Soup
Leek and Potato Soup
Mild, creamy and comforting, for the early-spring days when you still want a bowl of something warm.
- 40 min
- Serves 4
- leeks
- potatoes
Spring plate · A cool, wet evening
Rainy April Supper
Creamy leek soup, then a pan of lemony asparagus pasta for something a little more.
In what order
Soup simmers while you cook the pasta; serve the soup first and the salad with the pasta.
The dishes
Main
Asparagus Lemon Pasta
Thin spears, a lot of lemon and a little butter: one pot of pasta that tastes like April.
- 25 min
- Serves 4
- asparagus
- lemons
Salad
Strawberry Spinach Salad
Late-spring berries, tender spinach, salty feta and toasted walnuts.
- 15 min
- Serves 4
- strawberries
- spinach
One list for the lot
Shopping list for 4
Every dish scaled to 4 servings and merged by aisle. Salt, pepper and oil you probably have already.
Produce
- 1 lbasparagus
- 1 bunchfresh chives
- 3 clovesgarlic
- 3leeks
- 1lemon
- 1 1/2 lbpotatoes
- 1/2red onion
- 5 ozspinach
- 1 lbstrawberries
Dairy and eggs
- 5 tbspbutter
- 4 ozfeta
- 1 cupmilk
- 1/2 cupparmesan
Pantry
- 1 tbspapple cider vinegar
- 1 tbsphoney
- 6 tbspolive oil
- 12 ozpasta
- 4 cupsvegetable broth
- 1/2 cupwalnuts
Spices
- black pepper
- 2 3/4 tspsalt
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