Soup for the Soul

A simple supper of celery and Stilton soup with bread. The boys quite often go to their grandparents for tea after school on a Thursday so we like to have something cheap, easy and generally low fat/low calorie for our dinner à deux. A snack-meal like scrambled eggs on toast or soup ticks the box most weeks. 

For our celery and Stilton soup we used

a knob of butter

2 small onions 

3 or 4 potatoes 

1 litre of veg stock 

a head of celery 

75ml of double cream 

leftover Stilton cheese (from Xmas) 

chopped parsley (we're definitely using more herbs at the moment)

in a medium saucepan 

sweat the onions, potatoes and celery in some butter 

add veg stock and simmer for about 20 minutes

then set aside and leave to cool slightly

blend carefully until smooth 

return to pan with 2 tablespoons of parsley

add 75ml of double cream and black pepper

then reheat it gently until it nearly boils 

crumble some Stilton onto it with some chopped parsley and black pepper

Our soup did include cream and cheese but it still had all the nutritional benefits of using fresh vegetables. You can add as much or as little Stilton as you have or like - I love its tangy taste but the rest of my family isn't so keen. Today we had a glass of white wine each on the side - as I say January is not the month for self-deprivation.