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Beany Tomato Soup recipe #cheapfood

Beany Tomato Soup Time 20-25 mins Ingredients 1 medium onion Olive oil Cornflour 1 vegetable stock cube 1 tin chopped tomatoes 1 tin of mixed beans in water Concentrated tomato puree (optional) Dried basil Oregano to garnish (optional)  Method Peel and chop your onion (tip: keeping onions in your fridge not only makes them last longer but vaporisation of the allicin oil is minimised... No tears when chopping!) Cook onion until soft in a spoonful of olive oil (extra virgin adds flavour) Dissolve the stock cube in 1/3 pint (a coffee mug) of boiling water. Add to the pan. Add your tin of chopped tomatoes and the drained and rinsed tin of beans. Add 1/2 tsp dried basil. Bring to boil, simmer for 5 minutes.Whizz until smooth, in a jug using a hand blender. Return to pan and bring back to boiling point before adding a teaspoon of cornflour (cornstarch) which has been mixed until smooth in a about 1 tablespoon of water. This will bring the texture of the soup nicely