This garlicky pea soup took only ten minutes to make. My husband had been ranting on Saturday that I’d left the day in limbo, too late to combine a trip out with lunch, nothing in the fridge to speak of.
I’d avoided shopping this week and so we’d been low on salad for several days. Now we barely had any vegetables either. It was one of those moments where I wished deeply that my child would eat baked beans and he’d already had eggs for breakfast.
Thank goodness for freezers. Within minutes I’d blitzed up a load of peas in the power blender and we had this glow in the dark soup for lunch.
Ted actually doesn’t like peas so I told him it was “glow in the dark soup” which was met with more enthusiasm than the truth. And it’s amazing how the distraction of a bowl of cheese to sprinkle can distract a seven year old.
I haven’t experimented enough with soups in the Vitamix. I make smoothies almost every day and hummus and pesto probably once a week. But the soups have been hit or miss if you find raw flavours challenging. The happy medium is possibly to give your soup a further simmer on the hob which helps reduce the liquid, thicken the texture and cooks the vegetables further – rather than heating them up through brute centrifugal force.
You could melt any cheese in this although red varieties might clash somewhat. I considered goat but opted for the teensy chunk of leftover Christmas Stilton with some grated cheddar for sprinkling.
I am sharing this Vitamix pea soup with:
Simple and in Season – which I am hosting for Ren
Extra Veg – organised by Michelle and Helen
Credit Crunch Munch – organised by Helen and Camilla
No Croutons Required – organised by Jac and Lisa
It’s also part of my ongoing Jumpstart January.
Vitamix pea soup with cheese and chives
Serves 4
Ingredients
300g frozen peas
1 vegetable stock cube
2 tsp garlic puree
1 litre water
50g hard or firm cheese of your choice
Finely chopped chives and extra grated cheese to serve.
Directions
1. Place the peas, stock cube and water in the Vitamix or power blender jug.
2. Using the soup programme if you have one or blend on full power for several minutes until completely smooth.
3. Pour the blended soup into a saucepan and simmer for a few more minutes. Add the cheese and let it melt.
4. Serve with a sprinkling of chopped chives and extra cheese to sprinkle on top if you wish.
When did you last rely on your freezer in a foodie emergency?
Delicious and comforting!
Cheers,
Rosa
Thanks Rosa, it was.
I am with you on the soup front and think the only soups that really work from scratch in a power blender are tomato based. But, yours does look like it would work brilliantly and tons of cheese would give a lovely richness. Clever idea re-naming the soup. I must try that!
I should try a tomato one. I did a carrot one last week which was ok but bit too much water.
Loving that i’m not the only one who is rummaging in the freezer foraging for emergency meal ideas… frozen peas are a total godsend!! I love the look of this vivid soup and might just have to drum it up for the boys’ tea tonight as i’ve totally failed to get to the supermarket this week because of all the relocation chaos…
I know, I am never without frozen peas, spinach or soy beans. Hope the boys like it!
I have yet to make a raw soup in my Vitamix, However I love the idea of further simmering it! Super. I’ll have to try this one and let you know !
Yum! This is my kind of soup recipe – hearty and filling, yet fuss free and easy to make. Love it!
Yes I don’t think my husband could believe quite how fast I made it!
Sounds really tasty and I love the speed of this recipe as well as its thriftiness! Thank you for entering #creditcrunchmunch. Beginning to think I need a high powered blender but I do love my Braun multiquick system which is like a packhrose and has lasted 25 yrs:-) I have never even used the ice crushing gadget on it – maybe it’s time LOL!
I don’t think I could go back to a normal blender now. My old Kitchenaid blender is quite redundant in the cellar now.
Love those bowls, so pretty. I make loads of soup – must try frozen peas.
Thanks Heidi, they were a Christmas present from my parents.
I adore meals like this that you can pull out of your hat in a nanosecond! And how devious a mummy are you?! Bet you get regular requests for Glow in the Dark Soup from now on 🙂
Janie x
I hope so!!
Looks amazing! Why not add it to my new #SuperSoup linky? Went live on my blog yesterday xx
Thanks – yes I must do that 🙂
I know what you mean about the challenging raw flavours – when it works, it works a dream in the Vitamix. I’ve ruined things with garlic though – needs cooking first or a tiny amount. I made some fresh tomato soup in the Vitamix the other day with some vegetable stock – it tasted exactly like packet soup and I couldn’t finish it. The triumphs are brilliant though – roasted tomato, and a roast beetroot one being particularly good. Adding this to my bookmarked recipes – spot on for a speedy lunch. Maybe a bit of mint from the garden?
I was thinking mint too Sally, but it’s winter here and you’d be hard pressed to have any growing in the garden – certainly not here in Cornwall anyway.
I used a little squirt of lazy garlic puree in this which I think is less severe than raw cloves. Not sure why but it was just garlicky enough and not too raspy.
I dream of having a Vitamix. Mr Glam gulps every time I mention it and changes the subject! This soup is a great idea and very inventive. GG
Oh my goodness, I live the colour of that soup Sarah. it sounds delicious too. Peas are making me think of summer with great longing – I often make pea and mint soup then.
It came out really bright! Must paler than the cavolo nero and brocolli Vitamix soups I’ve done. And it was my favourite flavour too.
Glow in the dark soup. I am totally using that one on my kiddoes from now on.
I adore pea soup and this looks utterly delicious. Beautiful photos too Sarah. I have those bowls too – you have excellent taste 😉
I fell in love with these bowls in Waitrose. I am a sucker for collecting crockery!
Lovely soup Sarah. I actually find it quite hard to get blender soups exactly right – I freeze fried onions to tip right into them!
Good idea when you are lacking ingredients. I am sure it was quite tasty. Thanks for sharing with NCR.
Lovely colour and I imagine the garlic and chives really bring the flavours together nicely.
Glow in the dark soup.. awesome! I don’t know if that would have convinced me as a kid but I like it 🙂
Worked with mine 😀