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4-ingredient soups

Super simple soups that taste amazing.
Root vegetable soup
by Justine Pattison

You can use any hard, starchy root vegetables you like for this simple root vegetable soup. Carrots, parsnips, sweet potatoes, squash and celeriac all work well. Serve with warm crusty bread.

Each serving provides 223 kcal, 4g protein, 31.5g carbohydrates (of which 18g sugars), 7g fat (of which 1g saturates), 10g fibre and 1.4g salt.

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