Watercress Soup
Recipe by Benecol Chef
5m Prep
8m Cook
0.8g per serving
Watercress is today recognised as a true superfood
Serves 4
Serving Info:
One serving contains 0.8g of your daily requirement of 1.5-2.4g of plant stanols
Ingredients:
- - 50g Benecol® Olive Spread
- - 40g ground almonds
- - 1 bunch spring onions, chopped
- - 150g watercress, roughly chopped
- - 1l hot vegetable stock
- - 2 tbsp curly parsley, chopped
- - 250ml soya milk
Method:
- Melt the Benecol® Olive Spread in a large pan: add the spring onions and cook gently for a couple of minutes. Add the watercress, ground almonds and stock bring to the boil and simmer for 4-5 minutes. Stir in the parsley.
- Transfer to a blender or use a stick blender to blend the soup until smooth. Return to the pan, add the soya milk and warm through.
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Nutrition Information
Per serving (389.4g)
Suitable for vegetarians
Plant Stanol intake (g)
0.8
Energy (kJ/kcal)
698/167
Protein (g)
5.2
Carbohydrate (g)
4.0
of which sugars (g)
1.9
Fat (g)
14.5
of which saturates (g)
2.5*
of which mono-unsaturates (g)
8.0*
of which poly-unsaturates (g)
3.3*
Salt (g)
1.7*
Fibre (g)
2.4
* Indicates estimated value in nutritional table