How to Make Homemade Rocket & Spring Onion Soup

***RECIPE***

One of the things I adore about autumn is making homemade soup. A bowl of soup is nutritious, filling and packed with flavour, and it really is easier and quicker to make than many people think. 

Some of my families favourite ingredients for soup are tomato, beetroot, sweet potato, lentils, spinach and good old leek and potato. In fact, that soup is always our starter on Christmas Day! 

So here is my recipe for Rocket Soup - which I created after buying the wrong ingredient. 

As the night's draw in, sometimes there is nothing more comforting than a steaming hot bowl of soup on a cold winter's night. And as I work from home soup is also a perfect lunch too.

Homemade soup is a fantastic recipe to have for your family and it makes a great starter or a tasty snack. Homemade soup is better for you because you know exactly what's in it and these healthy soups taste better than anything you can buy in the shops. 

Being the season of flu and germs I planned to make watercress soup last week, thinking it would be full of vitamin C as well as a peppery flavour. However, I mistakenly bought a packet of rocket instead of watercress from the local supermarket. It was also good value too as it was reduced to 35p from 56p - however, it wasn't the ingredient I was going to put in my soup. 

But undeterred I just decided to make it with Rocket. So by complete accident, I created a new dish for me. And it was so tasty. So tasty in fact that I've already made it again since.

How to Make Homemade Rocket & Spring Onion Soup

So here is the recipe. It's gluten free, dairy free and full of nutrition and flavour, as well as great value for money. 

Rocket & Spring Onion Soup

Ingredients

• 1 tbsp oil
• 1 packet of Rocket
• 5 Spring Onions
• 1 inch of ginger
• 1 clove of garlic
• 1 large or 2 small potatoes
• salt and pepper to taste
• 500ml of water
• Vegetable stock cube (can be gluten-free if required)

Method

1. Wash and chop the spring onions.
2. Wash and chop the potato (peel first if you prefer).
3. Chop the ginger and crush the garlic
4. Add a little oil to a large pan and saute the onion with the garlic. 
5. Add the ginger and potato then the water and a stock cube and bring to the boil.
6. Simmer for 10 minutes.
7. Once the potatoes have started to soften add the rocket and simmer for two minutes.
8. Blend then serve. Add salt and pepper to taste.
9. Serves two.

That's it so simple. Sometimes I make soda bread to go with the homemade soup, other times I buy a crusty loaf, or with this soup, I accompanied it with crackers and a homemade 'dairy-free cheesy' dip.

Rocket or Arugula Nutritional Benefits

Rocket, also known as arugula, is one of the nutritious green leafy vegetables of Mediterranean origin. It is also a good source of Fibre and Protein, Vitamins A, B, C and K as well as Zinc and Copper, Folate, Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Potassium and Manganese.

As well as being very low in calories, it has many vital phytochemicals, anti-oxidants, vitamins, and minerals that may immensely benefit health.

Spring Onions Nutritional Benefits

Spring onions add great nutritive and taste value to a dish. They are an excellent source of vitamin K and vitamin C, and a very good source of vitamin A too.

What is your favourite soup?

Deb x

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