Working at home, we generally have a pot of soup on the go during the colder months. However, it’s almost May, and it’s not *meant* to be colder now, but this morning it was.

So I looked in the fridge, and found a motley assortment of rather weary veg: some very tired carrots, a swede, a leek, some celery. Into the trusty Magimix they went. Then I went a bit stir crazy, and chopped up the 3/4 cucumber and the elderly spring onions.

Into a BIG pan with some olive oil, to sweat down for a bit, while I investigated the freezer for stock. I found a box of gravy left from pork with pears and apricots (I never throw food away!). That got nuked in the microwave, then I added about a mug of lentils, a carton of creamed tomatoes (keep this in the cupboard, they’re so useful), and about 1.5 litres of water.

Add sea salt and black pepper, bring to a boil, simmer for – oh – an hour or so. It made a very nice lunch, but like all soup, it’ll be much nicer tomorrow 🙂