cheap family recipes
feed a family of 4 for less than £200 a month
Onion and Potato Soup
onion & potato soup
- 800 g onions
- 400 g potato ((washed not peeled) and cubed)
- 1 stock cube
- garlic, salt and pepper
- chilli/garam if you fancy!
- 60 g bacon (cut into titchy pieces and fried with the onion )
Chop the onion and bacon with about 1tsp of garlic powder and fry them up then cube the potatoes (about 1cm cubed) and fry them for a few minutes, sprinkling over the stock cube.
Then, after about 5 mins cooking pour in 1.8 litres of hot water from the kettle, sprinkled in some salt and pepper and cover and cook until the veg are soft.
Whizz up with a stick blender. Taste, adjust seasonings and serve. You can add more water if your soup is too thick.
The salt value excludes any you have added yourself, as each family's tastes will differ
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