Tomato and Fennel Soup

Tomato and Fennel Soup

Serves 4

Ingredients
Vaalia Low Fat Natural yoghurt
Fresh basil to serve
1 tbsp olive oil
1 brown onion, diced
2 celery stalks, diced
1 leek, diced
1 potato, peeled and diced
300g fresh tomatoes, diced
1 clove of garlic, crushed
1 small fennel bulb, chopped
1 litre of vegetable stock
Salt and ground pepper to taste
Crusty bread to serve

Method
Heat a heavy-based saucepan over medium heat. Add olive oil to the pan and add the onion, celery and leek. Cook for 5 minutes, stirring often.
Add the potato, tomatoes, fennel and garlic and cook for a further 3 minutes. Season and add enough stock to cover the vegetables. Bring to the boil. Reduce heat and simmer for approx. 15 minutes or until the potato is cooked.
Remove from heat. Puree the soup with a hand blender. To serve, bring soup back to the boil, add seasoning to taste. Add Vaalia Low Fat Natural yoghurt and garnish with some fresh basil leaves.
Serve soup with crusty bread.

Variation: You can replace fennel with a different vegetable of your choice, red capsicum or mushroom work well with tomatoes.

Vaalia Tomato and Fennel Soup (Serves 4) - Nutritional analysis per serve: 568kJ (135 Calories) 7g Protein 5.2g Total Fat (1.3g Saturated Fat) 13g Carbohydrate (6.8g Sugar) 94mg Calcium (12% RDI).

Winter brings cooler weather, warmer fashions and a real reason to stay rugged up indoors during the evenings. Days become shorter and nights longer, so it's the perfect time of year to hone in on your culinary know-how and enjoy your favourite yoghurt with a tasty recipe from Vaalia, full of scrumptious goodness!

Try out this delicious winter warmer recipe using Vaalia Low Fat yoghurt - it's quick and easy to prepare, and contains only 1.3g of saturated fat per serve with the use of Vaalia Low Fat Natural yoghurt - allowing you to keep dessert on the menu.

Did you know??
Vaalia is the only yoghurt in Australia to contain the active culture or probiotic Lactobacillus GG or LGG. LGG has been proven to help re-establish good intestinal bacteria after antibiotic treatment1. This soup is the perfect winter warmer to help keep winter chills and ills away!

The Probiotic Cultures found in Vaalia Low Fat yoghurt are susceptible to temperature changes and may be destroyed from heating.