At this time of year you see a lot of soup recipes around that stuff in a load of veg in an attempt to be as healthy as possible- as much as I love lots of veggie soups there is no need to have something bland and boring.
I am such a big fan of this soup that I made a huge batch this weekend, and now I have a load of portions made up in the freezer! The basis of the recipe was from a vegetarian cookery course that I attended at Exeter Cookery School (you can read all about my experience here ).
I used a white wine stock pot (I get this from Tescos and it is fab!), but if you can’t get hold of this then I have also tried it with vegetable stock which works fine. Equally you could just throw in a glass of white wine if you fancy (I made a version on New Year’s Eve that used a whole bottle!) You don’t have to stick religiously to the vegetables listed- just use any veg you have that roast well- in the batch pictured I added courgette as I had some to use up but it wasn’t in the original recipe. Make sure you add the fresh fennel and orange zest though, these are key!
The other really key thing with this soup is to season it really well with salt- keep tasting until you have got it just right, the right level of salt really makes a huge difference.
I did keep a tablespoon of olive oil in this- if you are following Slimming World and want to keep it syn free you can take this out and use low calorie cooking spray instead.
Would this work with a red wine stock pot? I can’t find white wine pots!