Freefrom Butternut Squash, Ginger and Beetroot Soup 

Corn, egg, gluten, lactose, milk, nightshade, nut, peanut, sesame, soya & wheat free

The flavour of the soup will be even better if you can use fresh chicken stock and the extra vegetables but if that is not possible, it will still be good with a gluten and wheat-free ‘packet’ stock.

Serves 6 the-alt-name

Ingredients

  • the remains of a roast chicken
  • 1 medium onion, peeled and sliced
  • 1 carrot, scrubbed and sliced
  • 1 parsnip, scrubbed and sliced
  • few mushroom stalks
  • few sprigs parsley
  • ½ tsp each sea salt and black peppercorns
  • 1 medium butternut squash, peeled, pipped and diced
  • 1 beetroot, scrubbed and quartered
  • 1 large piece (approx 50g/2 oz) fresh ginger, peeled and sliced
  • sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • small handful of goji berries

Method

  1. Put the remains of the chicken in a reasonable size pot.
  2. Add the onions, carrot, parsnip, mushrooms stalks and parsley.
  3. Bring to the boil, cover and simmer for 1–2 hours.
  4. Put the squash, beetroot and ginger in a big pan.
  5. Add the parsnip and carrot from the stock pot.
  6. Strain the chicken stock, adding any bits of chicken to the vegetables.
  7. Add approximately 1½ litres of the stock to the vegetables, bring to the boil, cover and simmer for another 30 minutes or until the vegetables are soft.
  8. Purée in a food processor, adjust the seasoning to taste and serve sprinkled with a few goji berries.

Serves 6 – per portion
178Calories
27g Protein
3.5g Fat (1g Sat fat, 1.5g mono,0.7 g poly)
11g Carbohydrate of which 6g Sugar
2.5g Fibre, 131mg Sodium, 0.3g salt
52mg Calcium

Good Source: Vitamin B6, Niacin

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