Pea and Ham Soup
This is so quick and easy to make, and tastes delicious!
You will need:
A big soup pot (Asda, Morrisons, Tesco etc do them for £10) A hand blender (Asda, Morrisons, Tesco etc do them for £8) (Once you start making soup regularly these will be totally worth while having.) If you smoke – thats only 2 1/2 packets of cigarettes, if you drink thats only about 6 pints – so one night in should cover it!! 2 or 3 chicken stock cubes (depending on how salty you like it) – £1.25 1 bag frozen petit pois (makes nicer soup than peas) – £1.25 1 large onion, chopped – approx 20p 1 small packet of bacon, chopped into wee pieces – £1.00 2 teaspoons sugar – negligable cost add pepper to taste boiling water Method: Boil kettle and dissolve the stock cubes in a jug or container Chop the onion and put it in the soup pot Empty the whole bag of peas (petit pois) into the pot Add the dissolved stock cubes to the pot Add tablespoon of sugar and pepper Fill the pot with boiling water Add chopped up bacon Cook for 15 – 20 minutes Hand blend the mixture until smooth Done 🙂 Can add a wee dod of creme fraiche (half fat = 95p) to make it look nice if you like, but not necessary. Serve with Granary Bread – £1.10 Cost = £4.80 You should get at least 6-8 bowls our of this depending on the size of the bowl, so thats 60p-80p per bowl. ( You can freeze portions to have another day. Also you will still have stock cubes to make more soup another day and more bread left for another time included in this cost.)Tomato and Basil Soup
This is also very quick, easy to make, and really nice.
You will need:
As above, a soup pot and hand blender. (Or you could have it chunky if you don’t have the blender) 3 Tins of chopped tomatoes – 99p 1 large onion chopped – 25p 2 or 3 chicken stock cubes depending on how salty you like it – £1.25 2 or 3 garlic cloves chopped very small – 30p 2 teaspoons sugar – negligable large squirt of tomato puree from a tube (1 tablespoon) – 35p boiling water dried basil – 2 tablespoons – 95p Method: Boil kettle and dissolve the stock cubes in a jug or container Chop the onion and put it in the soup pot Empty the 3 tins of chopped tomatoes into the pot Add the dissolved stock cubes to the pot Add teaspoons of sugar and pepper, garlic and dried basil Fill the pot with boiling water Add good squirt of tomato puree Cook for 15 – 20 minutes Hand blend the mixture until smooth (if you have a blender) Add pepper to taste Done 🙂 Can add a wee dod of creme fraiche (half fat = 95p) to make it look nice if you like, but not necessary. Serve with Granary Bread – £1.10 Cost = £4.19 from scratch (but if already have stock cubes, and bread from before, even cheaper). Once you have bought the dried basil, and tomato puree it will last for ages and make many meals. You should get at least 6 – 8 bowls out of this depending on the size of the bowl, so thats 64p-86p per bowl. ( You can freeze portions to have another day. Also you will still have stock cubes to make more soup another day and more bread left for another time included in this cost.)