Vegetable Soup

 This recipe is one based of of a delicious soup my mother would make. The nice thing about it is you can toss in any vegetables you like and that are in season.

• 3 cloves of minced garlic
• 3 medium sized yellow onions
• 1 head of broccoli 
• 2 stalks of celery
• 2-3 fist sized potatoes
• 2 carrots
• 2 cubes of vegetable stock
• 1 1/2 litres of water (approximately)
• 1 large tin of tomatoes
• Salt & pepper to taste
• Some sugar (if you find the tomatoes have made the soup bitter)
• Mild paprika to taste
• Cumin to taste
• Coriander powder to taste
• 1 tablespoon of olive oil

While these were the veggies I used, feel free to be creative with this recipe and use whatever you like - peas, squash, anything

1. Finely chop the onions and mince the garlic. Let them simmer in the olive oil in your pot for a few minutes until the onions are translucent
2. Pour in the hot water mixed with the stock cubes, slice the tinned tomatoes and pour them in as well
3. Since I am truly lazy, I like to prepare all my vegetables (peel and chop the potatoes and carrots in large pieces, chop the celery and brocoli) and then... I just throw them all in together. I add a bit of spices and salt and pepper, cover up the soup and let it cook on a medium heat.
4. Once your veggies are cooked, use a hand mixer to blend some of your soup to make the broth thicker. (You could also use a blender too!)
5. Continue to taste and season your soup until it is how you like it and enjoy!