Background

I call this Low-Cal Spring Soup more because of its light and sunny quality rather than the seasonality of the vegetables going into it - which are anyway quite flexible and can be substituted with what you have available. If you do follow the ingredients as listed below it works out at a less than 15 kCal/100g - so it's remarkably good if you're dieting but is still really satisfying and filling. I use a pressure cooker which I think intensifies the flavour and is rather quicker. If you use a standard heavy based pan you'll need to simmer for about 30 minutes stirring regularly.