The second soup of the season: a delightful combination with the sweetness from the red pepper providing a lovely flavour. It is free on No Count or 1 point per serving, if tracking.
Ingredients (serves 4):
- a butternut squash, peeled and cut into chunks
- 2 red peppers, cut into chunks
- 600ml hot vegetable stock
- a tbsp olive oil
- 2 tsp sage
- a tsp of finely chopped ginger
- 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- 210g tin of chickpeas, drained
- a tsp paprika
- a tsp ground cumin
- a tsp ground coriander
Method:
- Pre-heat the oven to 180C.
- Put the bns and red pepper into an ovenproof dish.
- Pour over the olive oil and add the ginger and garlic. Sprinkle over the paprika, cumin and coriander before mixing it all together with your hands.
- Cook in the oven for 25 minutes.
- Meanwhile, put the chickpeas into a pan and add the sage. Once, the bns and red pepper is ready, add this to the pan along with the veg stock.
- Stir and season to taste.
- Bring to the boil and allow to simmer for 15 minutes.
- I used an electric hand whisk to make the soup smoother, but I did leave a few chunks in it.
Served here with a sandwich thin – spread with an extra light Laughing Cow cheese triangle, and topped with salad and four olives (all free on No Count).
Hi Helen,
I am a Vegi on the new Flexi Plan, so this is ideal for me!
Have to say it is absolutely gorgeous!
Thanks for the recipe, would you say 1 point for the stock cube?
Thanks Judith, I’m glad you like this recipe. The point is for the olive oil and stock cube – it comes to 1.5 points altogether per serving. You could reduce the points by using Frylight instead of the olive oil:-) Helen xxx PS: Apologies for having to amend this reply.
Just made this for my lunch it’s delicious. Freezing the rest so I have soup for through the week x
Glad you like it Helen, it’ll come in handy as the weather turns colder. Hope you have a fab weekend, Helen xxx
Good morning Helen
This soup looks absolutely delicious 😋 I don’t do heat unfortunately will it still be ok if I miss out the hotness?
I’m really enjoying your blog and your amazing food thank you for sharing don’t know what we would do without you
Thanks ever so much 😋😋have a great day xx
Hi Kimberley, I’m glad you like the look of this one:-) It’s not really hot/spicy but you could leave out the paprika if you don’t like it. Thank you for your lovely comments, and thank you for spreading the word about the website.💕There’s another yummy pud out next week so get your baking hat on:-) 👩🏻🍳💕 Helen xxx