A great soup can be made with very few ingredients: butter or oil, veg, stock. Use this recipe as a framework for a simple midweek soup, let your imagination – or what’s in your kitchen – be the only limit to what goes in the pot.

Preparation time: 15 Minutes. Cooking time: 30 Minutes

Ingredients (Serves 4)

25g Flora Buttery

3 leeks (300g), trimmed, thoroughly washed and finely chopped

1 medium potato, peeled and finely diced

1 onion, chopped

700ml vegetable stock made with 1 Knorr vegetable stock cube

100ml Elmlea Single

Method

1. Melt the Flora in a saucepan and lightly fry the vegetables for 5 minutes until soft but not browned. Add the Knorr stock, cover and simmer for 25 minutes stirring occasionally.
2. Place in a liquidizer and blend until smooth.
3. Return to clean saucepan, add Elmlea and re-heat.

Each serving contains

Energy 551kJ/ 133kcal 7%*

Fat 9.1g 13%*

Saturates 3.8g 19%*

Sugars 4.7g 5%*

Salt 1.3g 22%*

*% of Reference Intake of an average adult (8400kJ/2000kcal)