19/12/2025
It's soup season 🍲
Our Healthy Knowsley Service have some tasty ideas for making the most of supermarket veg offers, or those leftovers in the fridge or kitchen cupboard. These healthy recipes will warm you up over winter but still leave you feeling full.
Find winter recipes on our website here: https://www.liferooms.org/about-us/news/latest-news/winter-recipes-healthy-knowsley
Leek and potato soup recipe
Ingredients:
1 teaspoon olive oil
2 cloves garlic, crushed and finely chopped
1 medium onion, peeled and finely chopped
2 large leeks, cut in half length ways, washed and then sliced
2 medium potatoes, unpeeled, washed and diced
600ml/1 pint reduced salt stock
1 can cannellini beans, rinsed and drained
Freshly ground pepper
Instructions:
1. Prepare all ingredients.
2. Heat oil in a pan and gently cook the garlic and onion for a few minutes until soft. Keep the garlic and onions moving by stirring regularly.
3. Add the leeks, cover and cook gently for approximately 5 minutes until they start to soften.
4. Add the potato, water and chosen stock and stir. Cover and simmer for 15 minutes.
5. Add the cannellini beans and blend with a hand held blender until smooth. Season with pepper to taste.
Spicy turkey, tomato and lentil soup recipe
Ingredients:
2 turkey breast (or leftover turkey)
2 onions
2 carrots (grated)
3 cloves garlic
1 red chilli
100g red lentils
1 can chopped tomatoes
2 tsp cumin
4 tsp curry powder
1 litres chicken stock
Instructions:
1. Cook turkey until sealed all over.
2. Add garlic, chopped onion and chopped chilli, cook together for 5 minutes.
3. Add grated carrot, lentils and tomatoes along with cumin and curry.
4. Add stock and season well, bring to the boil and simmer for 30 minutes.
