Super easy & uber healthy roast pepper & tomato soup…

I refuse to believe that you can’t eat healthy whilst on a budget. This dish cost 78p a head and was super quick to prepare. I’m not a massive soup fan but I just love this recipe. It takes barely any prep and it’s utterly gorgeous!

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Right so all you need to make 3 bowls is:

• 2 red peppers
• 1 onion
• 6 ripe tomatoes
• 5 cloves of garlic
• vegetable stock*
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What to do:
• Pre heat the oven to 350 degrees. Chop the red pepper and coat in a little olive oil. Place on a baking tray with with the cloves of unpeeled garlic and roast for around 20 minutes.

• Whilst the pepper is roasting dice the onion and fry in a little olive oil.

• Cut up the tomatoes and add them to the onions. I don’t bother skinning or deseeding the tomatoes because it’s a waste and it just adds to the flavour. Simmer until the the tomatoes are soft.

• Add a pint of stock

• Take the peppers and garlic out of the oven and add to the tomatoes, onions and stock.

• Simmer for about 15 minutes and then blend.

DONE!

Just before serving I added a bit of milk to give it a creamy taste but this is totally optional.

* you can substitute stock for a tin of toms if you want a bit of extra tomato.

Living well…for less

One passion of mine is the art of living well for less. I write this as I’ve just seen a tweet about how awful that super scrimpers show is on channel 4. I couldn’t agree more. I watched one where they suggested splitting a cream tea for one just so you wouldn’t miss out.

 

Now. I don’t know about you but that’s not living well. Yeah, it’s living for less – but not well. If I go out for a cream tea I want my own and a glass of champagne to boot, but that doesn’t mean that I don’t want it for less.

To me, living well for less is the following:

  • Getting the very best for the best price possible.
  • Savvy spending.
  • Enjoying life whilst keeping on eye on the bank balance.
  • Being healthy not buying something frozen just because it’s £1.
  • Quitting the waste problem we have.
  • Being mindful with spending.

Well…you get the picture.

I’d really like to do a few posts on living well for less…what do you think? What areas would you like to read posts from travel? Entertainment? Beauty? Dining out etc?

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