5:2 Vegetable Soup

As promised, here is my recipe for Vegetable Soup, 5:2 style:

2oz celery - 2 calories
6oz carrots - 54 calories
5oz onion - 30 calories
8oz courgette - 40 calories
garlic - I don't think a clove or two registers on the calorie scale?


 

I usually bung the whole lot through my food processor which only takes seconds to chop, although it makes for more washing up, but I feel this is the lesser of the two evils.

I put the chopped veg in a large saucepan and add:

390g carton chopped tomatoes - 72 calories
lots of basil - 0 calories
 

 

I add enough water to make up to about 3 pints, which is roughly 2 refills of the tomato carton.
When the vegetables are well cooked, I blitz with my stick-blender.  Half goes in the freezer for my second fast day and the other half goes in a flask to keep my going during the day.
 

 

I tried various combinations before I settled on this recipe.  There was no loss in flavour by not sweating the veg in a little oil first, and opting to use water rather than stock knocked out a few more calories.  This final version is quite satisfying and not too thin or watery.  If you try it, do let me know how you get on.