Autumn vegetable soup

My friend Charlie's recipe for Autumn vegetable soup

This will make 2 decent sized portions

120g pumpkin
120g carrots
120g celeriac
medium onion
1 stock cube, made up with 3/4 pint water
3/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 teaspoon
black pepper (or S&P to taste)

Chop everything...pop in a pan with the stock.....bring to boil then simmer for 30- 35 minutes.....whizz in a blender and reheat.

Courgette/marrow and spinach soup with cream cheese

These quantities are approximate because to be honest I rarely measure anything.

I used:

2 very large courgettes (small marrows)
Large bunch of spinach
2 medium potatoes
1 large clove of garlic
2 medium onions
sml bunch of herbs-mint, origano, parsley
2 veg stock cubes
2 cups of water
level desert spoon of salt
Black pepper
Large knob of margarine

Asda be good to yourself cream cheese with garlic and herb

Melt margarine in a pan, add the washed and diced courgettes, peeled and chopped onions, peeled and diced potatoes, spinach and crushed garlic. Add the salt at this stage.
Allow the veg to sweat down very slowly on a low heat.
Add the bunch of herbs
Add 2 cups of water and stock cubes
Cook for about 20-30 mins on a low heat
Blitz in a blender and return to pan.

Pour soup into a bowl and then add a teaspoon of cream cheese and allow to melt into the soup. Soup could be frozen before the addition of the cream cheese and added when reheated.