Basic Versatile Vegetable Soup

Basic versatile vegetable soup
Serves 2
Ingredients:
2 carrots
2 sticks of celery
1 onion
1 medium potato/sweet potato, chopped
1.5 pints vegetable stock (eg kallo stock cubes or swiss marigold buillon powder)
1 tbs olive oil
Salt and black pepper to taste
Method:

1. Chop the onion, carrot and celery and sauté in the olive oil for 2-3 minutes.
2. Add in the vegetable stock and season.
3. Bring to the boil, simmer for approx 15-20 minutes until the vegetables are cooked.
4. Blend with a hand blender until smooth.
   Optional extras:
   To add different flavours experiment with the following spices, add them when sauteing the
   vegetables, individually or together.
   1 inch root ginger, grated
   3 stalks lemongrass
   Half a red chilli, deseeded and chopped,