetables are lovely and soft and a good way of testing is just to give your soup a good
03:49stir
03:49around i like to fish out one of the potatoes and smash it against the side of the pan and
03:55if it breaks
03:56up very easily then that's good enough for me i'm just going to grab my blender and just blend this
04:01down
04:02ever so slightly i don't like this blended all the way i still like some chunks in my soup but
04:08the more
04:08you blend this the thicker it's going to be so do bear that in mind but this was thick enough
04:13for me
04:14and like i said there's still lots of wee chunks floating about in the bottom and this is the point
04:18where i'm going to add my frozen peas and also the frozen sweet corner and just give these a good
04:24stir
04:25around until they are warmed through the heat that's in your soup will be enough to warm these through and
04:31i'm going to add my milk if you want to keep this vegan you can add a plant-based milk
04:36if you like i am
04:37just using cow's milk but use any milk you prefer give that a good stir around and the last thing
04:43i'm going
04:44to add is a couple of tablespoons of fresh chopped parsley as well this is going to give it a
04:49lovely
04:50you know subtle flavour whilst adding another wee bit of colour as well and that's it basically done
04:56like i said just make sure your sweet corn and your peas are thawed and nicely warmed through and this
05:03was absolutely perfect for me ever so subtle flavour but beautiful and creamy and it's quite
05:10an interesting soup because you've got lots of different vegetables going on in there so every
05:15spoonful is completely different which i absolutely love so like i said we did have this for our tea
05:22last night and i just like to add some wee rolls at the side and maybe a few crisps as
05:28well and i have
05:29added another wee bit of cream just to the top and some more parsley and we've got some wee roast
05:34beef
05:34and tomato rolls and just a few crisps like i said at the side that was absolutely lovely and that
05:42will
05:42make you know four or five really good portions should you decide to give it a go so thank you
05:47so
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06:05of
06:05yourselves and bye for now bye now
