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Nutrition: per serving

  • kcal156
    low
  • fat3g
    low
  • saturates0g
  • carbs21g
  • sugars7g
  • fibre7g
  • protein8g
  • salt0.6g
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Method

  • step 1

    Boil 1.4 litres water in a kettle. Heat the oil in a large non-stick frying pan and cook the spring onions for 5 mins, stirring frequently, or until softened. Add the cucumber, lettuce and peas, then pour in the boiled water. Stir in the bouillon, cover and simmer for 10 mins or until the vegetables are soft but still bright green.

  • step 2

    Blitz the mixture with a hand blender until smooth. Serve hot or cold, topped with yogurt (if you like), with rye bread alongside.

RECIPE TIPS
PACK IT FOR LUNCH

Take this to work in a thermos flask and it will stay hot or chilled, depending on how you prefer to eat it.

NUTRITION NOTES

The peas add substance to the other vegetables and are a useful source of iron and fibre, including soluble fibre, which helps regulate cholesterol levels. Don't worry that the peas are frozen - they are frozen as soon as they are picked, so (unless you are picking straight from your garden) they are generally nutritionally richer than fresh ones.

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Recipe from Good Food magazine, June 2017

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A star rating of 3.8 out of 5.33 ratings

belleflower

Lovely soup. I reduced the water down and added some vegatable stock. Lightly seasoned with salt and pepper

dwob02_ByikRo4

question

Am I okay to use a bulb onion instead of a spring onion?

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goodfoodteam

Hi, thanks for your question. Yes this is fine. We hope this helps, BBC Good Food Team.

JulesH

Actually really good. I had a load of salad leaves a cucumber left over from the Veg Box. Looking for something to do with it and thought I would give this a try. Quite sceptical initially to be honest but excellent. It does need pepper or something - I uses a small sprinkling of Shichimi to give it…

webster1963

I used 1.4L and followed recipe to the letter. It's okay to me. I used Iceberg lettuce because it was 'round' - didn't know there was a lettuce called 'Round'. It's healthy and filling. Next time I'll put yoghurt or chillies in.

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TDSmith

The quality of the soup produced by this recipe belies its simplicity. Even before I'd read the comments, I'd decided to reduce the amount of liquid by a third (simply because two of the victims of my cooking are aged 90+), and used a vegetable stock-pot rather than bouillon, which isn't readily…

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