Winter Veggie Soup

This is my very simple quick but delicious winter veggie soup. The secret is the fresh tumeric - nothing like the powdered stuff, and a lovely thing to keep in the cupboard with the ginger and garlic. The other secret is having one of those groovy "v-slicer" julienne things that make chopping up stuff really small super quick.

You need:

• 1 potato


• 1n onion


• 1 carrot


• fresh ginger and tumeric


• 1 bay leaf


• 2 chicken stock cutes


• Nettles and coriander - or other fresh greens

Method:

• Julienne 1 onion into a saucepan


• Add a generous slosh of oil (I use macadamia but olive or anything would do)


• While heating up, add some grated fresh ginger and tumeric


• Saute gently until onion is soft and translucent


• Julienne the potato and carrot - add these too


• Add hot water and 2 x massels "chicken style" stock cubes and bay leaf


• Bring to boil and simmer while you go outside to pick greens


• Pick a big bowl of nettles, fresh coriander and anything else out there


• Chop or snip these into the soup just before serving

Voila!

(yes, still with the nettles!)