Red Pepper & Sweet Potato Soup

Packed with immune boosting vitamins and a warming, spicy kick from chilli flakes.

INGREDIENTS

• Drizzle of olive oil
• 1 red onion, diced
• 1 clove garlic, sliced
• 1 red pepper, diced
• 1 large sweet potato, cubed
• Freshly ground black pepper
• Pinch LoSalt
• Pinch smoked paprika
• Pinch dried chilli flakes
• Handful fresh thyme sprigs, leaves stripped off, discard stalks
• ½ litre boiling water or lower salt vegetable stock

To serve, extra fresh thyme and a sprinkle of seeds.

METHOD

1. Heat the olive oil in a large, heavy based saucepan over a low heat.
2. Add the onion, garlic, red pepper, sweet potato, black pepper, LoSalt, smoked paprika, dried chilli flakes and the leaves from fresh thyme. Let the warm olive oil start to soften the vegetables.
3. Then add ½ litre of boiling water. (You can use a reduced salt vegetable stock if you want to).
4. Simmer for 30-35 minutes until the sweet potatoes are soft.
5. Liquidise using a hand blender until smooth and serve hot with an extra sprinkling of fresh thyme and a few seeds scattered on top.