Easy Beetroot Soup

Ingredients

For the soup

• 1 tbsp vegetable oil
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 large clove garlic, crushed
• 2 large fresh beetroot, peeled and chopped
• 1 carrot, roughly chopped
• 1 medium potato, peeled and chopped
• 900ml vegetable stock
• 1 tsp cider vinegar

To garnish

• 2 tbsp soya cream
• 1 tbsp finely chopped flat leaf parsley

To serve

• 1 small loaf sun-dried tomato bread torn into pieces

Method

1. Heat the vegetable oil in a saucepan.
2. Fry the onion for 5 minutes until soft.
3. Add the garlic, beetroot, carrot and potato. Continue to cook the vegetables while stirring until they start to soften.
4. Add the stock and bring to the boil. Simmer for 20 minutes until the vegetables are cooked.
5. Stir in the cider vinegar; allow to cool before using a hand blender to liquidise the soup.
6. Serve and garnish with soya cream and parsley.