Carrot and tomato soup with toast dippers recipe
A quick, easy and healthy veggie soup recipe – made with carrots and tinned tomatoes – to serve children for lunch or tea. They'll love dipping the ciabatta toasts in and you'll love that they are eating lots of vegetables.
See method- Serves 2
- 5 mins to prepare and 15 mins to cook
- 259 calories / serving
Ingredients
- 1 red onion, roughly chopped
- 1½ carrots, roughly chopped
- 1 stick celery, roughly chopped
- 400g tin chopped tomatoes
- 1 low-salt vegetable stock cube, made up to 500ml
- 1 ciabatta roll, toasted and cut into strips
- handful wild rocket
Each serving contains
- Energy
- 1095kJ 259.0kcal
- Fat
- 5g
- Saturates
- 1g
- Salt
- 1.8g
- Sugars
- 18g
of the Reference intake
Carbohydrate 44.2gProtein 8.9gFibre 7.4g
Method
- Add the onion, carrot, celery, tinned tomatoes and stock to a saucepan, bring to the boil and simmer for 15 mins until the vegetables have softened. Blend with a stick blender until smooth.
- Divide the soup between 2 bowls, top with rocket and serve with the ciabatta toast dippers.
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Cooking for children
There are no reference intakes for children and all of these recipes are based on recommendations for an adult woman's portion size. In children of different ages, there is variation in their energy (calorie) requirements and nutrient recommendations. If you are interested in which portion size is best for your child, you can visit the School Food Standards.
