Potato & Spinach Soup - low Fodmap & gluten-free
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Serves: 4
 
Ingredients
  • ½ litre/17 oz of chicken stock (homemade)
  • ½ cup tomato puree
  • A bunch of spinach
  • 5 big potatoes
  • 20 beans (10 green beans are low Fodmap)
  • 1 stalk of celery (1/4 stalk is low Fodmap)
  • 1 red chilli
  • 1 knob of ginger
  • 1 tsp cumin powder
  • 8 slices of lean bacon
  • Fresh mint
  • Paprika
  • Sour cream (go easy if you are lactose intolerant)
Method
  1. Chop the ginger, celery and red chilli finely.
  2. Heat 1 tbsp oil in a saucepan and add the ginger mix.
  3. Fry for a minute and add the cumin powder.
  4. Fry a further 30 seconds.
  5. Peel the potatoes and cut into large cubes.
  6. Cut up the beans,
  7. Wash and slice up the spinach.
  8. Add the potatoes and beans to the ginger mix and toss for a few minutes.
  9. Add the stock and tomato puree and cook with a lid on until the vegetables are almost cooked.
  10. Add the spinach and allow it to wilt down.
  11. Meanwhile cut up the bacon into bite-sized pieces and fry in a little oil until crisp.
  12. When the spinach has blended into the soup, place a little over half into a food processor and blend until smooth.
  13. Add back to the saucepan with the rest of the soup and reheat,
  14. Serve in bowls and garnish with the bacon, a little sour cream, a sprinkling of paprika and chopped mint.
Recipe by The Low Fodmap Diet at https://www.strandsofmylife.com/potato-spinach-soup-low-fodmap-gluten-free/