Hi all.
Here is a beautiful mixed vegetable soup recipe, shared by Jane, a PhD student from London. It was posted as a comment to the ‘about’ page.
I took the liberty to share it with other friends of mine. And friends, Jane did this with an element type electric kettle. Even though I have an element type kettle with me, I haven’t had any adventures with them lately. So this is a real inspiration for me. I hope you will also like the recipe. Below is the original comment and recipe with slight modifications.
Thank you Jane
Hey, I am a PhD student with no money and a hungry tummy in London. I get sick of eating sandwiches and cold leftovers from home. I have a kettle in my office (it’s the type with an element, rather than a heating plate – but I don’t let that stop me!), and I also have a blender. I think this is a magical combination – allowing me to make nutritious soups every day…
Here’s what I do:
- Chop up vegetables of your choice into small pieces – they cook quicker (at the moment I’m eating broccoli, carrots, potatoes, celery and other seasonal, cheap vegetables)
- Put the chopped veg into the kettle. Just cover with cold water and click the switch on. Allow to boil, the leave the vegetables in the hot water for a few minutes, 3-5 minutes is sufficient.
- Then pour the whole lot into the blender – remove a bit of the hot water,(if it looks like too much), you can always add more. 🙂
- Add some seasoning: salt, pepper and stock powder (I like Marigold Swiss Boullion) to taste and a very generous knob of butter. You can also add some cream at this stage if you like, I like to add full-cream milk.
- Whizz the soup until it is smooth.
- Serve with bread and butter.
Cooking with Kettle 