Super-green, super-thrifty soup
It's all too easy to just throw away the leaves or other green parts of our usual fresh vegetables. This is a real shame, because most of them can be cooked, as in this very green soup that uses up radish tops, spring onion greens and pea pods.
I'm sure you'll get how it's "green" in every sense: economical, simple and a way to reduce waste.
I'm sure you'll get how it's "green" in every sense: economical, simple and a way to reduce waste.
41 K 4/5 (1 reviews)
55 min.
Easy
2 litres
7 IngredientsLast modified on: June 24th 2020
400 g turnip (or other vegetable) tops
2 
1 
50 g 
1 litre 500 ml 
Times for this recipe
Preparation: 35 min.
Cooking: 20 min.
All in all: 55 min.
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 10 min.
Rinse all the vegetable tops you have saved.
Here I am using radish tops, pea pods and the green part of a spring onion.
Here I am using radish tops, pea pods and the green part of a spring onion.
Stage 2 - 10 min.
Peel, rinse and slice 2 potatoes, but do not rinse again, as we'll make use of the starch on the slices as a natural thickener for the soup.
Stage 3 - 3 min.
Slice the white part of 1 spring onion (scallion).
Stage 4 - 3 min.
Melt 50 g butter in a large saucepan on high heat.
When frothing, add the white of the spring onion, salt, pepper and cook for 1 minute without colouring.
Add the radish and spring onion tops and cook for a further minute while stirring.
When frothing, add the white of the spring onion, salt, pepper and cook for 1 minute without colouring.
Add the radish and spring onion tops and cook for a further minute while stirring.
Stage 5 - 1 min.
Add the pea pods...
Stage 6 - 2 min.
...and cook for 1 or 2 minutes, stirring from time to time.
Stage 7 - 1 min.
Add 1 litre 500 ml water...
Stage 8 - 1 min.
...then the potatoes.
Stage 9 - 15 min.
Cook until the potatoes are tender.
Stage 10 - 2 min.
Give a good blast with a blender, then check the seasoning.
Stage 11 - 5 min.
Pass the soup through a sieve, as the pea pods tend to be a bit fibrous.
Stage 12
Your soup is ready.
Remarks
You can use almost any vegetable tops for this recipe. Here at home, depending on what's around, we'll use carrot tops, beetroot leaves, chard stalks...
In stage 8 you can add a stock cube for more flavour.
In stage 8 you can add a stock cube for more flavour.
Keeping: A few days in the fridge in a sealed bottle.
Source: Home made.
Nutritional information
| Proteins (gr) | Carbohydrates (gr) | Fats (gr) | Energy value (in k-calories) | Energy value (in k-joules) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whole recipe | 9 RDI=4 % | 70 RDI=7 % | 40 RDI=6 % | 700 RDI=40 % | 2,940 RDI: 40 % |
| Per 100 g | 0 | 3 RDI=0 % | 1 RDI=0 % | 30 RDI=1 % | 120 RDI: 1 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 2 litres : £0.75
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Water
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Turnip (or other vegetable) tops
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