Paddy's Day Soup

Try this easy, tasty, minty green soup for lunch!

Paddy's Day Soup

Yield 3 children and 2 adults
Author Deirdre Doyle
Prep time
15 Min
Cook time
20 Min
Total time
35 Min

Ingredients

Food you'll need
  • 1 medium onion
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tbsp butter
  • 1/2 head of broccoli
  • 1 clove garlic
  • 5 cups frozen peas
  • 2 chicken or vegetable stock cubes
  • handful fresh mint
  • salt and pepper
Stuff you'll need
  • chopping board
  • child-safe knife
  • large saucepan
  • measuring jug
  • blender

Instructions

How to make it
  1. Chop the onion in half and peel off the skin. Dice it nice and small.
  2. Add the oil and butter to the saucepan and warm them up over the medium heat.
  3. When the butter is melted, add the onion and cook it for about 5 minutes, stirring every now and again, until it's opaque (almost see-through).
  4. While the onion is cooking, chop the broccoli up into small pieces.
  5. When the onion is done, add the broccoli and mix well. Cook for a couple of minutes. Add a little bit of water if it starts to stick.
  6. Peel the garlic and chop it up nice and small. Add it to the saucepan and stir.
  7. Pop the kettle on. Meanwhile, bung the frozen peas into saucepan and stir.
  8. Crumble the stock cubes into the pot and add 1 litre of hot water from the kettle and stir well.
  9. Tear up most of the mint leaves and add them to the saucepan and then let everything simmer for about 10minutes.
  10. When the broccoli is cooked, take the saucepan off the heat. Very carefully, taste the soup and add salt and pepper if needed.
  11. If it's too thick, add more water. Then pour it into your blender and blitz until it's completely smooth. Top your soup with the rest of the mint leaves - yum!
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Deirdre Doyle