Carrot and orange soup

Carrot and orange soup with granary bread

EASY

LUNCH , DINNER

Prep & cooking time 1 hour
Serves 4-6
Can be Frozen












Cooking with fruit is a perfect way to make sure your child is eating correctly. Making soup is so easy and quick it's ideal for a light supper. This recipe is perfect for the autumn, full of vitamin C & A. This was originally a BBC Food recipe with coriander, which I love! but my husband and daughter don´t like coriander so I´ve left it out.



Ingredients

2 tbsp oil
1 medium onion, peeled and chopped
900 g/2lb carrots, scrubbed and chopped
1L /1 3/4 pt vegetable stock
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp paprika
Rind and juice of 1 large orange
Salt and pepper

Method

Heat the oil in a pan, add the onions, then cover the pan and sweat them for 3 mins.
Peel and chop the carrots finely and add these to the pan. Cover again and sweat the vegetables for 10 mins.
Add stock, spices, rind and juice of an orange. Bring to the boil and simmer for 40 mins.
Let the soup cool and liquidise. Season and re- heat.
Serve with wholemeal or granary bread to dip.

Quick and Cool Summer Soup

VERY EASY
LUNCH DINNER
SERVES 4








My daughter really doesn't do Gazapcho, so this is an alternative for something light and refreshing perfect on a hot day as a starter or a light supper.  Most kids love all types of melon this is just another way of eating it. My father in-law makes it a little different with cream instead of cream cheese.  I've played around with this a little by adding lime juice or lemon juice but Aina just loves it really simple.  I like to top it with crispy iberic pernil to give it some texture!  Must be served really chilled - enjoy!

Ingredients

• half a melon
• 1 tsp soft cheese (Philadelphia)
• 3 leaves of mint (or more if preferred)
• to garnish crispy iberic ham

Method
Cut melon into small chunks, add the cheese and mint and whiz with a hand mixer (or blender)and puree until smooth. Put the soup in the fridge it´s much nicer really chilled.