Courgette and tomato soup

This soup is very quick to make yet looks really impressive served with swirls of creamy-tasting yogurt.

Serves 4

Preperation time - 20 Minutes

Cooking time - 12 minutes

Syn free

Ingredients:-

1 Large onion, peeled

4 Courgettes

1 Litre/ 1 3/4 pints chicken stock made from bovril

4 tbsp chopped mint leaves

to serve-

100g/4oz very low fat natural yogurt

Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Method:-

Finely chop the onion and place in a saucepan. Coarsely grate the courgettes and add to the onion. Stir in the stock and bring the mixture to the boil. Cover, reduce the heat and cook gently for 6-8 minutes.

Transfer half the mixture to a food processor with the mint leaves and blend until smooth. Return the blended mixture to the saucepan with the remaining soup and stir to mix well.

To serve, heat the soup until hot, remove from the heat and stir in the yogurt. Season well and ladle into warmed bowls.