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Easy fresh green soup (inspired by the Clangers Soup Dragon!)

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Published on 14 January, 2019
Last Updated on 19 February, 2019 by 328 Comments

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Fresh green soup served in copper mugs

Did you know that January is National Soup Month?

What’s more, 2019 marks the 50th anniversary of Clangers, so what better way to celebrate than with a delicious, hearty, healthy and thrifty green soup, inspired by the most famous soup connoisseur in the galaxy…the Soup Dragon?

Clangers 50th anniversary

The recipe has been developed by the UK’s No.1 food magazine and website BBC Good Food and contains spinach, potatoes, peas and fresh herbs to give a gorgeously green soup.

I’m sure many of you remember the Clangers, or perhaps you’re fans of the new series currently on CBeebies. The Clangers are a family of pink, long-nosed, inventive and inquisitive mouse-shaped creatures who live on a little blue planet, out in the starry stretches of space not far from our world.

They first hit our small screens 50 years ago, and one of the best-loved stars of the show was and continues to be the Soup Dragon, who lives underground in the volcanic-like Soup Wells, providing the soup that is the staple of the Clangers diet.

So, to kick off this a year-long celebration of love, kindness and whistles, let’s make our healthy homage to the Soup Dragon!

And stick around because after the recipe, there’s a chance to win a fab Clangers Soup Dragon bundle for yourself from the Clangers’ official shop!

Ingredients

  • 1 bunch spring onions, chopped
  • 1 large potato, peeled and
  • chopped
  • 1 garlic clove, crushed
  • 1 ltr vegetable stock
  • 250g (8.8 oz) frozen peas
  • 100g (3.5 oz) fresh spinach
  • 300ml (10.1 fl oz) natural yogurt
  • few mint leaves, basil leaves, cress or a mixture to garnish

Instructions

Put the spring onions, potato and garlic into a large pan.

Spring onions, potato and garlic in a large pan

Pour over the vegetable stock and bring to the boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 15 mins with a lid on or until the potato is soft enough to mash with the back of a spoon.

Fresh green soup ingredients and vegetable stock, boiling in a pan

Add the peas and bring the mixture back up to a simmer. Scoop out around 4 tablespoons of the peas and set aside for the top.

Peas are added to the soup mixture

Stir the spinach and yogurt into the pan.

Spinach and yogurt are added to the fresh green soup mixture
Fresh green soup mixture in a large pan

Carefully pour the whole mixture into a blender or use a stick blender to whizz it up until it’s very smooth. Season to taste with black pepper.

Blended fresh green soup, ready to serve

Ladle into bowls then add some of the reserved cooked peas and scatter the top with your favourite soft herbs or cress. Serve with crusty bread, if you like.

This fresh green soup is wonderful served with crusty bread, as shown here

If you’d like to print this fresh green soup recipe to try later, just hit print on the recipe card below.

Easy fresh green soup

Prep Time: 8 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 18 minutes
Servings: 6 bowls
Author: BBC Good Food
A gorgeous, healthy green soup inspired by Clangers Soup Dragon, with peas, potatoes, spring onions, spinach and garlic.
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Metric – Ounces

Ingredients

  • 1 bunch spring onions chopped
  • 1 large potato peeled and chopped
  • 1 garlic clove crushed
  • 1 litre vegetable stock
  • 250 g frozen peas
  • 100 g fresh spinach
  • 300 ml natural yogurt
  • few mint leaves, basil leaves or cress or a mixture to garnish

Instructions

  • Put the spring onions, potato and garlic into a large pan.
  • Pour over the vegetable stock and bring to the boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 15 mins with a lid on or until the potato is soft enough to mash with the back of a spoon.
  • Add the peas and bring the mixture back up to a simmer. Scoop out around 4 tablespoons of the peas and set aside for the top.
  • Stir the spinach and yogurt into the pan.
  • Carefully pour the whole mixture into a blender or use a stick blender to whizz it up until it’s very smooth. Season to taste with black pepper.
  • Ladle into bowls then add some of the reserved cooked peas and scatter the top with your favourite soft herbs or cress. Serve with crusty bread, if you like.

Nutrition

Calories: 98kcal | Carbohydrates: 15g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 6mg | Sodium: 41mg | Potassium: 431mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 40.3% | Vitamin C: 29.9% | Calcium: 9.5% | Iron: 7.9%
* Note: nutritional information is estimated, based on publicly available data. Nutrient values may vary from those published.
Course: Soups
Keywords: healthy, soup
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There you have it – a delicious fresh green soup!

Why not try this fragrant Thai carrot and coconut soup next?

Win a Clangers Soup Dragon hamper

Clangers Soup Dragon prize bundle

To enter to win this fantastic hamper, containing Soup Dragon branded t-shirt, wall art, apron, coasters and lunch box, just complete the widget below.

You’ll be asked to head over to the Clangers’ official shop and then leave a comment, telling us what extra item you’d love to find in your hamper if you win!

Win a Clangers Soup Dragon hamper

Good luck! And in the meantime, don’t forget to follow Clangers on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for more fun!

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  1. Love the connection to the Clangers, although it’s made me feel old hah!
    A nice and simple recipe too, so no excuses, I’m going to make this over the weekend.,
    Gorgeous pictures and a fabulous write up, thanks!

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  13. I love pea soup! I will certainly be trying this recipe. I would love to find one of the clangers water bottles in with my goodies if I was lucky enough to win. They are adorable.

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  36. Making me hungry will have to try this out this weekend ! I’d love to receive the mug it’s so cute XX

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  39. Oh I love the Clangers,great competion good luck to all & Thank you Emily..going to make the above recipe for my grandsons this weekend..Iwould be happy if i win as it is great items but would love a tea towel as an extra :)

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  49. lovely competition, id be over the moon to see the Soupety Soup Clangers Cushion for my little boys! xx

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  51. This looks super yummy and I’m completely obsessed with anything Clangers related so would love to win this.

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  92. I was a real Clangers fan and would love to pass that on to Daisy so I’d love to find the Personalised mini edge to edge tote bag in the hamper

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  103. I like all the Clanger shop items. Particularly like the Soup dragon toy. The soup easy to follow & delicious.

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  122. I’m stuck between the coasters or the tote bag *sigh*. There are SO many lovely products on their site. Uh. I think i will go for the tote bag…

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  134. I’d love to see if I could encourage my little man to eat more veg by using the Clangers soup. What a brilliant recipe!
    If I was to get an extra surprise, I’d love the water bottles – all part of my resolution to drink more water without buying plastic bottles!

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  137. Fab recipe, cant wait to try it. … A skymoo bag! We love the skymoos in our house! We need more skymoo merch, a cuddly one would be epic

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  141. Would love to have Clangers Sketch Art Water Bottle Soup Dragon well you can never really drink enough water ps Thanks for the recipe

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  142. I’d love to find the Time for Soup Clangers Pencil Tin in the hamper along with all those other wonderful Clanger goodies.

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  143. For me, it would have to be the Soup Dragon Large Plush Toy as i could place it on the table while enjoying the soup with the kids and say that she is watching over us all =)

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  162. I’d like one of Grandma Clanger’s blankets included to be my surprise in the hamper. So l could cwtch (snuggle) down under it while enjoying my green soup

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  164. Can not wait to give this a go! I am soup-er editors and will do so when I have finished my uni exams this week! I’ll let you know how it goes xx

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  166. I’d want the Soup Dragon Large Plush Toy, for sure! She could help supervise in the kitchen, and then maybe teach the other plush animals how to make soup!

    I don’t mind that it’s not a talking toy; i can make the bubbling noises myself!

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  180. A Soup Dragon plush would be such a great extra item. My son loves the Soup Dragon the best and claps when he sees her on the screen. A Soup Dragon of our own could live in the kitchen and we could make a Soup Well underneath the high chair! Sometimes we think Dad might be friends with the Soup Dragon because he makes a lovely green coloured cauliflower soup for dinner sometimes!

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  185. A plush Soup Dragon would be the perfect addition, I think it is really lovely. May have to fight the kids for it!

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  194. I loved the clangers when I was younger & the new series is wonderful too. The soup dragon was always my favourite.

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  210. I would love to find the Hugs Edge to Edge Tote Bag The Clangers were my late husband’s favourite characters.

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  222. These are so cool! I honestly didn’t know they existed, so thanks so much for the giveaway. I would be thrilled to find that lovely cushion in the hamper! The soup sounds great too, I think I might try is with soya yoghurt (I’m a vegan). Looks lovely!

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  236. This recipe looks delicious! I also like the look of the cushion from the Clangers Official Shop, perfect to cosy up to on the settee.

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  238. I’d love a Soup Dragon cushion – love the vintage style of these items, and I can’t believe they have been around for 50 years!

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