Wednesday 21 May 2008

EDAMAME AND PEA SOUP

Ingredients
200g/7oz frozen soya beans (also called edamame beans)
200g/7oz frozen peas
500ml/18floz hot vegetable stock
6 spring onions, trimmed and chopped
1 small bunch basil leaves
1 handful (50g/2oz) rocket leaves
300ml/½pt Alpro soya Light alternative to milk

Method
Put the frozen soya beans, frozen peas, vegetable stock and spring onions together in a pan. Bring to the boil and simmer for five mins.

Add the basil and rocket leaves and Alpro soya Light. Blend half of the mixture until smooth, leave half of the soup chunky. Combine and warm through to serve.

Serves: 4

Tip: Make up this and freeze into individual portions so you've plenty of low cal, low cholesterol soup portions ready when you feel peckish.

Per serving:
Total calories 129 kcal
Total fat 5.5g
Saturated fat 0.7g
Polyunsaturated fat 2.6g
Monounsaturated fat 1.0g
Carbohydrates 8.3g
Sugar 3.2g
Total Protein 12g
(Soya protein 8.5g)

1 comment:

Sylvie said...

Great looking recipe!