This is a beautiful and vibrant courgette, pea and mint soup recipe that will boost your vegetable intake for the day. I don’t see many people taking flasks to work these days and I think it’s a real shame; home-made soup is such a fabulous lunchtime option and is a great way to save some pennies! Reheating this soup is perfectly fine as long as you heat it thoroughly but it’s equally gorgeous cold on a hot day! This recipe serves four, giving you four meals ready for the week as the soup will last 3–4 days in the fridge. It also freezes well.

Ingredients:

– 1 tsp coconut or olive oil
– 1 onion, finely diced
– 3 garlic cloves, very finely chopped
– 300g frozen peas
– 3 medium courgettes (about 500g), grated
– 1 litre vegetable stock
– small handful of mint leaves, plus extra to serve
– salt and black pepper
– crème fraîche or yoghurt, to serve

Method:

1. Heat the oil in a pan and sauté the onion over a medium heat for 3–4 minutes until translucent.
2. Add the garlic and a pinch of salt and pepper and cook for a further minute before adding the peas, grated courgettes and stock. Bring to the boil, then reduce to a simmer and cook for 10 minutes.
3. Remove from the heat and allow to cool slightly before transferring all the mixture to a blender. Blitz until smooth then add the mint leaves and blitz again. 4. Return to the pan and taste and adjust the seasoning.
5. Serve with some extra mint leaves, a swirl of crème fraîche or yoghurt and some freshly ground black pepper.

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