Lettuce & Pea Soup

The boy and I love a bowl of soup on a cold evening. Our organic delivery is a salad box, but we’re more in the mood for a soup than a salad.

25g butter

300g peas

1 head lettuce. Torn into pieces

3 spring onions, finely sliced

2tbsp parsley, finely chopped

2tbsp coriander, finely chopped

650ml vegetable stock

100ml single cream

Most of this is sourced from the veg box, though we should be having this in early summer. Melt the butter in a saucepan and add the peas, spring onions and lettuce. Cook gently until the lettuce is wilted. The boy will not be convinced this is a good idea. As far as he is concerned, a salad is a salad.

Add the herbs and cook for another minute. Add the stock and cook for another 3 minutes. We like Knorr stock pots or Swiss Marigold.

Set aside two ladles of the broth and blend the rest. Combine the two and add the cream, reheating gently. Season to taste.

We’re having this with a big pile of garlic bread. It’s important that it’s both garlicky and crunchy. The boy is surprised that what he thought would be a side salad makes such a good soup. He doesn’t know that I’ve added a tiny dab of harissa to each slice of garlic bread to wake it up and compliment the soup.