🥘 Carole’s quick chicken soup…

Quick and easy, packed full of vitamins, chicken soup is an ideal way to get your five a day.

Cold remedy…

Chicken soup is known to help cure the common cold. As the chicken cooks in the soup, an amino acid called cysteine is released. Cysteine thins mucus in the lungs, aiding decongestion and faster healing.

Ingredients:

• Olive oil
• 2 cooked chicken legs or thighs, torn into strips.
• 2 carrots, chopped
• 1 leek, chopped
• 1 large potato, chopped
• 1 red pepper, chopped
• 2 handfuls of peas
• 1 tbs flour
• 1 chicken stock cube
• a good handful of chopped parsley

Step by step:

1. Place two glugs of olive oil in a saucepan and add all the chopped vegetables. Cook for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add the flour and cook for another minute.
2. Add the stock cube to 1 litre of hot water to make the stock. Pour it into the vegetables and cook for 30 minutes until nice and tender.
3. Add the peas and chicken and cook for another 10 minutes.
4. Add the chopped parsley and serve

Per serving: 339 kcals, fat 13g, saturates 3g, carbs 18g, sugars 11g, fibre 6g, protein 39g, salt 2g

Yoghurt and garlic dressing (optional)…

Mix Greek yoghurt with garlic and lemon juice and a good grind of black. Stir a small swirl into the soup just before serving.