Utterly Scrummy Food For Families: 5 Minute Soup

Having a young baby is lovely, it also makes it very tricky to get anything done. I need to keep up a decent diet to ensure that I can breastfeed effectively but that means making things in advance or whipping up snacks and lunch one handed whilst cuddling/feeding bubs.

Being part of Jumpstart January is helping as having a smoothie for breakfast is easy to achieve, and quick to make, as is having soup for lunch. I normally make soup in advance and freeze in batches so all I have to do is reheat a portion and lunch is served. However, I had run out of soup portions from the freezer and needed a quick lunch for hubby and I the other day when he was working from home. I was inspired by this post from Jac, fast and wholesome soup in mere minutes.

I used two sachets of steam vegetables along with some fresh kale, stock and a small tin of chickpeas for my soup. It was a vibrant green colour and tasted delicious. Hubby, who can be a bit picky about spinach and kale, declared it to be really tasty and he'd happily have it again. Hurrah!

5 Minute Soup

2 sachets Peas, Spinach, Broccoli and Sweetcorn

2 large handfuls of fresh kale

750ml hot vegetable stock

210g tin chickpeas, drained and rinsed

Cook the vegetables following the instructions on the pack. Put the cooked vegetables into a power blender along with the kale, hot stock and chickpeas. Blend until smooth and serve immediately or pour into a saucepan and heat for a few minutes then serve. The soup was accompanied by some Quick Bread Rolls.