Warming winter veg soup

Chop up a couple of onions and sweat over a low heat for 10 mins.

While onions are cooking, peel and chop up any winter root veg or gourds you’ve got – here I used a pumpkin and celeriac, but parsnips, carrots, swede, it’s all good.

Add chopped garlic to the sweating onions and add paprika, cumin and a pinch of chilli flakes, or cut up chillies. Once the spices have cooked, add a splash of cider or wine vinegar and chuck in all your chopped veg.

Cook for a minute or two, then add a couple of cans of chopped tomatoes and some stock. Cook on a low heat for as long as you can – the longer the better, stirring every now and then.

Whiz with a stick blender and you’re ready to go!