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Watercress & chickpea soup
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Prep time:5 minutes
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Cooking time:5 minutes
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Serves:4-6
Method
- Fry the onion in the olive oil until lightly golden brown.
- Add the garlic and ginger and cook slowly.
- Add the chickpeas, watercress, spinach and stock.
- Cook for about five minutes.
- Blitz the soup in a food blender.
- Serve, or divide into portions and freeze until needed.
Ingredients
1 tbsp olive oil
1 onion, finely chopped
A couple of garlic cloves, crushed
A small piece of ginger, about the size of the tip of your little finger, sliced
200g can tinned chickpeas
200g watercress
100g spinach
600ml vegetable stock (either homemade or from a packet)
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