Vegetarian Soup with spinach, chickpeas, and swiss chard.

    Vegetarian Soup with spinach, chickpeas, and swiss chard.

    Vegetarian Soup with spinach, chickpeas, and swiss chard.

    A healthy, warming, delicious plant based soup.

    starter for 6-8

    meal for 4

    INGREDIENTS

    4 cups vegetable stock

    2 carrots peeled, diced

    2 parsnips peeled, diced

    1 onion chopped

    1 tsp GINGER

    3 tsp BERBERE

    2 tsp Hibiscus Sugar

    4 cups washed, chopped spinach

    2 cups washed, chopped swiss chard 

    2 cups cooked chickpeas ( canned or fresh)

    2 Tbsp olive oil

    salt & pepper to taste

    DIRECTIONS

    Mix together the carrots, parsnips, 1 cup of chickpeas  with 2 tsp of olive oil, 1 tsp rose sugar, and 1.5 tsp of berbere. Place everything on a baking sheet and roast at 325º for 25 minutes - stirring occasionally.

    Heat 1 Tbsp of olive oil in a heavy bottomed pot and sautee the onion and ginger with the remaining rose sugar for 10  minutes. Then add the rest of the berbere and continue cooking for 5 minutes. Add the stock, spinach, swiss chard, remaining chickpeas and bring to a boil. Simmer for 5 - 10 minutes ( until the leaves have wilted). 

    Blitz everything together and add salt & pepper to taste. Top the soup with the roasted vegetable 'croutons' and serve!

    Serve with biscuits or bread.

     

     

     

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