As the weather is cold and miserable, what's better than to tuck into a warm and hearty bowl of soup that you made yourself. I've also made the soup a little more filling by adding couscous, which is a medium GI grain. This soup would work any time, but this time I had it post workout so I allowed myself a tear of Olive Bread and a tomato and mixed leaves salad as my sides.
The soup was dead easy, my ingredients were as follows:1 medium onion, chopped roughly
2 garlic cloves, crushed
1 packet (390g) of Tomato & Basil Passata
5 fresh plum tomatoes, chopped roughly
1 beef stock cube
dash of Worcestershire Sauce (optional)
450ml water
1 portion of couscous
Seasoning to taste
Method
Cook the garlic and onion until just starting to colour. Add the fresh tomatoes and cook for a further 2 minutes. Add the Passata, stock cube, water a little at a time, seasoning and dash of Worcestershire Sauce if using. Turn down the heat and cook on low for a further 10 - 15 minutes, stirring periodically. Make up the couscous as per the manufacturers instructions until fluffy then add to the soup. Cook through for another 5 minutes, taste and add more seasoning if needed.
After cooking, either put in a food processor and blend or use a hand held blender (carefully, don't get it up your kitchen tiles, like I initially did!) Continue blending until you are happy with your consistency.
The above amounts made loads, got 5 bowls of soup out plus two portions that went in the freezer.
Enjoy, till next time.
Amanda
www.mw-pt.co.uk
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