Easy Peasy Soup

Quick and easy pea soup that can be made vegan by skipping the feta cheese. It's not only easy, but also very budget friendly. I always have organic frozen peas in the freezer, which, one day, turned out very handy resulting in this recipe (didn't have much else in the fridge!). If some members of the family, friends or dinner guests are not vegetarian, adding some pan fried chorizo or bacon to the soup gives it an extra buzz and should make meat lovers happy. Serve with bread of your choice. This recipe fills 2 grown up stomachs.

INGREDIENTS

2 tbsp Olive oil

400g Frozen peas

1 Large garlic clove

1 Yellow onion

1 Cube vegetable stock

2 Handfuls of fresh parsley

1/3 Block of feta cheese

Pinch of chilli powder

Pinch of dried ginger powder

Salt and pepper to taste

Finely chop the onion. Heat up olive oil in a pot and add the chopped onion and pressed garlic. Fry until the onion starts getting a golden colour. Pop a pinch of chilli powder in the pot, stir, and then add the frozen peas. Mix 1.5 cups of water (I used a standard coffee mug, about 350ml total) with the peas to let the peas thaw. Once thawed, the water should have gotten a bit warmer to allow vegetable stock to dissolve - so time to pop that in as well. Now you can either mash the peas by hand, or if you have a blender, blend them until smooth. Once blended, put the pea soup back into the pot. Add the ginger, salt and pepper to taste as well as fresh parsley.

If you're vegan, skip the feta cheese. Otherwise, crumble the feta and add either directly to the soup, or in a separate bowl on the side, so that each dinner guest can decide exactly how much cheese they want in their soup!

Serve with bread and enjoy

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