Comfort food... especially if you have tonsillitis.

There are certain moments, especially when not feeling well that you need something to make you feel better. I have to say that there is nothing better than a good broth to make you feel better. I like making a very simple vegetable broth made out of carrots, tomatoes, celery and good olive oil.
If you are not feeling well, like me (I have tonsillitis as we speak) nothing is going to make you feel better than a cup of this fragrant and comforting cup of soup.

Ingredients

• 2 carrots, peeled and roughly chopped
• 2 onions, peeled and quartered
• 2 stalks celery, roughly chopped
• ½ bulb fennel, roughly chopped
• stalk from a head of broccoli, roughly chopped
• 2 tomatoes
• 8 button mushrooms, halved
• 6 black peppercorns
• 1 dried bay leaf
• 3 fresh parsley stalks
  
  
  
  

  Preparation method

  1. Put all the ingredients into a large pan and cover with water. Bring to the boil. Cover and simmer very gently for 20-30 minutes. Strain into a large bowl and allow to cool.
  2. Use within 3 days or freeze. To freeze, reduce the stock by half by boiling vigorously and cool. Pour into ice-cube trays and freeze. When frozen put the cubes into a bag, label it, and when you want to use one, just put in a jug and add boiling water to dissolve the cube.
     
     
     
     
     Enjoy!