Green Pea Soup

• Prep: 5
• Cook: 25 mins
• Serves: 4

Ingredients

• spray olive or canola oil spray
• 3 onions, roughly chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, chopped
• 3 cups salt-reduced chicken stock
• 1 cup water
• 500 g frozen peas
• 1/2 cup mint leaves
• to taste pepper, to serve
• 4 tbs low-fat natural or Greek yoghurt, to serve
• 4 slices grainy bread or roll, to serve

Method

1.     Heat a large pot and spray with oil. Add onion and cook for 5 minutes over medium-high heat, stirring often until softened but not browned.  
2.     Stir in garlic, cook for 1 minute then add stock and water and bring to the boil. Simmer for 2 minutes then add peas and mint.
3.     Bring back to the boil and simmer, covered, for a further 2 minutes, ensuring peas remain bright green.  
4.     Remove from heat and puree with a stick mixer or in batches in a food processor or blender until smooth. 
5.     Ladle soup into bowls, season with pepper and serve immediately with a swirl of yoghurt, mint leaf garnish and bread.

Nutrition information

	per serving	per 100g
Energy	1342 kJ	248 kJ
Protein	18.4 g	3.4 g
Fat, total	4.7 g	0.9 g
— saturated	0.7 g	0.1 g
Carbohydrate	43.6 g	8.1 g
— sugars	10.5 g	1.9 g
Fibre	15.4 g	2.8 g
Sodium	976 mg	180 mg