Courgette and Tomato Soup Recipe

I don't really weigh the courgette, but this is a rough idea of proportions. It is a nicer colour if you use yellow courgettes or peel the green ones - red and green mixed together make brown.

2 onions

4 cloves garlic

1.5 kg courgette or marrow. Peeled and seeded if big and old

1 tin tomatoes or 5 (ish depending on size) fresh tomatoes

1 pint chicken stock (or more or less, can be from cubes or 'real')

Any other left over veg eg some potatoes that have been in the veg rack for a fee months...

A bit of tabasco or chilli oil (optional)

Chop then fry the onions and garlic (just bung garlic in whole - you are going to liquidise) until soft - about 15 mins

Add the chopped courgette and any other veg you are using and fry for a further 15 mins

Add the tomatoes and stock and simmer with the lid on until all veg are soft. An hour perhaps.

Liquidise and eat!