Impromptu Leek and Potato Soup

Here at the Summerhouse the online grocery shop was delivered yesterday, now the only problem with letting a exhausted brain fogged person order the shopping, is sometime things go a little wrong.  Sometime you end up with 3 bags, yes that's 6 kilo's of organic potatoes instead of the three baking potatoes that you thought you'd ordered, oppsie daisies.

So you could say that at the Summer house right now we have potatoes galore, and it's not like we normally eat many potatoes around these parts. A small bag of new potatoes and the three baking potatoes were are lot for the months shop eek.

So last night I quickly hatched a plan of things to make with all these spuds.  I don't really do the cooking around these parts as I'm just not well enough these days. So I needed to think of something quick, easy and low energy to make, that's friendly to my food intolerances so here it is:

Dairy Free Leek and Potato Soup  

I basically cook as my Grandad taught me by making it up as I go along, he was a great cook and always used to say 'that's what all the best chefs do !!'

So here's what I used in case you want to give it a go:

• 1 leek
• 2 onions
• 1 stick celery
• 3 cloves of garlic

Soften this little lot up in pan with some olive oil. I then added

• 1lb Diced potatoes
• Vegetable Stock cube (I used a kallo yeast free one, pesky intolerance's again)
• mixed herbs
• bay leaf
• Sea salt

I covered the vegetables with water letting it simmer for 20 minutes, while I had a rest.  I then added a little tamari sauce to taste and whizz the whole lot up in the food processor.

and Ta-Dah

My soup was made, if you wanted you could also add a little cream although this soup turned out surprising creamy just as it was. I love making soups, they are what I tend to make if I have the energy to cook, as they are super healthy, low energy makes, especially if like me someone chops up all the veggies for you.

Just put it all in a pan and leave it to cook away by itself.  This ones full of immune boasting garlic and onions as well as vitamin C and and leeks contain lots of trace mineral vitamins and iron. Nothing like a bit of comfort food, although probably more suited to Autumn. 

Now we just need to figure out what to make with the other two and half bags of potatoes. I think a bag is destined for my sister and her family.

Clare x