Spicy Sweet Potato, Vegetable and Rice Soup

Slimming Eats Recipe

Serves 4

Extra Easy – syn free per serving

Green – syn free per serving

Ingredients

• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 2 cloves of garlic, crushed
• 2 sticks of celery, finely chopped
• 1 large carrot, finely chopped
• 1 leek, finely sliced
• 1 sweet potato, chopped
• 1-2 red chili’s, finely chopped
• 2 tablespoons of tomato paste
• 2 teaspoons of paprika
• salt and black peppeer
• 1.5 litres of vegetable stock
• 1/2 cup (120ml) of long grain rice
• Frylight or Pam spray

 

Method

Spray a large saucepan with some Frylight or Pam spray.

Add the onion, garlic, celery, carrot, leek, chilli, paprika and cook until softened.

Add the tomato paste and sweet potato and stir to evenly coat.

Add the stock, bring to a boil and then reduce heat.

Simmer for 1 hour.

Roughly blend with a hand blender, still keeping some chunks.

Season with some salt and pepper as needed.

Add the rice, bring to a boil and then reduce heat again, cover and simmer until rice is cooked.

Serve and enjoy!!!

The recipe above has been calculated for Slimming World, however for those of you following the Weight Watchers plan or another calorie controlled type diet. Below is the approx nutritional information:

Approx NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION
1 serving
Calories	185
Fat	1.1g
Saturated Fat	g
Total Carbohydrate	39.4g
Dietary Fibre	5.7g
Sugars	9.5g
Protein	5.5g

 

Filed under: Extra Easy, Green, lunch, rice, soups, syn free, vegetables