Homemade Soup

Ingredients:

• 1 courgette chopped into cubes
• 2 carrots chopped into cubes
• 2 red peppers chopped
• 1 sweet potato chopped into cubes
• 1 red onion
• 2-3 cloves garlic
• 750ml vegetable stock
• handful fresh basil
• handful spinach
• 1/2 can of light coconut milk (optional)
• 1 tin chopped tomatoes
• salt and pepper to season

Method:

1. Chop the onion and crush the garlic then fry in the bottom of a large pot with some olive oil until soft.
2. Add in the chopped carrots, peppers, courgette and sweet potato to the onions, then add in the stock and leave to simmer for 40-45 mins until vegetables are soft.
3. After 40-45 mins, take the vegetables off the heat and add in the tin of chopped tomatoes, spinach, basil, salt and pepper and the optional coconut milk.
4. Then blend altogether using a hand blender.