Leek and potato soup

 

Soups are so good, don’t you think. I have made a few soups lately and this plant based leek, potato and lentil soup is one of them. It was so nice and easy to make so here is my basic recipe.

 

Leek and potato soup

Ingredients

1 onion

2 garlic cloves

2 leeks

6 potatoes

1tbsp vegetable oil

½ cup yellow lentils

1 vegetable stock cube

1 tsp salt

½ tsp ground black pepper

Fresh chives

 

Method

Chop the onion, garlic and leeks. Peel the potatoes and also cut them to cubes.

Sautée the onion and garlic in oil. Then add the leeks to the pan and soften them.

Add the potatoes, lentils and seasoning.

Cover with water and let simmer under lid until all components have cooked.

Blend the soup until smooth and enjoy! I added a drizzle of wild garlic oil on the top for serving.

 

Your VegHog

Potato and leek bake

Potatoes, leeks and cheese, what else do you need in this season? Probably nothing, at least I'm pretty happy with these ingredients. I decided to make a potato and leek bake, but a slightly different kind than normally. I mashed the potatoes and mixed them with cheese and leeks cooked in cider. It was such a good combination!

We are probably going to switch the Christmas lights on in our flat tonight, so I'm now off to tidy the balcony up. Then I'll prepare some snacks for the evening and there will of course also be mulled wine. What plans do you have for the weekend?

Potato and leek bake

Ingredients

1 kg potatoes (I used the Apache variation)

1 onion

1 cloveless garlic

25 g butter

2 leeks

100 ml dry cider

Salt to taste

Ground black pepper to taste

1 tsp vegetable stock powder

200 g Gruyere cheese

Method

Cook the potatoes and mash them.

Chop the onion and garlic finely and start cooking them in butter.

Slice the leeks and add them to the onion.

Let cook for a while until and then add the cider.

Cook until the leeks are soft and season with salt, pepper and vegetable stock powder.

Grate the cheese.

Mix the leeks with the potato mash and then add the grated cheese into them.

Stir into an even mixture and place in a oven dish.

Bake at 180 C for about 10 minutes.

Enjoy!

Your VegHog