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Servings: 4 servings
Cost per portion 10p
Calories: 353.65kcal
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Ingredients
- 800 g onions
- 400 g potato (washed not peeled) and cubed
- 100 g carrots
- 1 stock cube
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- chilli/garam if you fancy!
- 60 g bacon cut into titchy pieces and fried with the onion
- salt and pepper
- 1 tblsp vinegar
To Serve
- 6 slices home made bread from your baking this week
Instructions
- Chop the onion and bacon with about 1tsp of garlic powder and fry them up
- Cube the potatoes (about 1cm cubed) no need to peel if they don't need it. 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, sprinkle 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.
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Notes
The salt value excludes any you have added yourself, as each family's tastes will differ
Nutrition
Nutrition Facts
onion & potato soup
Amount per Serving
Calories
353.65
% Daily Value*
Fat
6.76
g
10
%
Saturated Fat
2.14
g
13
%
Cholesterol
9.94
mg
3
%
Sodium
550.58
mg
24
%
Potassium
823.65
mg
24
%
Carbohydrates
62.91
g
21
%
Fiber
7.77
g
32
%
Sugar
9.93
g
11
%
Protein
11.69
g
23
%
Vitamin A
4176.5
IU
84
%
Vitamin C
27.68
mg
34
%
Calcium
89.88
mg
9
%
Iron
5.55
mg
31
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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